diff --git a/src/common/helper.js b/src/common/helper.js
index 9d1a8750..8e9fd6d7 100755
--- a/src/common/helper.js
+++ b/src/common/helper.js
@@ -713,6 +713,17 @@ function * downloadFile (fileURL) {
   return downloadedFile.Body
 }
 
+/**
+ * Function to create s3 readstream from given S3 URL
+ * @param{String} fileURL S3 URL of the file to be downloaded
+ * @returns {Object} ReadStream of downloaded file
+ */
+function createS3ReadStream (fileURL) {
+  const { bucket, key } = AmazonS3URI(fileURL)
+  logger.info(`create s3 readStream(): file is on S3 ${bucket} / ${key}`)
+  return s3.getObject({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key }).createReadStream()
+}
+
 /**
  * Wrapper function to post to bus api. Ensures that every event posted to bus api
  * is duplicated and posted to bus api again, but to a different "aggregate" topic
@@ -895,6 +906,7 @@ module.exports = {
   checkCreateAccess,
   checkGetAccess,
   checkReviewGetAccess,
+  createS3ReadStream,
   downloadFile,
   postToBusApi,
   cleanseReviews,
diff --git a/src/controllers/SubmissionController.js b/src/controllers/SubmissionController.js
index 93e199c4..94f8250b 100755
--- a/src/controllers/SubmissionController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/SubmissionController.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function * downloadSubmission (req, res) {
     fileName = `submission-${result.submission.id}.zip`
   }
   res.attachment(fileName)
-  res.send(result.file)
+  helper.createS3ReadStream(result.submission.url).pipe(res)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/services/SubmissionService.js b/src/services/SubmissionService.js
index 48a65631..5cc2e786 100755
--- a/src/services/SubmissionService.js
+++ b/src/services/SubmissionService.js
@@ -164,15 +164,14 @@ getSubmission.schema = {
 }
 
 /**
- * Function to download submission from S3
+ * Function to get submission
  * @param {Object} authUser Authenticated User
  * @param {String} submissionId ID of the Submission which need to be retrieved
- * @return {Object} Submission retrieved from S3
+ * @return {Object} Submission retrieved
  */
 function * downloadSubmission (authUser, submissionId) {
   const record = yield getSubmission(authUser, submissionId)
-  const downloadedFile = yield helper.downloadFile(record.url)
-  return { submission: record, file: downloadedFile }
+  return { submission: record }
 }
 
 /**