diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.lock b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-types",
  "base64 0.21.2",
+ "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-types",
  "base64 0.21.0",
+ "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 
 [features]
-blob-client = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:futures-core", "dep:futures-util"]
+blob-client = [
+  "dep:bytes",
+  "dep:reqwest",
+  "dep:futures-core",
+  "dep:futures-util",
+]
 http = [
   "dep:actix-cors",
   "dep:actix-web",
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@
 tracing = "0.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.74"
 # blob client dependencies
+bytes = { version = "1.4", optional = true }
 futures-core = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = [
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs b/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use derive_more::{Display, Error, From};
 use futures_core::Stream;
-use futures_util::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use reqwest::{
   multipart::{Form, Part},
   Body, Method, RequestBuilder,
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
   pub async fn get(
     &self,
     blob_hash: &str,
-  ) -> BlobResult<impl Stream<Item = BlobResult<Vec<u8>>>> {
+  ) -> BlobResult<impl Stream<Item = BlobResult<Bytes>>> {
     debug!(?blob_hash, "Get blob request");
     let url = self.get_blob_url(Some(blob_hash))?;
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
     debug!("Response status: {}", response.status());
     if response.status().is_success() {
       let stream = response.bytes_stream().map(|result| match result {
-        Ok(bytes) => Ok(bytes.into()),
+        Ok(bytes) => Ok(bytes),
         Err(error) => {
           warn!("Error while streaming response: {}", error);
           Err(BlobServiceError::ClientError(error))
@@ -252,13 +253,12 @@
     H: Into<String>,
     S: futures_core::stream::TryStream + Send + Sync + 'static,
     S::Error: Into<Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>,
-    Vec<u8>: From<S::Ok>,
+    Bytes: From<S::Ok>,
   {
     debug!("Upload blob request");
     let url = self.get_blob_url(None)?;
 
-    let stream = data_stream.map_ok(Vec::from);
-    let streaming_body = Body::wrap_stream(stream);
+    let streaming_body = Body::wrap_stream(data_stream);
     let form = Form::new()
       .text("blob_hash", blob_hash.into())
       .part("blob_data", Part::stream(streaming_body));
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
   where
     S: futures_core::stream::TryStream + Send + Sync + 'static,
     S::Error: Into<Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>,
-    Vec<u8>: From<S::Ok>,
+    Bytes: From<S::Ok>,
   {
     trace!("Begin simple put. Assigning holder...");
     let data_exists = self.assign_holder(blob_hash, holder).await?;
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs b/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "http")]
 pub mod http;
 pub mod tools;
+
+mod reexports {
+  #[cfg(feature = "blob-client")]
+  pub use {bytes, reqwest};
+
+  #[cfg(feature = "http")]
+  pub use {actix_web, http};
+}
+pub use reexports::*;
diff --git a/services/reports/Cargo.lock b/services/reports/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/reports/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/reports/Cargo.lock
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-types",
  "base64 0.21.3",
+ "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-core",