diff --git a/src/cache/fs.rs b/src/cache/fs.rs
index e60de4d..87922fa 100644
--- a/src/cache/fs.rs
+++ b/src/cache/fs.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use futures::{Future, Stream, StreamExt};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use std::time::Duration;
-
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::{Future, Stream, StreamExt};
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use reqwest::Error;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Display};
 use tokio::fs::{remove_file, File};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWriteExt, ReadBuf};
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::Sleep;
 
+use super::{BoxedImageStream, CacheStreamItem};
+
 /// Keeps track of files that are currently being written to.
 ///
 /// Why is this necessary? Consider the following situation:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static WRITING_STATUS: Lazy<RwLock<HashMap<PathBuf, Arc<CacheStatus>>>> =
     Lazy::new(|| RwLock::new(HashMap::new()));
 
 /// Tries to read from the file, returning a byte stream if it exists
-pub async fn read_file(path: &Path) -> Option<Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error>> {
+pub async fn read_file(path: &Path) -> Option<Result<FsStream, std::io::Error>> {
     if path.exists() {
         let status = WRITING_STATUS
             .read()
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub async fn read_file(path: &Path) -> Option<Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Erro
             .get(path)
             .map_or_else(|| Arc::new(CacheStatus::done()), Arc::clone);
 
-        Some(FromFsStream::new(path, status).await)
+        Some(FsStream::new(path, status).await)
     } else {
         None
     }
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ pub async fn read_file(path: &Path) -> Option<Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Erro
 /// a stream that reads from disk instead.
 pub async fn write_file(
     path: &Path,
-    mut byte_stream: impl Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, Error>> + Unpin + Send + 'static,
-) -> Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error> {
+    mut byte_stream: BoxedImageStream,
+) -> Result<FsStream, std::io::Error> {
     let done_writing_flag = Arc::new(CacheStatus::new());
 
     let mut file = {
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ pub async fn write_file(
         Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(())
     });
 
-    Ok(FromFsStream::new(path, done_writing_flag).await?)
+    Ok(FsStream::new(path, done_writing_flag).await?)
 }
 
-pub struct FromFsStream {
+pub struct FsStream {
     file: Pin<Box<File>>,
     sleep: Pin<Box<Sleep>>,
     is_file_done_writing: Arc<CacheStatus>,
 }
 
-impl FromFsStream {
+impl FsStream {
     async fn new(path: &Path, is_done: Arc<CacheStatus>) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
         Ok(Self {
             file: Box::pin(File::open(path).await?),
@@ -123,10 +123,19 @@ impl FromFsStream {
 }
 
 /// Represents some upstream error.
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct UpstreamError;
 
-impl Stream for FromFsStream {
-    type Item = Result<Bytes, UpstreamError>;
+impl std::error::Error for UpstreamError {}
+
+impl Display for UpstreamError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "An upstream error occurred")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Stream for FsStream {
+    type Item = CacheStreamItem;
 
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
         let status = self.is_file_done_writing.load();
@@ -148,6 +157,12 @@ impl Stream for FromFsStream {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<UpstreamError> for actix_web::Error {
+    fn from(_: UpstreamError) -> Self {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
 struct CacheStatus(AtomicU8);
 
 impl CacheStatus {
diff --git a/src/cache/generational.rs b/src/cache/generational.rs
index aaf917f..5630fd8 100644
--- a/src/cache/generational.rs
+++ b/src/cache/generational.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use futures::{stream::StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use log::{debug, warn};
 use lru::LruCache;
 use tokio::fs::{remove_file, File};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 
-use super::{Cache, CacheKey, CachedImage, ImageMetadata};
+use super::{
+    BoxedImageStream, Cache, CacheError, CacheKey, CacheStream, CachedImage, ImageMetadata,
+};
 
 pub struct GenerationalCache {
     in_memory: LruCache<CacheKey, (CachedImage, ImageMetadata)>,
@@ -132,9 +135,16 @@ impl GenerationalCache {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl Cache for GenerationalCache {
-    async fn get(&mut self, key: &CacheKey) -> Option<&(CachedImage, ImageMetadata)> {
+    async fn get(
+        &mut self,
+        key: &CacheKey,
+    ) -> Option<Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError>> {
         if self.in_memory.contains(key) {
-            return self.in_memory.get(key);
+            return self
+                .in_memory
+                .get(key)
+                // TODO: get rid of clone?
+                .map(|(image, metadata)| Ok((CacheStream::from(image.clone()), metadata)));
         }
 
         if let Some(metadata) = self.on_disk.pop(key) {
@@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ impl Cache for GenerationalCache {
 
             let mut buffer = metadata
                 .content_length
-                .map_or_else(Vec::new, Vec::with_capacity);
+                .map_or_else(Vec::new, |v| Vec::with_capacity(v as usize));
 
             match file {
                 Ok(mut file) => {
@@ -173,20 +183,30 @@ impl Cache for GenerationalCache {
             buffer.shrink_to_fit();
 
             self.disk_cur_size -= buffer.len() as u64;
-            let image = CachedImage(Bytes::from(buffer));
+            let image = CacheStream::from(CachedImage(Bytes::from(buffer))).map_err(|e| e.into());
 
-            // Since we just put it in the in-memory cache it should be there
-            // when we retrieve it
-            self.put(key.clone(), image, metadata).await;
-            return self.get(key).await;
+            return Some(self.put(key.clone(), Box::new(image), metadata).await);
         }
 
         None
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    async fn put(&mut self, key: CacheKey, image: CachedImage, metadata: ImageMetadata) {
+    async fn put(
+        &mut self,
+        key: CacheKey,
+        mut image: BoxedImageStream,
+        metadata: ImageMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError> {
         let mut hot_evicted = vec![];
+
+        let image = {
+            let mut resolved = vec![];
+            while let Some(bytes) = image.next().await {
+                resolved.extend(bytes?);
+            }
+            CachedImage(Bytes::from(resolved))
+        };
+
         let new_img_size = image.0.len() as u64;
 
         if self.memory_max_size >= new_img_size {
@@ -204,17 +224,19 @@ impl Cache for GenerationalCache {
                 }
             }
 
-            self.in_memory.put(key, (image, metadata));
+            self.in_memory.put(key.clone(), (image, metadata));
             self.memory_cur_size += new_img_size;
         } else {
             // Image was larger than memory capacity, push directly into cold
             // storage.
-            self.push_into_cold(key, image, metadata).await;
+            self.push_into_cold(key.clone(), image, metadata).await;
         };
 
         // Push evicted hot entires into cold storage.
         for (key, image, metadata) in hot_evicted {
             self.push_into_cold(key, image, metadata).await;
         }
+
+        self.get(&key).await.unwrap()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cache/low_mem.rs b/src/cache/low_mem.rs
index d3ff8a4..59b9162 100644
--- a/src/cache/low_mem.rs
+++ b/src/cache/low_mem.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 //! Low memory caching stuff
 
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
 use lru::LruCache;
 
-use super::{fs::FromFsStream, ByteStream, Cache, CacheKey};
+use super::{BoxedImageStream, Cache, CacheError, CacheKey, CacheStream, ImageMetadata};
 
 pub struct LowMemCache {
-    on_disk: LruCache<CacheKey, ()>,
+    on_disk: LruCache<CacheKey, ImageMetadata>,
     disk_path: PathBuf,
     disk_max_size: u64,
     disk_cur_size: u64,
@@ -27,21 +25,37 @@ impl LowMemCache {
     }
 }
 
+// todo: schedule eviction
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl Cache for LowMemCache {
-    async fn get_stream(&mut self, key: &CacheKey) -> Option<Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error>> {
-        if self.on_disk.get(key).is_some() {
-            super::fs::read_file(Path::new(&key.to_string())).await
+    async fn get(
+        &mut self,
+        key: &CacheKey,
+    ) -> Option<Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError>> {
+        if let Some(metadata) = self.on_disk.get(key) {
+            let path = self.disk_path.clone().join(PathBuf::from(key.clone()));
+            super::fs::read_file(&path).await.map(|res| {
+                res.map(|stream| (CacheStream::Fs(stream), metadata))
+                    .map_err(Into::into)
+            })
         } else {
             None
         }
     }
 
-    async fn put_stream(
+    async fn put(
         &mut self,
         key: CacheKey,
-        image: ByteStream,
-    ) -> Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error> {
-        super::fs::write_file(&PathBuf::from(key), image).await
+        image: BoxedImageStream,
+        metadata: ImageMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError> {
+        let path = self.disk_path.clone().join(PathBuf::from(key.clone()));
+        self.on_disk.put(key.clone(), metadata);
+        super::fs::write_file(&path, image)
+            .await
+            .map(CacheStream::Fs)
+            .map(move |stream| (stream, self.on_disk.get(&key).unwrap()))
+            .map_err(Into::into)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cache/mod.rs b/src/cache/mod.rs
index 55819b0..5055d60 100644
--- a/src/cache/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cache/mod.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use actix_web::http::HeaderValue;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset};
-use futures::Stream;
+use fs::FsStream;
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
+pub use fs::UpstreamError;
 pub use generational::GenerationalCache;
 pub use low_mem::LowMemCache;
 
-use self::fs::FromFsStream;
-
 mod fs;
 mod generational;
 mod low_mem;
@@ -36,23 +40,23 @@ impl From<CacheKey> for PathBuf {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct CachedImage(pub Bytes);
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct ImageMetadata {
     pub content_type: Option<ImageContentType>,
-    pub content_length: Option<usize>,
+    // If we can guarantee a non-zero u32 here we can save 4 bytes
+    pub content_length: Option<u32>,
     pub last_modified: Option<DateTime<FixedOffset>>,
 }
 
-// Note to self: If these are wrong blame Triscuit 9
+// Confirmed by Ply to be these types: https://link.eddie.sh/ZXfk0
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum ImageContentType {
     Png,
     Jpeg,
     Gif,
-    Bmp,
-    Tif,
 }
 
 pub struct InvalidContentType;
@@ -66,8 +70,6 @@ impl FromStr for ImageContentType {
             "image/png" => Ok(Self::Png),
             "image/jpeg" => Ok(Self::Jpeg),
             "image/gif" => Ok(Self::Gif),
-            "image/bmp" => Ok(Self::Bmp),
-            "image/tif" => Ok(Self::Tif),
             _ => Err(InvalidContentType),
         }
     }
@@ -80,8 +82,6 @@ impl AsRef<str> for ImageContentType {
             Self::Png => "image/png",
             Self::Jpeg => "image/jpeg",
             Self::Gif => "image/gif",
-            Self::Bmp => "image/bmp",
-            Self::Tif => "image/tif",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -130,41 +130,78 @@ impl ImageMetadata {
     }
 }
 
+type BoxedImageStream = Box<dyn Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, CacheError>> + Unpin + Send>;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum CacheError {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Upstream(#[from] UpstreamError),
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait Cache: Send + Sync {
-    async fn get(&mut self, _key: &CacheKey) -> Option<&(CachedImage, ImageMetadata)> {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-
-    async fn put(&mut self, _key: CacheKey, _image: CachedImage, _metadata: ImageMetadata) {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-
-    async fn get_stream(
+    async fn get(
         &mut self,
-        _key: &CacheKey,
-    ) -> Option<Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error>> {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-
-    async fn put_stream(
+        key: &CacheKey,
+    ) -> Option<Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError>>;
+    async fn put(
         &mut self,
-        _key: CacheKey,
-        _image: ByteStream,
-    ) -> Result<FromFsStream, std::io::Error> {
-        unimplemented!()
+        key: CacheKey,
+        image: BoxedImageStream,
+        metadata: ImageMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(CacheStream, &ImageMetadata), CacheError>;
+}
+
+pub enum CacheStream {
+    Fs(FsStream),
+    Memory(MemStream),
+}
+
+impl From<CachedImage> for CacheStream {
+    fn from(image: CachedImage) -> Self {
+        Self::Memory(MemStream(image.0))
     }
 }
 
-pub enum ByteStream {}
+type CacheStreamItem = Result<Bytes, UpstreamError>;
 
-impl Stream for ByteStream {
-    type Item = Result<Bytes, reqwest::Error>;
+impl Stream for CacheStream {
+    type Item = CacheStreamItem;
 
-    fn poll_next(
-        self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
-        cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
-    ) -> std::task::Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-        todo!()
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        match self.get_mut() {
+            Self::Fs(stream) => stream.poll_next_unpin(cx),
+            Self::Memory(stream) => stream.poll_next_unpin(cx),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct MemStream(Bytes);
+
+impl Stream for MemStream {
+    type Item = CacheStreamItem;
+
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let mut new_bytes = Bytes::new();
+        std::mem::swap(&mut self.0, &mut new_bytes);
+        if new_bytes.is_empty() {
+            Poll::Ready(None)
+        } else {
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(new_bytes)))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_size() {
+        assert_eq!(std::mem::size_of::<ImageMetadata>(), 32);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 5f46beb..37bb7ae 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use actix_web::dev::HttpResponseBuilder;
@@ -11,14 +10,14 @@ use actix_web::{get, web::Data, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Responder};
 use base64::DecodeError;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use futures::stream;
+use futures::{Stream, TryStreamExt};
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use sodiumoxide::crypto::box_::{open_precomputed, Nonce, PrecomputedKey, NONCEBYTES};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::cache::{Cache, CacheKey, CachedImage, ImageMetadata};
+use crate::cache::{Cache, CacheKey, ImageMetadata, UpstreamError};
 use crate::client_api_version;
 use crate::config::{SEND_SERVER_VERSION, VALIDATE_TOKENS};
 use crate::state::RwLockServerState;
@@ -182,8 +181,10 @@ async fn fetch_image(
 ) -> ServerResponse {
     let key = CacheKey(chapter_hash, file_name, is_data_saver);
 
-    if let Some((image, metadata)) = cache.lock().get(&key).await {
-        return construct_response(image, metadata);
+    match cache.lock().get(&key).await {
+        Some(Ok((image, metadata))) => return construct_response(image, metadata),
+        Some(Err(_)) => return ServerResponse::HttpResponse(HttpResponse::BadGateway().finish()),
+        _ => (),
     }
 
     // It's important to not get a write lock before this request, else we're
@@ -238,22 +239,17 @@ async fn fetch_image(
                     headers.remove(LAST_MODIFIED),
                 )
             };
-            let body = resp.bytes().await;
-            match body {
-                Ok(bytes) => {
-                    let cached = ImageMetadata::new(content_type, length, last_mod).unwrap();
-                    let image = CachedImage(bytes);
-                    let resp = construct_response(&image, &cached);
-                    cache.lock().put(key, image, cached).await;
-                    return resp;
+
+            let body = resp.bytes_stream().map_err(|e| e.into());
+            let metadata = ImageMetadata::new(content_type, length, last_mod).unwrap();
+            let (stream, metadata) = {
+                match cache.lock().put(key, Box::new(body), metadata).await {
+                    Ok((stream, metadata)) => (stream, *metadata),
+                    Err(_) => todo!(),
                 }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    warn!("Got payload error from image server: {}", e);
-                    ServerResponse::HttpResponse(
-                        push_headers(&mut HttpResponse::ServiceUnavailable()).finish(),
-                    )
-                }
-            }
+            };
+
+            return construct_response(stream, &metadata);
         }
         Err(e) => {
             error!("Failed to fetch image from server: {}", e);
@@ -264,23 +260,22 @@ async fn fetch_image(
     }
 }
 
-fn construct_response(cached: &CachedImage, metadata: &ImageMetadata) -> ServerResponse {
-    let data: Vec<Result<Bytes, Infallible>> = cached
-        .0
-        .to_vec()
-        .chunks(1460) // TCP MSS default size
-        .map(|v| Ok(Bytes::from(v.to_vec())))
-        .collect();
+fn construct_response(
+    data: impl Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, UpstreamError>> + Unpin + 'static,
+    metadata: &ImageMetadata,
+) -> ServerResponse {
     let mut resp = HttpResponse::Ok();
-    if let Some(content_type) = &metadata.content_type {
+    if let Some(content_type) = metadata.content_type {
         resp.append_header((CONTENT_TYPE, content_type.as_ref()));
     }
-    if let Some(content_length) = &metadata.content_length {
-        resp.append_header((CONTENT_LENGTH, content_length.to_string()));
+
+    if let Some(content_length) = metadata.content_length {
+        resp.append_header((CONTENT_LENGTH, content_length));
     }
-    if let Some(last_modified) = &metadata.last_modified {
+
+    if let Some(last_modified) = metadata.last_modified {
         resp.append_header((LAST_MODIFIED, last_modified.to_rfc2822()));
     }
 
-    ServerResponse::HttpResponse(push_headers(&mut resp).streaming(stream::iter(data)))
+    ServerResponse::HttpResponse(push_headers(&mut resp).streaming(data))
 }