diff --git a/src/interfaces/ISsnFileEntry.ts b/src/interfaces/ISsnFileEntry.ts
index e822214..73672a0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ISsnFileEntry.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/ISsnFileEntry.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ interface ISsnFileEntry {
   name: string;
   /** Uncompressed size */
   size: number;
-  /** Compressed size */
+  /** Stored size (size of compressed data + 12 byte encryption header if applicable) */
   compressedSize: number;
   /** Decryption keys needed to decrypt the file */
   decryptionKeys: [number, number, number] | undefined;
diff --git a/src/ssn/extractFileStream.ts b/src/ssn/extractFileStream.ts
index dcec088..929aa04 100644
--- a/src/ssn/extractFileStream.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/extractFileStream.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 //Similar to extractFile.ts, but instead of receiving and returning an ArrayBuffer, works with Node.js streams.
 
-import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as stream from 'stream';
 import * as zlib from 'zlib';
 import { ISsnFileEntry } from '../interfaces/ISsnFileEntry';
 import decryptStream from './streams/decryptStream';
-import streamSetMaxLength from './streams/streamSetMaxLength';
 
 /** Extracts the file with the given metadata from the stream.
  * The stream must already start at the .zip's local file header
@@ -34,10 +32,6 @@ export default function extractFileStream(file: ISsnFileEntry, inputStream: stre
 
   let curStream = inputStream;
 
-  //set max length (including random 12 byte encryption header)
-  const maxLength = streamSetMaxLength(curStream, file.compressedSize);
-  curStream = maxLength;
-
   //pipe into decryption if file is encrypted
   if (file.decryptionKeys !== undefined) {
     const decryptTransform = decryptStream([...file.decryptionKeys] as [number, number, number]);
diff --git a/src/ssn/getManifest.ts b/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
index e0e1abb..ec6dc1f 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getManifest.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default async function getManifest(product: Product): Promise<IManifest>
     throw new Error(`Expected .patchmanifest to contain a file called manifest.xml but it is called "${firstFile.name}".`);
   }
 
-  const stream = arrayBufferToStream(ssnFile, firstFile.offset);
+  const stream = arrayBufferToStream(ssnFile, firstFile.offset, firstFile.compressedSize);
 
   //Extract manifest.xml file
   const patchmanifestStream = extractFileStream(firstFile, stream);
diff --git a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
index b52851a..8c87882 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getSolidpkg.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import getUrlContents from '../cdn/getUrlContents';
 import { Product } from '../interfaces/ISettings';
 import ISolid from '../interfaces/ISolidFile';
 import ISolidSimple from '../interfaces/ISolidSimple';
-import extractFile from './extractFile';
+import extractFileStream from './extractFileStream';
 import parseBencode from './reader/bencodeParser';
 import readSsnFile from './reader/readSsnFile';
+import arrayBufferToStream from './streams/arrayBufferToStream';
+import streamToArrayBuffer from './streams/streamToArrayBuffer';
 import verifyProductName from './verify/verifyProductName';
 import verifySolidpkg from './verify/verifySolidpkg';
 
@@ -35,9 +37,12 @@ export default async function getSolidpkg(product: Product, from: number, to: nu
     throw new Error(`Expected .solidpkg to contain a file called metafile.solid but it is called "${firstFile.name}".`);
   }
 
+  const stream = arrayBufferToStream(ssnFile, firstFile.offset, firstFile.compressedSize);
+
   //Extract metafile.solid file
-  const solidFile = await extractFile(firstFile, [new DataView(ssnFile)]);
-  const solidContents = parseBencode(new DataView(solidFile)) as ISolid;
+  const solidFileStream = extractFileStream(firstFile, stream);
+  const solidFileArrayBuffer = await streamToArrayBuffer(solidFileStream);
+  const solidContents = parseBencode(new DataView(solidFileArrayBuffer)) as ISolid;
 
   //Verify metafile.solid for correctness
   verifySolidpkg(solidContents, { product, from, to });
diff --git a/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts b/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
index 2d9a0e2..3747d68 100644
--- a/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/reader/bencodeParser.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import { TextDecoder } from 'util';
 
-const Decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
+const decoder = new TextDecoder('utf-8');
 
 /** Takes a Bencoded-encoded file, parses it at the given starting position and returns a JSON object, or rejects on error. */
 function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
       obj = {};
       do {
         //read key
-        const out1 = bpParse(dv, pos);
-        pos = out1.pos;
-        if (typeof out1.obj !== 'string') {
-          throw new Error(`Expected dictionary key to be string but it is "${typeof out1.obj}".`);
+        const outKey = bpParse(dv, pos);
+        pos = outKey.pos;
+        if (typeof outKey.obj !== 'string') {
+          throw new Error(`Expected dictionary key to be string but it is "${typeof outKey.obj}".`);
         }
         //read value
-        const out2 = bpParse(dv, pos);
-        pos = out2.pos;
-        obj[out1.obj] = out2.obj;
+        const outValue = bpParse(dv, pos);
+        pos = outValue.pos;
+        obj[outKey.obj] = outValue.obj;
       } while (dv.getUint8(pos) !== 0x65); //'e' - end
       pos += 1;
       break;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function bpParse(dv: DataView, posIn: number = 0): { obj: any, pos: number } {
         curChar = dv.getUint8(pos); pos += 1;
       }
       //read string
-      obj = Decoder.decode(new DataView(dv.buffer, pos, strLen));
+      obj = decoder.decode(new DataView(dv.buffer, pos, strLen));
       pos += strLen;
       break;
     }
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts b/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
index e961ebd..5b9cf2b 100644
--- a/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ import * as stream from 'stream';
 
 const BUFFER_SIZE = 16 * 1024;
 
-export default function arrayBufferToStream(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer, offset = 0): stream.Readable {
-  if (offset < 0 || offset + 1 >= arrayBuffer.byteLength) {
+export default function arrayBufferToStream(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer, offset: number = 0, length?: number): stream.Readable {
+  if (offset < 0 || offset >= arrayBuffer.byteLength - 1) {
+    throw new RangeError('Could not convert ArrayBuffer to ReadableStream; out of bounds.');
+  }
+  if (length !== undefined && offset + length >= arrayBuffer.byteLength - 1) {
     throw new RangeError('Could not convert ArrayBuffer to ReadableStream; out of bounds.');
   }
 
   let position = offset;
+  const endPosition = (length !== undefined) ? offset + length : arrayBuffer.byteLength;
   const outStream = new stream.Readable({
     read(size) {
-      const chunkSize = Math.min(size || BUFFER_SIZE, arrayBuffer.byteLength - position); //TODO: we can probably remove BUFFER_SIZE
+      const chunkSize = Math.min(size || BUFFER_SIZE, endPosition - position); //TODO: we can probably remove BUFFER_SIZE
       let needMoreData: boolean;
       do {
         //If end is reached
-        if (position + 1 >= arrayBuffer.byteLength) {
+        if (position >= endPosition - 1) {
           this.push(null);
           return;
         }
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts b/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b8eb69..0000000
--- a/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import * as stream from 'stream';
-
-/** Takes the given ReadableStream and returns a ReadableStream with the same contents but that terminates after the given length. */
-export default function streamSetMaxLength(inputStream: stream.Readable, maxLength: number): stream.Readable {
-  if (maxLength <= 0) {
-    throw new RangeError('maxLength is out of bounds.');
-  }
-
-  let remaining = maxLength;
-
-  const outStream = new stream.Readable({
-    read(size) {
-      //If no size is provided, just pass through all remaining bytes
-      if (size === undefined) {
-        this.push(inputStream.read(remaining));
-        remaining = 0;
-        //End is reached, terminate stream
-        this.push(null);
-      } else {
-        //Otherwise, pass through however many bytes we can
-        const clampedSize = Math.min(size, remaining);
-        this.push(inputStream.read(clampedSize));
-        remaining -= clampedSize;
-
-        //If end is reached, terminate stream
-        if (remaining <= 0) {
-          this.push(null);
-        }
-      }
-    },
-  });
-
-  return outStream;
-}
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/streamToArrayBuffer.ts b/src/ssn/streams/streamToArrayBuffer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8589655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/streamToArrayBuffer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import * as stream from 'stream';
+
+export default function streamToArrayBuffer(inputStream: stream.Readable): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    let totalSize = 0;
+
+    //Convert chunks to string
+    inputStream.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+      chunks.push(chunk);
+      totalSize += chunk.length;
+    });
+
+    //Output final string
+    inputStream.on('end', () => {
+      const outBuffer = Buffer.concat(chunks, totalSize);
+      resolve(outBuffer.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
+    });
+
+    //Exit on error
+    inputStream.on('error', (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    });
+  });
+}