diff --git a/backend/azure/azure.go b/backend/azure/azure.go
index b0b117d4..0d3fe230 100644
--- a/backend/azure/azure.go
+++ b/backend/azure/azure.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (az *Azure) DeleteBucketTagging(ctx context.Context, bucket string) error {
 	return az.PutBucketTagging(ctx, bucket, nil)
 }
 
-func (az *Azure) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (az *Azure) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	var opts *azblob.DownloadStreamOptions
 	if *input.Range != "" {
 		offset, count, err := backend.ParseRange(0, *input.Range)
@@ -429,12 +429,6 @@ func (az *Azure) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, azureErrToS3Err(err)
 	}
-	defer blobDownloadResponse.Body.Close()
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(writer, blobDownloadResponse.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copy data: %w", err)
-	}
 
 	var tagcount int32
 	if blobDownloadResponse.TagCount != nil {
@@ -451,6 +445,7 @@ func (az *Azure) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer
 		Metadata:        parseAzMetadata(blobDownloadResponse.Metadata),
 		TagCount:        &tagcount,
 		ContentRange:    blobDownloadResponse.ContentRange,
+		Body:            blobDownloadResponse.Body,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/backend.go b/backend/backend.go
index 6ebc705d..2951887d 100644
--- a/backend/backend.go
+++ b/backend/backend.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 	// standard object operations
 	PutObject(context.Context, *s3.PutObjectInput) (string, error)
 	HeadObject(context.Context, *s3.HeadObjectInput) (*s3.HeadObjectOutput, error)
-	GetObject(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput, io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error)
+	GetObject(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error)
 	GetObjectAcl(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectAclInput) (*s3.GetObjectAclOutput, error)
 	GetObjectAttributes(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectAttributesInput) (s3response.GetObjectAttributesResult, error)
 	CopyObject(context.Context, *s3.CopyObjectInput) (*s3.CopyObjectOutput, error)
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ func (BackendUnsupported) PutObject(context.Context, *s3.PutObjectInput) (string
 func (BackendUnsupported) HeadObject(context.Context, *s3.HeadObjectInput) (*s3.HeadObjectOutput, error) {
 	return nil, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrNotImplemented)
 }
-func (BackendUnsupported) GetObject(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput, io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (BackendUnsupported) GetObject(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	return nil, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrNotImplemented)
 }
 func (BackendUnsupported) GetObjectAcl(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectAclInput) (*s3.GetObjectAclOutput, error) {
diff --git a/backend/common.go b/backend/common.go
index 42c449c6..57ebe5ce 100644
--- a/backend/common.go
+++ b/backend/common.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -128,3 +130,16 @@ func md5String(data []byte) string {
 	sum := md5.Sum(data)
 	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
 }
+
+type FileSectionReadCloser struct {
+	R io.Reader
+	F *os.File
+}
+
+func (f *FileSectionReadCloser) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	return f.R.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (f *FileSectionReadCloser) Close() error {
+	return f.F.Close()
+}
diff --git a/backend/posix/posix.go b/backend/posix/posix.go
index f92d0fc4..70b3d7f2 100644
--- a/backend/posix/posix.go
+++ b/backend/posix/posix.go
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ func (p *Posix) DeleteObjects(ctx context.Context, input *s3.DeleteObjectsInput)
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	if input.Bucket == nil {
 		return nil, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrInvalidBucketName)
 	}
@@ -1637,11 +1637,11 @@ func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io
 	}
 
 	if length == -1 {
-		length = objSize - startOffset + 1
+		length = objSize - startOffset
 	}
 
-	if startOffset+length > objSize+1 {
-		length = objSize - startOffset + 1
+	if startOffset+length > objSize {
+		length = objSize - startOffset
 	}
 
 	var contentRange string
@@ -1684,21 +1684,6 @@ func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	f, err := os.Open(objPath)
-	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
-		return nil, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrNoSuchKey)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open object: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	rdr := io.NewSectionReader(f, startOffset, length)
-	_, err = io.Copy(writer, rdr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copy data: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	userMetaData := make(map[string]string)
 
 	contentType, contentEncoding := p.loadUserMetaData(bucket, object, userMetaData)
@@ -1719,6 +1704,16 @@ func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io
 		tagCount = &tgCount
 	}
 
+	f, err := os.Open(objPath)
+	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrNoSuchKey)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open object: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	rdr := io.NewSectionReader(f, startOffset, length)
+
 	return &s3.GetObjectOutput{
 		AcceptRanges:    &acceptRange,
 		ContentLength:   &length,
@@ -1729,6 +1724,7 @@ func (p *Posix) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io
 		Metadata:        userMetaData,
 		TagCount:        tagCount,
 		ContentRange:    &contentRange,
+		Body:            &backend.FileSectionReadCloser{R: rdr, F: f},
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/s3proxy/s3.go b/backend/s3proxy/s3.go
index 6b2010c5..7d7c6fbd 100644
--- a/backend/s3proxy/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3proxy/s3.go
@@ -314,17 +314,11 @@ func (s *S3Proxy) HeadObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.HeadObjectInput) (*s
 	return out, handleError(err)
 }
 
-func (s *S3Proxy) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, w io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (s *S3Proxy) GetObject(ctx context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	output, err := s.client.GetObject(ctx, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, handleError(err)
 	}
-	defer output.Body.Close()
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(w, output.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 
 	return output, nil
 }
diff --git a/backend/scoutfs/scoutfs.go b/backend/scoutfs/scoutfs.go
index 4c52e92a..606475f4 100644
--- a/backend/scoutfs/scoutfs.go
+++ b/backend/scoutfs/scoutfs.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func (s *ScoutFS) retrieveUploadId(bucket, object string) (string, [32]byte, err
 	return entries[0].Name(), sum, nil
 }
 
-func (s *ScoutFS) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (s *ScoutFS) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	bucket := *input.Bucket
 	object := *input.Key
 	acceptRange := *input.Range
@@ -658,13 +658,8 @@ func (s *ScoutFS) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open object: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
 
 	rdr := io.NewSectionReader(f, startOffset, length)
-	_, err = io.Copy(writer, rdr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copy data: %w", err)
-	}
 
 	userMetaData := make(map[string]string)
 
@@ -694,6 +689,7 @@ func (s *ScoutFS) GetObject(_ context.Context, input *s3.GetObjectInput, writer
 		TagCount:        &tagCount,
 		StorageClass:    types.StorageClassStandard,
 		ContentRange:    &contentRange,
+		Body:            &backend.FileSectionReadCloser{R: rdr, F: f},
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/backend_moq_test.go b/s3api/controllers/backend_moq_test.go
index 3a8aef31..f5e59575 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/backend_moq_test.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/backend_moq_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/backend"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3response"
-	"io"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ var _ backend.Backend = &BackendMock{}
 //			GetBucketVersioningFunc: func(contextMoqParam context.Context, bucket string) (*s3.GetBucketVersioningOutput, error) {
 //				panic("mock out the GetBucketVersioning method")
 //			},
-//			GetObjectFunc: func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+//			GetObjectFunc: func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 //				panic("mock out the GetObject method")
 //			},
 //			GetObjectAclFunc: func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectAclInput *s3.GetObjectAclInput) (*s3.GetObjectAclOutput, error) {
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ type BackendMock struct {
 	GetBucketVersioningFunc func(contextMoqParam context.Context, bucket string) (*s3.GetBucketVersioningOutput, error)
 
 	// GetObjectFunc mocks the GetObject method.
-	GetObjectFunc func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error)
+	GetObjectFunc func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error)
 
 	// GetObjectAclFunc mocks the GetObjectAcl method.
 	GetObjectAclFunc func(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectAclInput *s3.GetObjectAclInput) (*s3.GetObjectAclOutput, error)
@@ -477,8 +476,6 @@ type BackendMock struct {
 			ContextMoqParam context.Context
 			// GetObjectInput is the getObjectInput argument value.
 			GetObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput
-			// Writer is the writer argument value.
-			Writer io.Writer
 		}
 		// GetObjectAcl holds details about calls to the GetObjectAcl method.
 		GetObjectAcl []struct {
@@ -1449,23 +1446,21 @@ func (mock *BackendMock) GetBucketVersioningCalls() []struct {
 }
 
 // GetObject calls GetObjectFunc.
-func (mock *BackendMock) GetObject(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput, writer io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+func (mock *BackendMock) GetObject(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInput *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 	if mock.GetObjectFunc == nil {
 		panic("BackendMock.GetObjectFunc: method is nil but Backend.GetObject was just called")
 	}
 	callInfo := struct {
 		ContextMoqParam context.Context
 		GetObjectInput  *s3.GetObjectInput
-		Writer          io.Writer
 	}{
 		ContextMoqParam: contextMoqParam,
 		GetObjectInput:  getObjectInput,
-		Writer:          writer,
 	}
 	mock.lockGetObject.Lock()
 	mock.calls.GetObject = append(mock.calls.GetObject, callInfo)
 	mock.lockGetObject.Unlock()
-	return mock.GetObjectFunc(contextMoqParam, getObjectInput, writer)
+	return mock.GetObjectFunc(contextMoqParam, getObjectInput)
 }
 
 // GetObjectCalls gets all the calls that were made to GetObject.
@@ -1475,12 +1470,10 @@ func (mock *BackendMock) GetObject(contextMoqParam context.Context, getObjectInp
 func (mock *BackendMock) GetObjectCalls() []struct {
 	ContextMoqParam context.Context
 	GetObjectInput  *s3.GetObjectInput
-	Writer          io.Writer
 } {
 	var calls []struct {
 		ContextMoqParam context.Context
 		GetObjectInput  *s3.GetObjectInput
-		Writer          io.Writer
 	}
 	mock.lockGetObject.RLock()
 	calls = mock.calls.GetObject
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/base.go b/s3api/controllers/base.go
index ce1475e3..edfd6fe6 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/base.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/base.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func (c S3ApiController) GetActions(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		Key:       &key,
 		Range:     &acceptRange,
 		VersionId: &versionId,
-	}, ctx.Response().BodyWriter())
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return SendResponse(ctx, err,
 			&MetaOpts{
@@ -412,15 +412,6 @@ func (c S3ApiController) GetActions(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 				BucketOwner: parsedAcl.Owner,
 			})
 	}
-	if res == nil {
-		return SendResponse(ctx, fmt.Errorf("get object nil response"),
-			&MetaOpts{
-				Logger:      c.logger,
-				MetricsMng:  c.mm,
-				Action:      metrics.ActionGetObject,
-				BucketOwner: parsedAcl.Owner,
-			})
-	}
 
 	utils.SetMetaHeaders(ctx, res.Metadata)
 	var lastmod string
@@ -429,10 +420,6 @@ func (c S3ApiController) GetActions(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	}
 
 	utils.SetResponseHeaders(ctx, []utils.CustomHeader{
-		{
-			Key:   "Content-Length",
-			Value: fmt.Sprint(getint64(res.ContentLength)),
-		},
 		{
 			Key:   "Content-Type",
 			Value: getstring(res.ContentType),
@@ -477,6 +464,10 @@ func (c S3ApiController) GetActions(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		status = http.StatusPartialContent
 	}
 
+	if res.Body != nil {
+		ctx.Response().SetBodyStream(res.Body, int(getint64(res.ContentLength)))
+	}
+
 	return SendResponse(ctx, nil,
 		&MetaOpts{
 			Logger:        c.logger,
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/base_test.go b/s3api/controllers/base_test.go
index 4aa6ff8b..6469b983 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/base_test.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/base_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"reflect"
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ func TestS3ApiController_GetActions(t *testing.T) {
 			GetObjectAttributesFunc: func(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectAttributesInput) (s3response.GetObjectAttributesResult, error) {
 				return s3response.GetObjectAttributesResult{}, nil
 			},
-			GetObjectFunc: func(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput, io.Writer) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
+			GetObjectFunc: func(context.Context, *s3.GetObjectInput) (*s3.GetObjectOutput, error) {
 				return &s3.GetObjectOutput{
 					Metadata:        map[string]string{"hello": "world"},
 					ContentType:     getPtr("application/xml"),
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests.go b/tests/integration/tests.go
index 719f9fe7..5c92570e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/tests.go
@@ -3287,30 +3287,30 @@ func GetObject_invalid_ranges(s *S3Conf) error {
 		}
 
 		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
-		resp, err := s3client.GetObject(ctx, &s3.GetObjectInput{
+		_, err = s3client.GetObject(ctx, &s3.GetObjectInput{
 			Bucket: &bucket,
 			Key:    &obj,
-			Range:  getPtr("bytes=1500-999999999999"),
+			Range:  getPtr("bytes=0-0"),
 		})
 		cancel()
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := checkApiErr(err, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrInvalidRange)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if *resp.ContentLength != dataLength-1500 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("expected content-length to be %v, instead got %v", dataLength-1500, *resp.ContentLength)
-		}
-
 		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), shortTimeout)
-		_, err = s3client.GetObject(ctx, &s3.GetObjectInput{
+		resp, err := s3client.GetObject(ctx, &s3.GetObjectInput{
 			Bucket: &bucket,
 			Key:    &obj,
-			Range:  getPtr("bytes=0-0"),
+			Range:  getPtr("bytes=1500-999999999999"),
 		})
 		cancel()
-		if err := checkApiErr(err, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrInvalidRange)); err != nil {
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		if *resp.ContentLength != dataLength-1500 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected content-length to be %v, instead got %v", dataLength-1500, *resp.ContentLength)
+		}
 		return nil
 	})
 }
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ func GetObject_by_range_success(s *S3Conf) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("expected accept range: %v, instead got: %v", rangeString, getString(out.AcceptRanges))
 		}
 		b, err := io.ReadAll(out.Body)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -3443,7 +3443,7 @@ func GetObject_by_range_success(s *S3Conf) error {
 		defer out.Body.Close()
 
 		b, err = io.ReadAll(out.Body)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 			return err
 		}