diff --git a/api/lib/api/files.ts b/api/lib/api/files.ts
index a561e6ab5..f7c1f9bb5 100644
--- a/api/lib/api/files.ts
+++ b/api/lib/api/files.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default class {
         this.api = api;
     }
 
-    async download(hash: string) {
+    async download(hash: string): Promise<Readable> {
         const url = new URL(`/Marti/sync/content`, this.api.url);
         url.searchParams.append('hash', hash);
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default class {
             method: 'GET'
         }, true);
 
-        return res.body.getReader();
+        return res.body;
     }
 
     async delete(hash: string) {
diff --git a/api/routes/marti-files.ts b/api/routes/marti-files.ts
index 3c6418a2b..1c6136a7f 100644
--- a/api/routes/marti-files.ts
+++ b/api/routes/marti-files.ts
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ export default async function router(schema: Schema, config: Config) {
 
             const file = await api.Files.download(req.params.hash);
 
-            let { done, value } = await file.read();
-            while (!done) {
-                res.write(value);
-                ({ done, value } = await file.read());
-            }
-
-            res.end()
+            file.pipe(res);
         } catch (err) {
             return Err.respond(err, res);
         }