diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/source/file_source.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/source/file_source.rs
index 3769c0ee624..4d014adc8eb 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/source/file_source.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/source/file_source.rs
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ impl TypedSourceFactory for FileSourceFactory {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn dir_and_filename(filepath: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<(Uri, &Path)> {
+pub(crate) fn dir_and_filename(filepath: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<(Uri, &Path)> {
     let dir_uri: Uri = filepath
         .parent()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Parent directory could not be resolved"))?
+        .context("Parent directory could not be resolved")?
         .to_str()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Path cannot be turned to string"))?
+        .context("Path cannot be turned to string")?
         .parse()?;
     let file_name = filepath
         .file_name()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Path does not appear to be a file"))?;
+        .context("Path does not appear to be a file")?;
     Ok((dir_uri, file_name.as_ref()))
 }
 
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/lib.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/lib.rs
index 924755ccd2a..b451c59833c 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test_suite {
     use std::path::Path;
 
     use anyhow::Context;
+    use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
     use crate::{Storage, StorageErrorKind};
 
@@ -174,6 +175,21 @@ pub(crate) mod test_suite {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    async fn test_write_and_get_slice_stream(storage: &mut dyn Storage) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let test_path = Path::new("write_and_read_slice_stream");
+        storage
+            .put(
+                test_path,
+                Box::new(b"abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvxyz"[..].to_vec()),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        let mut reader = storage.get_slice_stream(test_path, 3..6).await?;
+        let mut buf = vec![0; 3];
+        reader.read_exact(&mut buf).await?;
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..], b"def");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     async fn test_write_get_all(storage: &mut dyn Storage) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let test_path = Path::new("write_and_read_all");
         storage
@@ -294,6 +310,9 @@ pub(crate) mod test_suite {
         test_write_and_get_slice(storage)
             .await
             .context("write_and_get_slice")?;
+        test_write_and_get_slice_stream(storage)
+            .await
+            .context("write_and_get_slice_stream")?;
         test_write_get_all(storage)
             .await
             .context("write_and_get_all")?;
@@ -320,8 +339,6 @@ pub(crate) mod test_suite {
     pub async fn storage_test_single_part_upload(storage: &mut dyn Storage) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         use std::ops::Range;
 
-        use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
-
         let test_path = Path::new("hello_small.txt");
         let data = b"hello, happy tax payer!";
         let data_size = data.len() as u64;
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/local_file_storage.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/local_file_storage.rs
index 8d35431ca19..c637d4b579d 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/local_file_storage.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-storage/src/local_file_storage.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use quickwit_common::ignore_error_kind;
 use quickwit_common::uri::Uri;
 use quickwit_config::StorageBackend;
-use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 use tracing::warn;
 
 use crate::storage::SendableAsync;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl Storage for LocalFileStorage {
         let full_path = self.full_path(path)?;
         let mut file = tokio::fs::File::open(&full_path).await?;
         file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(range.start as u64)).await?;
-        Ok(Box::new(file))
+        Ok(Box::new(file.take(range.len() as u64)))
     }
 
     async fn delete(&self, path: &Path) -> StorageResult<()> {