diff --git a/src/sender/sender.go b/src/sender/sender.go
index 3adf687..8a76ef1 100644
--- a/src/sender/sender.go
+++ b/src/sender/sender.go
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ func send(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *webso
 	var startTransfer time.Time
 	var tcpConnection comm.Comm
 
+	type DataChan struct {
+		b         []byte
+		bytesRead int
+		err       error
+	}
+	dataChan := make(chan DataChan, 1024*256)
+	defer close(dataChan)
+
 	useWebsockets := true
 	switch forceSend {
 	case 0:
@@ -191,6 +199,71 @@ func send(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *webso
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			// start streaming encryption/compression
+			go func(dataChan chan DataChan) {
+				var buffer []byte
+				if useWebsockets {
+					buffer = make([]byte, models.WEBSOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE/8)
+				} else {
+					buffer = make([]byte, models.TCP_BUFFER_SIZE/2)
+				}
+				for {
+					bytesread, err := f.Read(buffer)
+					if bytesread > 0 {
+						// do compression
+						var compressedBytes []byte
+						if useCompression && !fstats.IsDir {
+							compressedBytes = compress.Compress(buffer[:bytesread])
+						} else {
+							compressedBytes = buffer[:bytesread]
+						}
+
+						// do encryption
+						enc := crypt.Encrypt(compressedBytes, sessionKey, !useEncryption)
+						encBytes, err := json.Marshal(enc)
+						if err != nil {
+							dataChan <- DataChan{
+								b:         nil,
+								bytesRead: 0,
+								err:       err,
+							}
+							return
+						}
+
+						select {
+						case dataChan <- DataChan{
+							b:         encBytes,
+							bytesRead: bytesread,
+							err:       nil,
+						}:
+							continue
+						default:
+							log.Debug("blocked")
+							// no message sent
+							// block
+							dataChan <- DataChan{
+								b:         encBytes,
+								bytesRead: bytesread,
+								err:       nil,
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					if err != nil {
+						if err != io.EOF {
+							log.Error(err)
+						}
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				// finish
+				dataChan <- DataChan{
+					b:         nil,
+					bytesRead: 0,
+					err:       nil,
+				}
+			}(dataChan)
+
 			// encrypt the file meta data
 			enc := crypt.Encrypt(fstatsBytes, sessionKey)
 			// send the file meta data
@@ -203,7 +276,6 @@ func send(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *webso
 				return errors.New("recipient refused file")
 			}
 
-			buffer := make([]byte, models.WEBSOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE/8)
 			if !useWebsockets {
 				// connection to TCP
 				tcpConnection, err = connectToTCPServer(utils.SHA256(fmt.Sprintf("%x", sessionKey)), serverAddress+":"+serverTCP)
@@ -212,7 +284,6 @@ func send(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *webso
 					return
 				}
 				defer tcpConnection.Close()
-				buffer = make([]byte, models.TCP_BUFFER_SIZE/2)
 			}
 
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\rSending (->%s)...\n", otherIP)
@@ -226,43 +297,24 @@ func send(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *webso
 				progressbar.OptionSetWriter(os.Stderr),
 			)
 			for {
-				bytesread, err := f.Read(buffer)
-				bar.Add(bytesread)
-				if bytesread > 0 {
-					// do compression
-					var compressedBytes []byte
-					if useCompression && !fstats.IsDir {
-						compressedBytes = compress.Compress(buffer[:bytesread])
-					} else {
-						compressedBytes = buffer[:bytesread]
-					}
-
-					// do encryption
-					enc := crypt.Encrypt(compressedBytes, sessionKey, !useEncryption)
-					encBytes, err := json.Marshal(enc)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
+				data := <-dataChan
+				if data.err != nil {
+					return data.err
+				}
+				if data.bytesRead > 0 {
+					bar.Add(data.bytesRead)
 					if !useWebsockets {
 						// write data to tcp connection
-						_, err = tcpConnection.Write(encBytes)
+						_, err = tcpConnection.Write(data.b)
 					} else {
 						// write data to websockets
-						err = c.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, encBytes)
+						err = c.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, data.b)
 					}
 					if err != nil {
 						err = errors.Wrap(err, "problem writing message")
 						return err
 					}
-				}
-				if err != nil {
-					if err != io.EOF {
-						log.Error(err)
-					}
-					// if !isLocal {
-					// 	tcpConnection.Write([]byte("end"))
-					// }
+				} else {
 					break
 				}
 			}