diff --git a/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/downloader.ex b/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/downloader.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c01c95f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/downloader.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+defmodule ExCubicIngestion.Downloader do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Stream wrapper around HTTPoison.get!(...) that will download at least
+  @min_stream_chunk_size of data before sending to stream.
+
+  Modified from source: https://elixirforum.com/t/how-to-stream-file-from-aws-to-client-through-elixir-backend/20693/15?u=bfolkens
+  """
+
+  # minimum required for multipart upload to S3
+  @min_stream_chunk_size 5 * 1024 * 1024
+
+  @doc """
+  Main function of module. Allows for creating a stream from an HTTPoison get!
+  """
+  @spec stream!(String.t(), module()) :: Enumerable.t()
+  def stream!(url, lib_httpoison \\ HTTPoison) do
+    Stream.resource(
+      # get async with httpoison to initiate stream
+      fn ->
+        %{
+          ref: lib_httpoison.get!(url, %{}, stream_to: self(), async: :once),
+          stream_chunk: nil,
+          received_chunks_size: 0,
+          content_length: 0
+        }
+      end,
+      # construct stream
+      fn acc ->
+        case receive_response(acc.ref) do
+          # returning the chunk to the stream
+          {:ok, {:chunk, response_chunk}} ->
+            process_chunk(response_chunk, acc, lib_httpoison)
+
+          # extract content length from header, so we can make a determination if
+          # we have received all data
+          {:ok, {:headers, headers}} ->
+            process_headers(headers, acc, lib_httpoison)
+
+          # for all other messages ignore by not sending anything to the stream
+          {:ok, msg} ->
+            process_status(msg, acc, lib_httpoison)
+
+          {:error, error} ->
+            raise("Error during download: #{inspect(error)}")
+
+          :done ->
+            {:halt, acc.ref}
+        end
+      end,
+      # lastly, close out request
+      fn ref ->
+        :hackney.stop_async(ref)
+      end
+    )
+  end
+
+  defp receive_response(ref) do
+    id = ref.id
+
+    receive do
+      %HTTPoison.AsyncStatus{code: code, id: ^id} when code >= 200 and code < 300 ->
+        {:ok, {:status_code, code}}
+
+      %HTTPoison.AsyncStatus{code: code, id: ^id} ->
+        {:error, {:status_code, code}}
+
+      %HTTPoison.AsyncHeaders{headers: headers, id: ^id} ->
+        {:ok, {:headers, headers}}
+
+      %HTTPoison.AsyncChunk{chunk: chunk, id: ^id} ->
+        {:ok, {:chunk, chunk}}
+
+      %HTTPoison.AsyncEnd{id: ^id} ->
+        :done
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp process_chunk(response_chunk, acc, lib_httpoison) do
+    # initialize stream chunk if nil
+    updated_stream_chunk =
+      if is_nil(acc.stream_chunk) do
+        response_chunk
+      else
+        acc.stream_chunk <> response_chunk
+      end
+
+    # update how much data we have received so far
+    updated_received_chunks_size = acc.received_chunks_size + byte_size(response_chunk)
+
+    # send signal to continue download
+    lib_httpoison.stream_next(acc.ref)
+
+    cond do
+      # if we are over the minimum required for us to send chunk to stream,
+      # send it to stream
+      byte_size(updated_stream_chunk) >= @min_stream_chunk_size ->
+        {
+          [updated_stream_chunk],
+          %{acc | stream_chunk: nil, received_chunks_size: updated_received_chunks_size}
+        }
+
+      # if we have received all data, send what's left to the stream
+      updated_received_chunks_size == acc.content_length ->
+        {
+          [updated_stream_chunk],
+          %{
+            acc
+            | stream_chunk: updated_stream_chunk,
+              received_chunks_size: updated_received_chunks_size
+          }
+        }
+
+      # for everything else, keep building up the chunk
+      true ->
+        {
+          [],
+          %{
+            acc
+            | stream_chunk: updated_stream_chunk,
+              received_chunks_size: updated_received_chunks_size
+          }
+        }
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp process_headers(headers, acc, lib_httpoison) do
+    # look through headers to get content length
+    content_length_from_header =
+      Enum.find_value(headers, fn {name, val} ->
+        if name == "Content-Length", do: String.to_integer(val)
+      end)
+
+    # send signal to continue download
+    lib_httpoison.stream_next(acc.ref)
+
+    {[], %{acc | content_length: content_length_from_header || 0}}
+  end
+
+  defp process_status(_msg, acc, lib_httpoison) do
+    lib_httpoison.stream_next(acc.ref)
+
+    {[], acc}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/workers/fetch_dmap.ex b/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/workers/fetch_dmap.ex
index e6f7e94d..e660bdb7 100644
--- a/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/workers/fetch_dmap.ex
+++ b/ex_cubic_ingestion/lib/ex_cubic_ingestion/workers/fetch_dmap.ex
@@ -118,12 +118,11 @@ defmodule ExCubicIngestion.Workers.FetchDmap do
 
     prefix_incoming = Application.fetch_env!(:ex_cubic_ingestion, :s3_bucket_prefix_incoming)
 
-    resp = lib_httpoison.get!(dataset_url)
-
-    bucket_incoming
-    |> ExAws.S3.put_object(
-      "#{prefix_incoming}cubic/dmap/#{dataset_rec.type}/#{dataset_rec.identifier}.csv.gz",
-      resp.body
+    dataset_url
+    |> Downloader.stream!(lib_httpoison)
+    |> ExAws.S3.upload(
+      bucket_incoming,
+      "#{prefix_incoming}cubic/dmap/#{dataset_rec.type}/#{dataset_rec.identifier}.csv.gz"
     )
     |> lib_ex_aws.request!()