diff --git a/app/packages/looker/src/worker/disk-overlay-decoder.ts b/app/packages/looker/src/worker/disk-overlay-decoder.ts
index c5ac65acd1..2948831061 100644
--- a/app/packages/looker/src/worker/disk-overlay-decoder.ts
+++ b/app/packages/looker/src/worker/disk-overlay-decoder.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ export const decodeOverlayOnDisk = async (
   sources: { [path: string]: string },
   cls: string,
   maskPathDecodingPromises: Promise<void>[] = [],
-  maskTargetsBuffers: ArrayBuffer[] = []
+  maskTargetsBuffers: ArrayBuffer[] = [],
+  overlayCollectionProcessingParams:
+    | { idx: number; cls: string }
+    | undefined = undefined
 ) => {
   // handle all list types here
-  if (cls === DETECTIONS) {
+  if (cls === DETECTIONS && label.detections) {
     const promises: Promise<void>[] = [];
-    for (const detection of label.detections) {
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < label.detections.length; i++) {
+      const detection = label.detections[i];
       promises.push(
         decodeOverlayOnDisk(
           field,
@@ -38,10 +43,11 @@ export const decodeOverlayOnDisk = async (
           coloring,
           customizeColorSetting,
           colorscale,
-          {},
+          sources,
           DETECTION,
           maskPathDecodingPromises,
-          maskTargetsBuffers
+          maskTargetsBuffers,
+          { idx: i, cls: DETECTIONS }
         )
       );
     }
@@ -74,16 +80,29 @@ export const decodeOverlayOnDisk = async (
     return;
   }
 
+  // if we have an explicit source defined from sample.urls, use that
+  // otherwise, use the path field from the label
+  let source = sources[`${field}.${overlayPathField}`];
+
+  if (typeof overlayCollectionProcessingParams !== "undefined") {
+    // example: for detections, we need to access the source from the parent label
+    // like: if field is "prediction_masks", we're trying to get "predictiion_masks.detections[INDEX].mask"
+    source =
+      sources[
+        `${field}.${overlayCollectionProcessingParams.cls.toLocaleLowerCase()}[${
+          overlayCollectionProcessingParams.idx
+        }].${overlayPathField}`
+      ];
+  }
+
   // convert absolute file path to a URL that we can "fetch" from
-  const overlayImageUrl = getSampleSrc(
-    sources[`${field}.${overlayPathField}`] || label[overlayPathField]
-  );
+  const overlayImageUrl = getSampleSrc(source || label[overlayPathField]);
   const urlTokens = overlayImageUrl.split("?");
 
   let baseUrl = overlayImageUrl;
 
   // remove query params if not local URL
-  if (!urlTokens.at(1)?.startsWith("filepath=")) {
+  if (!urlTokens.at(1)?.startsWith("filepath=") && !source) {
     baseUrl = overlayImageUrl.split("?")[0];
   }
 
diff --git a/fiftyone/server/metadata.py b/fiftyone/server/metadata.py
index 6992447e4a..060b95a241 100644
--- a/fiftyone/server/metadata.py
+++ b/fiftyone/server/metadata.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import typing as t
 
 from functools import reduce
+from pydash import get
 
 import asyncio
 import aiofiles
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _ADDITIONAL_MEDIA_FIELDS = {
+    fol.Detection: "mask_path",
+    fol.Detections: "mask_path",
     fol.Heatmap: "map_path",
     fol.Segmentation: "mask_path",
     OrthographicProjectionMetadata: "filepath",
@@ -68,7 +71,11 @@ async def get_metadata(
     filepath = sample["filepath"]
     metadata = sample.get("metadata", None)
 
-    opm_field, additional_fields = _get_additional_media_fields(collection)
+    (
+        opm_field,
+        detections_fields,
+        additional_fields,
+    ) = _get_additional_media_fields(collection)
 
     filepath_result, filepath_source, urls = _create_media_urls(
         collection,
@@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ async def get_metadata(
         url_cache,
         additional_fields=additional_fields,
         opm_field=opm_field,
+        detections_fields=detections_fields,
     )
     if filepath_result is not None:
         filepath = filepath_result
@@ -389,6 +397,7 @@ def _create_media_urls(
     cache: t.Dict,
     additional_fields: t.Optional[t.List[str]] = None,
     opm_field: t.Optional[str] = None,
+    detections_fields: t.Optional[t.List[str]] = None,
 ) -> t.Dict[str, str]:
     filepath_source = None
     media_fields = collection.app_config.media_fields.copy()
@@ -396,6 +405,23 @@ def _create_media_urls(
     if additional_fields is not None:
         media_fields.extend(additional_fields)
 
+    if detections_fields is not None:
+        for field in detections_fields:
+            detections = get(sample, field)
+
+            if not detections:
+                continue
+
+            detections_list = get(detections, "detections")
+
+            if not detections_list or len(detections_list) == 0:
+                continue
+
+            len_detections = len(detections_list)
+
+            for i in range(len_detections):
+                media_fields.append(f"{field}.detections[{i}].mask_path")
+
     if (
         sample_media_type == fom.POINT_CLOUD
         or sample_media_type == fom.THREE_D
@@ -413,7 +439,10 @@ def _create_media_urls(
     media_urls = []
 
     for field in media_fields:
-        path = _deep_get(sample, field)
+        path = get(sample, field)
+
+        if not path:
+            continue
 
         if path not in cache:
             cache[path] = path
@@ -435,6 +464,8 @@ def _get_additional_media_fields(
 ) -> t.List[str]:
     additional = []
     opm_field = None
+    detections_fields = None
+
     for cls, subfield_name in _ADDITIONAL_MEDIA_FIELDS.items():
         for field_name, field in collection.get_field_schema(
             flat=True
@@ -447,18 +478,13 @@ def _get_additional_media_fields(
             if cls == OrthographicProjectionMetadata:
                 opm_field = field_name
 
-            additional.append(f"{field_name}.{subfield_name}")
-
-    return opm_field, additional
+            if cls == fol.Detections:
+                if detections_fields is None:
+                    detections_fields = [field_name]
+                else:
+                    detections_fields.append(field_name)
 
+            else:
+                additional.append(f"{field_name}.{subfield_name}")
 
-def _deep_get(sample, keys, default=None):
-    """
-    Get a value from a nested dictionary by specifying keys delimited by '.',
-    similar to lodash's ``_.get()``.
-    """
-    return reduce(
-        lambda d, key: d.get(key, default) if isinstance(d, dict) else default,
-        keys.split("."),
-        sample,
-    )
+    return opm_field, detections_fields, additional