diff --git a/src/SFTPconnection.php b/src/SFTPconnection.php
index 731e932..e65bd41 100644
--- a/src/SFTPconnection.php
+++ b/src/SFTPconnection.php
@@ -118,12 +118,23 @@ class SFTPConnection
 	public function receiveFile($remote_file, $local_file)
 	{
 		$sftp = $this->sftp;
-		$stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'r');
-		if (! $stream)
+		$remote_stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'rb');
+		if (! $remote_stream)
 			throw new Exception("Could not open SFTP file for reading: $remote_file");
-		$contents = fread($stream, filesize("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file"));
-		file_put_contents($local_file, $contents);
-		@fclose($stream);
+
+		$local_stream = @fopen($local_file, 'wb');
+		if (! $local_stream) {
+			@fclose($remote_stream);
+			throw new Exception("Could not open local file for writing: $local_file");
+		}
+
+		$copied = @stream_copy_to_stream($remote_stream, $local_stream);
+		@fclose($local_stream);
+		@fclose($remote_stream);
+
+		if ($copied === false) {
+			throw new Exception("Could not receive data from file: $remote_file.");
+		}
 	}
 
 	public function statFile($remote_file)
diff --git a/src/SFTPsync.php b/src/SFTPsync.php
index ae2c3b4..42fb8c6 100644
--- a/src/SFTPsync.php
+++ b/src/SFTPsync.php
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ function getStatusMeta(string $status): array
 		'MKDIR' => ['icon' => '📁', 'color' => '36'],
 		'RMDIR' => ['icon' => '🧹', 'color' => '35'],
 		'UPLOAD' => ['icon' => '⬆️', 'color' => '32'],
-		'DOWNLOAD' => ['icon' => '⬇️', 'color' => '34'],
+		'DOWNLOAD' => ['icon' => '⬇️', 'color' => '36'],
 		'DELETE' => ['icon' => '🗑️', 'color' => '31'],
 		'SKIP' => ['icon' => '⏭️', 'color' => '33'],
 		'ERROR' => ['icon' => '❌', 'color' => '91'],