diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
index 3bff79ba..66ec6754 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/assets/[assetId]/route.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { createContextFromRequest } from "@/server/api/client";
 import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 
 import { assets } from "@hoarder/db/schema";
-import { readAsset } from "@hoarder/shared/assetdb";
+import {
+  createAssetReadStream,
+  getAssetSize,
+  readAssetMetadata,
+} from "@hoarder/shared/assetdb";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 export async function GET(
@@ -22,35 +26,60 @@ export async function GET(
     return Response.json({ error: "Asset not found" }, { status: 404 });
   }
 
-  const { asset, metadata } = await readAsset({
-    userId: ctx.user.id,
-    assetId: params.assetId,
-  });
+  const [metadata, size] = await Promise.all([
+    readAssetMetadata({
+      userId: ctx.user.id,
+      assetId: params.assetId,
+    }),
+
+    getAssetSize({
+      userId: ctx.user.id,
+      assetId: params.assetId,
+    }),
+  ]);
 
   const range = request.headers.get("Range");
   if (range) {
     const parts = range.replace(/bytes=/, "").split("-");
     const start = parseInt(parts[0], 10);
-    const end = parts[1] ? parseInt(parts[1], 10) : asset.length - 1;
-
-    // TODO: Don't read the whole asset into memory in the first place
-    const chunk = asset.subarray(start, end + 1);
-    return new Response(chunk, {
-      status: 206, // Partial Content
-      headers: {
-        "Content-Range": `bytes ${start}-${end}/${asset.length}`,
-        "Accept-Ranges": "bytes",
-        "Content-Length": chunk.length.toString(),
-        "Content-type": metadata.contentType,
-      },
+    const end = parts[1] ? parseInt(parts[1], 10) : size - 1;
+
+    const stream = createAssetReadStream({
+      userId: ctx.user.id,
+      assetId: params.assetId,
+      start,
+      end,
     });
-  } else {
-    return new Response(asset, {
-      status: 200,
-      headers: {
-        "Content-Length": asset.length.toString(),
-        "Content-type": metadata.contentType,
+
+    return new Response(
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      stream as any,
+      {
+        status: 206, // Partial Content
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Range": `bytes ${start}-${end}/${size}`,
+          "Accept-Ranges": "bytes",
+          "Content-Length": (end - start + 1).toString(),
+          "Content-type": metadata.contentType,
+        },
       },
+    );
+  } else {
+    const stream = createAssetReadStream({
+      userId: ctx.user.id,
+      assetId: params.assetId,
     });
+
+    return new Response(
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      stream as any,
+      {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Length": size.toString(),
+          "Content-type": metadata.contentType,
+        },
+      },
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared/assetdb.ts b/packages/shared/assetdb.ts
index fb7d2461..2ef69279 100644
--- a/packages/shared/assetdb.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/assetdb.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ export async function readAsset({
   return { asset, metadata };
 }
 
+export function createAssetReadStream({
+  userId,
+  assetId,
+  start,
+  end,
+}: {
+  userId: string;
+  assetId: string;
+  start?: number;
+  end?: number;
+}) {
+  const assetDir = getAssetDir(userId, assetId);
+
+  return fs.createReadStream(path.join(assetDir, "asset.bin"), {
+    start,
+    end,
+  });
+}
+
 export async function readAssetMetadata({
   userId,
   assetId,