diff --git a/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsInlineMessageCreator.cs b/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsInlineMessageCreator.cs
index a3d45db22a..20a2c90f69 100644
--- a/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsInlineMessageCreator.cs
+++ b/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsInlineMessageCreator.cs
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ public Message CreateMessage(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
             var timeStamp = HeaderResult<DateTime>.Empty();
             var receiptHandle = HeaderResult<string>.Empty();
             var replyTo = HeaderResult<string>.Empty();
+            var subject = HeaderResult<string>.Empty();
 
             Message message;
             try
             {
-                _messageAttributes = ReadMessageAttributes(sqsMessage);
+                var jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(sqsMessage.Body);
+                _messageAttributes = ReadMessageAttributes(jsonDocument);
 
                 topic = ReadTopic();
                 messageId = ReadMessageId();
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ public Message CreateMessage(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
                 messageType = ReadMessageType();
                 timeStamp = ReadTimestamp();
                 replyTo = ReadReplyTo();
+                subject = ReadMessageSubject(jsonDocument);
                 receiptHandle = ReadReceiptHandle(sqsMessage);
                 
                 //TODO:CLOUD_EVENTS parse from headers
@@ -76,10 +79,10 @@ public Message CreateMessage(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
                     contentType: contentType.Result,
                     handledCount: handledCount.Result,
                     dataSchema: null,
-                    subject: null,
+                    subject: subject.Result,
                     delayedMilliseconds: 0);
 
-                message = new Message(messageHeader, ReadMessageBody(sqsMessage));
+                message = new Message(messageHeader, ReadMessageBody(jsonDocument));
 
                 //deserialize the bag 
                 var bag = ReadMessageBag();
@@ -101,14 +104,12 @@ public Message CreateMessage(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
             return message;
         }
 
-        private Dictionary<string, JsonElement> ReadMessageAttributes(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
+        private static Dictionary<string, JsonElement> ReadMessageAttributes(JsonDocument jsonDocument)
         {
             var messageAttributes = new Dictionary<string, JsonElement>();
 
             try
             {
-                var jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(sqsMessage.Body);
-
                 if (jsonDocument.RootElement.TryGetProperty("MessageAttributes", out var attributes))
                 {
                     messageAttributes = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, JsonElement>>(
@@ -238,12 +239,27 @@ private HeaderResult<string> ReadTopic()
             return new HeaderResult<string>(string.Empty, true);
         }
 
-        private MessageBody ReadMessageBody(Amazon.SQS.Model.Message sqsMessage)
+        private static HeaderResult<string> ReadMessageSubject(JsonDocument jsonDocument)
         {
             try
             {
-                var jsonDocument = JsonDocument.Parse(sqsMessage.Body);
+                if (jsonDocument.RootElement.TryGetProperty("Subject", out var value))
+                {
+                    return new HeaderResult<string>(value.GetString(), true);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                s_logger.LogWarning($"Failed to parse Sqs Message Body to valid Json Document, ex: {ex}");
+            }
+
+            return new HeaderResult<string>(null, true);;
+        }
 
+        private static MessageBody ReadMessageBody(JsonDocument jsonDocument)
+        {
+            try
+            {
                 if (jsonDocument.RootElement.TryGetProperty("Message", out var value))
                 {
                     return new MessageBody(value.GetString());
diff --git a/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsMessagePublisher.cs b/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsMessagePublisher.cs
index 8f07c032f5..183b3df3d5 100644
--- a/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsMessagePublisher.cs
+++ b/src/Paramore.Brighter.MessagingGateway.AWSSQS/SqsMessagePublisher.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public SqsMessagePublisher(string topicArn, AmazonSimpleNotificationServiceClien
         public string Publish(Message message)
         {
             var messageString = message.Body.Value;
-            var publishRequest = new PublishRequest(_topicArn, messageString);
+            var publishRequest = new PublishRequest(_topicArn, messageString, message.Header.Subject);
 
             var messageAttributes = new Dictionary<string, MessageAttributeValue>();
             messageAttributes.Add(HeaderNames.Id, new MessageAttributeValue{StringValue = Convert.ToString(message.Header.Id), DataType = "String"});
diff --git a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_posting_a_message_via_the_messaging_gateway.cs b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_posting_a_message_via_the_messaging_gateway.cs
index 53149d4018..b58a7f0d01 100644
--- a/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_posting_a_message_via_the_messaging_gateway.cs
+++ b/tests/Paramore.Brighter.AWS.Tests/MessagingGateway/When_posting_a_message_via_the_messaging_gateway.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public SqsMessageProducerSendTests()
             SqsSubscription<MyCommand> subscription = new(
                 name: new SubscriptionName(channelName),
                 channelName: new ChannelName(channelName),
-                routingKey: routingKey
+                routingKey: routingKey,
+                rawMessageDelivery: false
             );
             
             _message = new Message(
@@ -58,15 +59,18 @@ public SqsMessageProducerSendTests()
 
 
 
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task When_posting_a_message_via_the_producer()
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("test subject")]
+        [InlineData(null)]
+        public async Task When_posting_a_message_via_the_producer(string subject)
         {
             //arrange
+            _message.Header.Subject = subject;
             _messageProducer.Send(_message);
-            
+
             await Task.Delay(1000);
             
-            var message =_channel.Receive(5000);
+            var message = _channel.Receive(5000);
             
             //clear the queue
             _channel.Acknowledge(message);
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ public async Task When_posting_a_message_via_the_producer()
             message.Header.ReplyTo.Should().Be(_replyTo);
             message.Header.ContentType.Should().Be(_contentType);
             message.Header.HandledCount.Should().Be(0);
+            message.Header.Subject.Should().Be(subject);
             //allow for clock drift in the following test, more important to have a contemporary timestamp than anything
             message.Header.TimeStamp.Should().BeAfter(RoundToSeconds(DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-1)));
             message.Header.DelayedMilliseconds.Should().Be(0);
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ public void Dispose()
             _messageProducer?.Dispose();
         }
         
-        private DateTime RoundToSeconds(DateTime dateTime)
+        private static DateTime RoundToSeconds(DateTime dateTime)
         {
             return new DateTime(dateTime.Ticks - (dateTime.Ticks % TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond), dateTime.Kind);
         }