diff --git a/ssb/packet_stream.py b/ssb/packet_stream.py
index 412b8d0..e094bdb 100644
--- a/ssb/packet_stream.py
+++ b/ssb/packet_stream.py
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ class PSRequestHandler(object):
 class PSMessage(object):
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_header_body(cls, header, body):
-        flags, length, req = struct.unpack('>BIi', header)
+    def from_header_body(cls, flags, req, body):
         type_ = PSMessageType(flags & 0x03)
 
         if type_ == PSMessageType.TEXT:
@@ -92,7 +91,11 @@ class PSMessage(object):
         self.req = req
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return '<PSMessage ({}): {}{} {}{}>'.format(self.type.name, self.body,
+        if self.type == PSMessageType.BUFFER:
+            body = '{} bytes'.format(len(self.body))
+        else:
+            body = self.body
+        return '<PSMessage ({}): {}{} {}{}>'.format(self.type.name, body,
                                                     '' if self.req is None else ' [{}]'.format(self.req),
                                                     '~' if self.stream else '', '!' if self.end_err else '')
 
@@ -107,9 +110,16 @@ class PSConnection(object):
             header = await self.connection.read()
             if not header:
                 return
-            body = await self.connection.read()
-            logger.debug('READ %s %s', header, body)
-            return PSMessage.from_header_body(header, body)
+            flags, length, req = struct.unpack('>BIi', header)
+
+            n_packets = length // 4096 + 1
+
+            body = b''
+            for n in range(n_packets):
+                body += await self.connection.read()
+
+            logger.debug('READ %s %s', header, len(body))
+            return PSMessage.from_header_body(flags, req, body)
         except StopAsyncIteration:
             logger.debug('DISCONNECT')
             await self.connection.disconnect()
diff --git a/test_client.py b/test_client.py
index b1647ad..1e298f2 100644
--- a/test_client.py
+++ b/test_client.py
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ async def main():
         handler.send(True, end=True)
         break
 
-    handler = api.call('blobs.add', [], 'sink')
-    handler.send(b'dead0beef', msg_type=PSMessageType.BUFFER)
-    handler.send(True, end=True)
+    async for data in api.call('blobs.get', ['&/6q7JOKythgnnzoBI5xxvotCr5HeFkAIZSAuqHiZfLw=.sha256'], 'source'):
+        if data.type.name == 'BUFFER':
+            with open('./funny_img.png', 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(data.data)
 
 # create console handler and set level to debug
 ch = logging.StreamHandler()