diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/package.json b/packages/fileimport-service/package.json
index 04f6e5c13..daf2a3576 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "cross-env POSTGRES_URL=postgres://speckle:speckle@127.0.0.1/speckle NODE_ENV=development LOG_PRETTY=true SPECKLE_SERVER_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3000 nodemon --no-experimental-fetch ./src/daemon.js",
     "parse:ifc": "node --no-experimental-fetch ./ifc/import_file.js ./ifc/ifcs/steelplates.ifc 33763848d6 2e4bfb467a main File upload: steelplates.ifc",
+    "downloadBlob": "node scripts/downloadBlob.js",
     "lint": "eslint ."
   },
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/scripts/downloadBlob.js b/packages/fileimport-service/scripts/downloadBlob.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db98e12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/scripts/downloadBlob.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const { downloadFile } = require('../src/filesApi.js')
+const { logger } = require('../observability/logging')
+
+//https://latest.speckle.systems/api/stream/c83a5b2d1f/blob/29fe85cffb
+const speckleServerUrl = 'https://latest.speckle.systems'
+const fileId = '29fe85cffb'
+const streamId = 'c83a5b2d1f'
+
+downloadFile({
+  speckleServerUrl,
+  fileId,
+  streamId,
+  destination: '/var/folders/p2/fczcvzfd62x5jcfdlw6ghf640000gn/T/tmp.U8MlF9KIxH',
+  token: process.env.SPECKLE_TOKEN || '',
+  logger: logger.child({ streamId, fileId })
+})
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
index eca95066d..279b5b693 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ async function doTask(mainDb, regionName, taskDb, task) {
     taskLogger.info('Downloading file {fileId}')
 
     await downloadFile({
+      speckleServerUrl: process.env.SPECKLE_SERVER_URL,
       fileId: info.id,
       streamId: info.streamId,
       token,
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/src/filesApi.js b/packages/fileimport-service/src/filesApi.js
index c4c2ab890..bc95282d7 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/src/filesApi.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/src/filesApi.js
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ const path = require('node:path')
 const { pipeline } = require('node:stream/promises')
 
 module.exports = {
-  async downloadFile({ fileId, streamId, token, destination, logger }) {
+  async downloadFile({
+    speckleServerUrl,
+    fileId,
+    streamId,
+    token,
+    destination,
+    logger
+  }) {
     fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(destination), { recursive: true })
-    logger.info(`Downloading file ${fileId} to ${destination}`)
+    logger.info(
+      { destinationFile: destination },
+      'Downloading file {fileId} from {streamId} to {destinationFile}'
+    )
     const response = await fetch(
-      `${process.env.SPECKLE_SERVER_URL}/api/stream/${streamId}/blob/${fileId}`,
+      `${speckleServerUrl}/api/stream/${streamId}/blob/${fileId}`,
       {
         headers: {
           Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
@@ -23,9 +33,6 @@ module.exports = {
     writer.on('error', (err) => {
       logger.error(ensureError(err), `Error writing file ${destination}`)
     })
-    response.body.on('error', (err) => {
-      logger.error(ensureError(err), `Error reading from response body`)
-    })
 
     //handle completion
     writer.on('finish', () => {
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/src/objDependencies.js b/packages/fileimport-service/src/objDependencies.js
index f3f61b8cf..29f089455 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/src/objDependencies.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/src/objDependencies.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module.exports = {
         continue
       }
       await downloadFile({
+        speckleServerUrl: process.env.SPECKLE_SERVER_URL,
         fileId: file.id,
         streamId,
         token,