diff --git a/backend/src/file/file.controller.ts b/backend/src/file/file.controller.ts
index 6e7014fc..dd7b4b95 100644
--- a/backend/src/file/file.controller.ts
+++ b/backend/src/file/file.controller.ts
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ export class FileController {
     @Res({ passthrough: true }) res: Response,
     @Param("shareId") shareId: string,
   ) {
-    const zip = await this.fileService.getZip(shareId);
+    const zipStream = this.fileService.getZip(shareId);
+  
     res.set({
       "Content-Type": "application/zip",
       "Content-Disposition": contentDisposition(`${shareId}.zip`),
     });
 
-    return new StreamableFile(zip);
+    return new StreamableFile(zipStream);
   }
 
   @Get(":fileId")
diff --git a/backend/src/file/file.service.ts b/backend/src/file/file.service.ts
index e73ed0c7..e5de341f 100644
--- a/backend/src/file/file.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/file/file.service.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class FileService {
 
   getZip(shareId: string) {
     const storageService = this.getStorageService();
-    return this.streamToUint8Array(storageService.getZip(shareId) as Readable);
+    return storageService.getZip(shareId) as Readable;
   }
 
   private async streamToUint8Array(stream: Readable): Promise<Uint8Array> {