diff --git a/demo/capture-upload.sh b/demo/capture-upload.sh
index cbc7413..ac30d69 100755
--- a/demo/capture-upload.sh
+++ b/demo/capture-upload.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ API_URL="${API_URL:-https://dev.seedheads.de/picUploadApi/upload}"
 CAMERA_ID="${CAMERA_ID:-rpi-webcam}"
 VIDEO_DEVICE="${VIDEO_DEVICE:-/dev/video0}"
 RESOLUTION="${RESOLUTION:-1920x1080}"
+CAPTURE_METHOD="${CAPTURE_METHOD:-fswebcam}"
 SKIP_FRAMES="${SKIP_FRAMES:-5}"
 TEMP_DIR="${TEMP_DIR:-/tmp}"
 LOG_FILE="${LOG_FILE:-${SCRIPT_DIR}/picupper.log}"
@@ -71,23 +72,41 @@ if [[ "${1:-}" == "--test" ]]; then
     echo "Camera ID: $CAMERA_ID"
     echo "Video device: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
     echo "Resolution: $RESOLUTION"
+    echo "Capture Method: $CAPTURE_METHOD"
     echo ""
     
-    # Check video device
-    if [[ ! -e "$VIDEO_DEVICE" ]]; then
-        echo "❌ Video device not found: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
-        echo "   Available devices:"
-        ls -la /dev/video* 2>/dev/null || echo "   No video devices found"
+    # Check video device (only if using fswebcam or if device is specified for rpicam)
+    if [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "fswebcam" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! -e "$VIDEO_DEVICE" ]]; then
+            echo "❌ Video device not found: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
+            echo "   Available devices:"
+            ls -la /dev/video* 2>/dev/null || echo "   No video devices found"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "✓ Video device exists: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
+        
+        # Check fswebcam
+        if ! command -v fswebcam &>/dev/null; then
+            echo "❌ fswebcam not installed. Run: sudo apt install fswebcam"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "✓ fswebcam installed"
+    elif [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "rpicam-still" ]] || [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "libcamera-still" ]]; then
+        # Check rpicam-still/libcamera-still
+        CMD_NAME="rpicam-still"
+        if ! command -v rpicam-still &>/dev/null; then
+            if command -v libcamera-still &>/dev/null; then
+                CMD_NAME="libcamera-still"
+            else
+                echo "❌ rpicam-still (or libcamera-still) not installed."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+        echo "✓ $CMD_NAME installed"
+    else
+        echo "❌ Unknown CAPTURE_METHOD: $CAPTURE_METHOD"
         exit 1
     fi
-    echo "✓ Video device exists: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
-    
-    # Check fswebcam
-    if ! command -v fswebcam &>/dev/null; then
-        echo "❌ fswebcam not installed. Run: sudo apt install fswebcam"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    echo "✓ fswebcam installed"
     
     # Try capture
     # Get System Info for Overlay
@@ -96,22 +115,40 @@ if [[ "${1:-}" == "--test" ]]; then
 
     echo "Capturing test image to: $TEST_FILE"
     
-    if fswebcam -d "$VIDEO_DEVICE" -r "$RESOLUTION" -S "$SKIP_FRAMES" \
-        --title "$CAMERA_ID" \
-        --subtitle "$SYSTEM_IP" \
-        --banner-colour '#AA000000' \
-        --line-colour '#FF000000' \
-        --text-colour '#FFFFFF' \
-        --font "sans:24" \
-        --timestamp "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
-        "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
-        FILE_SIZE=$(stat -f%z "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null || stat -c%s "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
-        echo "✓ Capture successful: $TEST_FILE (${FILE_SIZE} bytes)"
-        echo ""
-        echo "To view the image: gpicview $TEST_FILE"
+    if [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "rpicam-still" ]] || [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "libcamera-still" ]]; then
+        # Parse resolution
+        WIDTH=$(echo "$RESOLUTION" | cut -d'x' -f1)
+        HEIGHT=$(echo "$RESOLUTION" | cut -d'x' -f2)
+        
+        CMD="rpicam-still"
+        command -v libcamera-still &>/dev/null && CMD="libcamera-still"
+        
+        if $CMD -o "$TEST_FILE" --width "$WIDTH" --height "$HEIGHT" --nopreview --timeout 2000; then
+             FILE_SIZE=$(stat -f%z "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null || stat -c%s "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+             echo "✓ Capture successful: $TEST_FILE (${FILE_SIZE} bytes)"
+        else
+             echo "❌ Capture failed."
+             exit 1
+        fi
     else
-        echo "❌ Capture failed. Check webcam connection and permissions."
-        exit 1
+        # fswebcam default
+        if fswebcam -d "$VIDEO_DEVICE" -r "$RESOLUTION" -S "$SKIP_FRAMES" \
+            --title "$CAMERA_ID" \
+            --subtitle "$SYSTEM_IP" \
+            --banner-colour '#AA000000' \
+            --line-colour '#FF000000' \
+            --text-colour '#FFFFFF' \
+            --font "sans:24" \
+            --timestamp "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
+            "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
+            FILE_SIZE=$(stat -f%z "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null || stat -c%s "$TEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+            echo "✓ Capture successful: $TEST_FILE (${FILE_SIZE} bytes)"
+            echo ""
+            echo "To view the image: gpicview $TEST_FILE"
+        else
+            echo "❌ Capture failed. Check webcam connection and permissions."
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
     
     exit 0
@@ -123,10 +160,12 @@ fi
 
 TEMP_FILE="${TEMP_DIR}/picupper_${CAMERA_ID}_$(date +%s).jpg"
 
-# Check video device
-if [[ ! -e "$VIDEO_DEVICE" ]]; then
-    log_error "Video device not found: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
-    exit 1
+# Check video device (only for fswebcam)
+if [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "fswebcam" ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -e "$VIDEO_DEVICE" ]]; then
+        log_error "Video device not found: $VIDEO_DEVICE"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Fetch and apply camera settings from server
@@ -245,28 +284,47 @@ upload_current_settings() {
     fi
 }
 
-apply_camera_settings
+# Only handle settings upload/apply for fswebcam/v4l2 for now
+if [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "fswebcam" ]]; then
+    apply_camera_settings
+fi
 
 
 # Capture image
-log "Capturing from $VIDEO_DEVICE ($RESOLUTION)"
+log "Capturing using $CAPTURE_METHOD ($RESOLUTION)"
 
 # Get System Info for Overlay
 SYSTEM_HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
 # Get first non-loopback IP
 SYSTEM_IP=$(hostname -I 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}') || SYSTEM_IP="unknown"
 
-if ! fswebcam -d "$VIDEO_DEVICE" -r "$RESOLUTION" -S "$SKIP_FRAMES" \
-    --title "$CAMERA_ID" \
-    --subtitle "$SYSTEM_IP" \
-    --banner-colour '#AA000000' \
-    --line-colour '#FF000000' \
-    --text-colour '#FFFFFF' \
-    --font "sans:24" \
-    --timestamp "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
-    "$TEMP_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
-    log_error "Capture failed"
-    exit 1
+if [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "rpicam-still" ]] || [[ "$CAPTURE_METHOD" == "libcamera-still" ]]; then
+    WIDTH=$(echo "$RESOLUTION" | cut -d'x' -f1)
+    HEIGHT=$(echo "$RESOLUTION" | cut -d'x' -f2)
+    
+    CMD="rpicam-still"
+    command -v libcamera-still &>/dev/null && CMD="libcamera-still"
+    
+    # Note: Text overlay on rpicam-still is not as straightforward as fswebcam (requires --post-process-file or similar), 
+    # so we are skipping overlay for now to keep it simple, or we could use imagemagick later if requested.
+    if ! $CMD -o "$TEMP_FILE" --width "$WIDTH" --height "$HEIGHT" --nopreview --timeout 2000 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log_error "Capture failed with $CMD"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    # fswebcam logic
+    if ! fswebcam -d "$VIDEO_DEVICE" -r "$RESOLUTION" -S "$SKIP_FRAMES" \
+        --title "$CAMERA_ID" \
+        --subtitle "$SYSTEM_IP" \
+        --banner-colour '#AA000000' \
+        --line-colour '#FF000000' \
+        --text-colour '#FFFFFF' \
+        --font "sans:24" \
+        --timestamp "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" \
+        "$TEMP_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
+        log_error "Capture failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
 
 FILE_SIZE=$(stat -c%s "$TEMP_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
diff --git a/demo/picupper.conf.example b/demo/picupper.conf.example
index 8f219fa..e3ac5c7 100644
--- a/demo/picupper.conf.example
+++ b/demo/picupper.conf.example
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ VIDEO_DEVICE="/dev/video0"
 # Capture resolution (common options: 1920x1080, 1280x720, 640x480)
 RESOLUTION="1920x1080"
 
+# Capture Method: "fswebcam" (default, for USB webcams) or "rpicam-still" (for Raspberry Pi cameras)
+CAPTURE_METHOD="fswebcam"
+
 # Skip first N frames (helps camera adjust exposure, default 5)
 SKIP_FRAMES=5