diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php
index 084f6f96a..7f5ffc8cb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ use BookStack\Uploads\AttachmentService;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\MessageBag;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 
 class AttachmentController extends Controller
 {
-    protected $attachmentService;
-    protected $pageRepo;
+    protected AttachmentService $attachmentService;
+    protected PageRepo $pageRepo;
 
     /**
      * AttachmentController constructor.
@@ -230,13 +231,13 @@ class AttachmentController extends Controller
         }
 
         $fileName = $attachment->getFileName();
-        $attachmentContents = $this->attachmentService->getAttachmentFromStorage($attachment);
+        $attachmentStream = $this->attachmentService->streamAttachmentFromStorage($attachment);
 
         if ($request->get('open') === 'true') {
-            return $this->inlineDownloadResponse($attachmentContents, $fileName);
+            return $this->streamedInlineDownloadResponse($attachmentStream, $fileName);
         }
 
-        return $this->downloadResponse($attachmentContents, $fileName);
+        return $this->streamedDownloadResponse($attachmentStream, $fileName);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
index d616974c6..ae1f4e4ba 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
 
 abstract class Controller extends BaseController
 {
@@ -120,6 +121,21 @@ abstract class Controller extends BaseController
         ]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a response that forces a download, from a given stream of content.
+     */
+    protected function streamedDownloadResponse($stream, string $fileName): StreamedResponse
+    {
+        return response()->stream(function() use ($stream) {
+            fpassthru($stream);
+            fclose($stream);
+        }, 200, [
+            'Content-Type'           => 'application/octet-stream',
+            'Content-Disposition'    => 'attachment; filename="' . $fileName . '"',
+            'X-Content-Type-Options' => 'nosniff',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a file download response that provides the file with a content-type
      * correct for the file, in a way so the browser can show the content in browser.
@@ -135,6 +151,27 @@ abstract class Controller extends BaseController
         ]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a file download response that provides the file with a content-type
+     * correct for the file, in a way so the browser can show the content in browser,
+     * for a given content stream.
+     */
+    protected function streamedInlineDownloadResponse($stream, string $fileName): StreamedResponse
+    {
+        $sniffContent = fread($stream, 1000);
+        $mime = (new WebSafeMimeSniffer())->sniff($sniffContent);
+
+        return response()->stream(function() use ($sniffContent, $stream) {
+           echo $sniffContent;
+           fpassthru($stream);
+           fclose($stream);
+        }, 200, [
+            'Content-Type'           => $mime,
+            'Content-Disposition'    => 'inline; filename="' . $fileName . '"',
+            'X-Content-Type-Options' => 'nosniff',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show a positive, successful notification to the user on next view load.
      */
diff --git a/app/Uploads/AttachmentService.php b/app/Uploads/AttachmentService.php
index 7974d7ae9..05e70a502 100644
--- a/app/Uploads/AttachmentService.php
+++ b/app/Uploads/AttachmentService.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
 
 class AttachmentService
 {
-    protected $fileSystem;
+    protected FilesystemManager $fileSystem;
 
     /**
      * AttachmentService constructor.
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ class AttachmentService
         return $this->getStorageDisk()->get($this->adjustPathForStorageDisk($attachment->path));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Stream an attachment from storage.
+     *
+     * @return resource|null
+     * @throws FileNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function streamAttachmentFromStorage(Attachment $attachment)
+    {
+
+        return $this->getStorageDisk()->readStream($this->adjustPathForStorageDisk($attachment->path));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Store a new attachment upon user upload.
      *