diff --git a/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
index 3f2a655..58645e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/core/internal/async/ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformerAlternative.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import static com.madgag.aws.sdk.async.responsebytes.awssdk.utils.BinaryUtilsAlternative.copyBytes;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.FunctionalUtils.invokeSafely;
 
 /**
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ public void onResponse(ResponseT response) {
 
     @Override
     public void onStream(SdkPublisher<ByteBuffer> publisher) {
-        ByteArrayOutputStream baos =
-                knownSize.map(f -> new ByteArrayOutputStream(f.apply(response))).orElse(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
-        publisher.subscribe(new BaosSubscriber(cf, baos));
+        ByteStore byteStore =
+                knownSize.<ByteStore>map(f -> new KnownLengthStore(f.apply(response))).orElseGet(BaosStore::new);
+        publisher.subscribe(new ByteSubscriber(cf, byteStore));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -75,16 +76,17 @@ public void exceptionOccurred(Throwable throwable) {
         cf.completeExceptionally(throwable);
     }
 
-    static class BaosSubscriber implements Subscriber<ByteBuffer> {
+
+    static class ByteSubscriber implements Subscriber<ByteBuffer> {
         private final CompletableFuture<byte[]> resultFuture;
 
-        private ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
+        private ByteStore byteStore;
 
         private Subscription subscription;
 
-        BaosSubscriber(CompletableFuture<byte[]> resultFuture, ByteArrayOutputStream baos) {
+        ByteSubscriber(CompletableFuture<byte[]> resultFuture, ByteStore byteStore) {
             this.resultFuture = resultFuture;
-            this.baos = baos;
+            this.byteStore = byteStore;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -99,19 +101,54 @@ public void onSubscribe(Subscription s) {
 
         @Override
         public void onNext(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
-            invokeSafely(() -> baos.write(BinaryUtils.copyBytesFrom(byteBuffer)));
+            byteStore.append(byteBuffer);
             subscription.request(1);
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onError(Throwable throwable) {
-            baos = null;
+            byteStore = null;
             resultFuture.completeExceptionally(throwable);
         }
 
         @Override
         public void onComplete() {
-            resultFuture.complete(baos.toByteArray());
+            resultFuture.complete(byteStore.toByteArray());
+        }
+    }
+
+    interface ByteStore {
+        void append(ByteBuffer byteBuffer);
+        byte[] toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    static class BaosStore implements ByteStore {
+        private final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        public void append(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
+            invokeSafely(() -> baos.write(BinaryUtils.copyBytesFrom(byteBuffer)));
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toByteArray() {
+            return baos.toByteArray();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class KnownLengthStore implements ByteStore {
+        private final byte[] byteArray;
+        private int offset = 0;
+
+        KnownLengthStore(int contentSize) {
+            System.out.println("We know the size is "+contentSize);
+            this.byteArray = new byte[contentSize];
+        }
+
+        public void append(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
+            offset += copyBytes(byteBuffer, byteArray, offset);
+        }
+
+        public byte[] toByteArray() {
+            return byteArray;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/utils/BinaryUtilsAlternative.java b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/utils/BinaryUtilsAlternative.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78cdbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/madgag/aws/sdk/async/responsebytes/awssdk/utils/BinaryUtilsAlternative.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.madgag.aws.sdk.async.responsebytes.awssdk.utils;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class BinaryUtilsAlternative {
+    /**
+     * This behaves identically to {@link software.amazon.awssdk.utils.BinaryUtils#copyBytesFrom(ByteBuffer)}, except
+     * that the bytes are copied to the supplied destination array, at the supplied destination offset.
+     */
+    public static int copyBytes(ByteBuffer bb, byte[] dest, int destOffset) {
+        if (bb == null) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        int remaining = bb.remaining();
+        if (bb.hasArray()) {
+            System.arraycopy(bb.array(), bb.arrayOffset() + bb.position(), dest, destOffset, remaining);
+        } else {
+            bb.asReadOnlyBuffer().get(dest, destOffset, remaining);
+        }
+        return remaining;
+    }
+}