diff --git a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/blocs/files.dart b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/blocs/files.dart
index d9bee11f..b6da7f78 100644
--- a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/blocs/files.dart
+++ b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/blocs/files.dart
@@ -160,16 +160,12 @@ class FilesBloc extends InteractiveBloc implements FilesBlocEvents, FilesBlocSta
   void uploadFile(final List<String> path, final String localPath) {
     wrapAction(
       () async {
-        final file = File(localPath);
-        // ignore: avoid_slow_async_io
-        final stat = await file.stat();
         final task = FilesUploadTask(
           path: path,
-          size: stat.size,
-          lastModified: stat.modified,
+          file: File(localPath),
         );
         tasks.add(tasks.value..add(task));
-        await _uploadQueue.add(() => task.execute(account.client, file.openRead()));
+        await _uploadQueue.add(() => task.execute(account.client));
         tasks.add(tasks.value..remove(task));
       },
       disableTimeout: true,
@@ -180,17 +176,13 @@ class FilesBloc extends InteractiveBloc implements FilesBlocEvents, FilesBlocSta
     final List<String> path,
     final File file,
   ) async {
-    final sink = file.openWrite();
-    try {
-      final task = FilesDownloadTask(
-        path: path,
-      );
-      tasks.add(tasks.value..add(task));
-      await _downloadQueue.add(() => task.execute(account.client, sink));
-      tasks.add(tasks.value..remove(task));
-    } finally {
-      await sink.close();
-    }
+    final task = FilesDownloadTask(
+      path: path,
+      file: file,
+    );
+    tasks.add(tasks.value..add(task));
+    await _downloadQueue.add(() => task.execute(account.client));
+    tasks.add(tasks.value..remove(task));
   }
 
   FilesBrowserBloc getNewFilesBrowserBloc() => FilesBrowserBloc(_requestManager, options, account);
diff --git a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/models/file_details.dart b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/models/file_details.dart
index c999be2c..c0d61b28 100644
--- a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/models/file_details.dart
+++ b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/models/file_details.dart
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class FileDetails {
   FileDetails.fromUploadTask({
     required FilesUploadTask this.task,
   })  : path = task.path,
-        size = task.size,
-        lastModified = task.lastModified,
+        size = task.stat.size,
+        lastModified = task.stat.modified,
         isDirectory = false,
         etag = null,
         mimeType = null,
diff --git a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/neon_files.dart b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/neon_files.dart
index 2f01f134..0c0abcd4 100644
--- a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/neon_files.dart
+++ b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/neon_files.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ library neon_files;
 
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
-import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:file_icons/file_icons.dart';
diff --git a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/utils/task.dart b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/utils/task.dart
index 09dcc1dc..3e4c6b47 100644
--- a/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/utils/task.dart
+++ b/packages/neon/neon_files/lib/utils/task.dart
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ part of '../neon_files.dart';
 sealed class FilesTask {
   FilesTask({
     required this.path,
+    required this.file,
   });
 
   final List<String> path;
 
+  final File file;
+
   @protected
   final streamController = StreamController<double>();
 
@@ -17,50 +20,38 @@ sealed class FilesTask {
 class FilesDownloadTask extends FilesTask {
   FilesDownloadTask({
     required super.path,
+    required super.file,
   });
 
-  Future execute(final NextcloudClient client, final IOSink sink) async {
-    final completer = Completer();
-
-    final response = await client.webdav.getStream(path.join('/'));
-    var downloaded = 0;
-
-    response.listen((final chunk) async {
-      sink.add(chunk);
-
-      downloaded += chunk.length;
-      streamController.add(downloaded / response.contentLength);
-
-      if (downloaded >= response.contentLength) {
-        completer.complete();
-      }
-    });
-
-    return completer.future;
+  Future execute(final NextcloudClient client) async {
+    await client.webdav.getFile(
+      path.join('/'),
+      file,
+      onProgress: (final progress) {
+        streamController.add(progress);
+      },
+    );
   }
 }
 
 class FilesUploadTask extends FilesTask {
   FilesUploadTask({
     required super.path,
-    required this.size,
-    required this.lastModified,
+    required super.file,
   });
 
-  final int size;
-  final DateTime lastModified;
-
-  Future execute(final NextcloudClient client, final Stream<List<int>> stream) async {
-    var uploaded = 0;
-    await client.webdav.putStream(
-      stream.map((final chunk) {
-        uploaded += chunk.length;
-        streamController.add(uploaded / size);
+  FileStat? _stat;
+  FileStat get stat => _stat ??= file.statSync();
 
-        return Uint8List.fromList(chunk);
-      }),
+  Future execute(final NextcloudClient client) async {
+    await client.webdav.putFile(
+      file,
+      stat,
       path.join('/'),
-      lastModified: lastModified,
+      lastModified: stat.modified,
+      onProgress: (final progress) {
+        streamController.add(progress);
+      },
     );
   }
 }