diff --git a/weed/command/download.go b/weed/command/download.go
index 7d4dad2d4..f7588fbf0 100644
--- a/weed/command/download.go
+++ b/weed/command/download.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func downloadToFile(server, fileId, saveDir string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer rc.Close()
+	defer util.CloseResponse(rc)
 	if filename == "" {
 		filename = fileId
 	}
@@ -71,12 +72,11 @@ func downloadToFile(server, fileId, saveDir string) error {
 	}
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(path.Join(saveDir, filename), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
-		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, rc)
 		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	if isFileList {
-		content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
+		content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rc.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func downloadToFile(server, fileId, saveDir string) error {
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		if _, err = io.Copy(f, rc); err != nil {
+		if _, err = io.Copy(f, rc.Body); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ func fetchContent(server string, fileId string) (filename string, content []byte
 	if lookupError != nil {
 		return "", nil, lookupError
 	}
-	var rc io.ReadCloser
+	var rc *http.Response
 	if filename, _, rc, e = util.DownloadFile(fileUrl); e != nil {
 		return "", nil, e
 	}
-	content, e = ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
-	rc.Close()
+	defer util.CloseResponse(rc)
+	content, e = ioutil.ReadAll(rc.Body)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go b/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
index bde29176c..d33669447 100644
--- a/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/filersink/fetch_write.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package filersink
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"sync"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ func (fs *FilerSink) replicateOneChunk(sourceChunk *filer_pb.FileChunk, dir stri
 
 func (fs *FilerSink) fetchAndWrite(sourceChunk *filer_pb.FileChunk, dir string) (fileId string, err error) {
 
-	filename, header, readCloser, err := fs.filerSource.ReadPart(sourceChunk.GetFileIdString())
+	filename, header, resp, err := fs.filerSource.ReadPart(sourceChunk.GetFileIdString())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("read part %s: %v", sourceChunk.GetFileIdString(), err)
 	}
-	defer readCloser.Close()
+	defer util.CloseResponse(resp)
 
 	var host string
 	var auth security.EncodedJwt
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ func (fs *FilerSink) fetchAndWrite(sourceChunk *filer_pb.FileChunk, dir string)
 	glog.V(4).Infof("replicating %s to %s header:%+v", filename, fileUrl, header)
 
 	// fetch data as is, regardless whether it is encrypted or not
-	uploadResult, err, _ := operation.Upload(fileUrl, filename, false, readCloser, "gzip" == header.Get("Content-Encoding"), header.Get("Content-Type"), nil, auth)
+	uploadResult, err, _ := operation.Upload(fileUrl, filename, false, resp.Body, "gzip" == header.Get("Content-Encoding"), header.Get("Content-Type"), nil, auth)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.V(0).Infof("upload data %v to %s: %v", filename, fileUrl, err)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("upload source data %v to %s: %v", sourceChunk.GetFileIdString(), fileUrl, err)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("upload data: %v", err)
 	}
 	if uploadResult.Error != "" {
diff --git a/weed/replication/source/filer_source.go b/weed/replication/source/filer_source.go
index 69c23fe82..ee2c77ef1 100644
--- a/weed/replication/source/filer_source.go
+++ b/weed/replication/source/filer_source.go
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ func (fs *FilerSource) LookupFileId(part string) (fileUrl string, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (fs *FilerSource) ReadPart(part string) (filename string, header http.Header, readCloser io.ReadCloser, err error) {
+func (fs *FilerSource) ReadPart(part string) (filename string, header http.Header, resp *http.Response, err error) {
 
 	fileUrl, err := fs.LookupFileId(part)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	filename, header, readCloser, err = util.DownloadFile(fileUrl)
+	filename, header, resp, err = util.DownloadFile(fileUrl)
 
-	return filename, header, readCloser, err
+	return filename, header, resp, err
 }
 
 var _ = filer_pb.FilerClient(&FilerSource{})
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
index 80ca9afcb..6cbfe4e08 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_copy_handlers.go
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	srcUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s/%s%s",
 		s3a.option.Filer, s3a.option.BucketsPath, srcBucket, srcObject)
 
-	_, _, dataReader, err := util.DownloadFile(srcUrl)
+	_, _, resp, err := util.DownloadFile(srcUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, ErrInvalidCopySource, r.URL)
 		return
 	}
-	defer dataReader.Close()
+	defer util.CloseResponse(resp)
 
-	etag, errCode := s3a.putToFiler(r, dstUrl, dataReader)
+	etag, errCode := s3a.putToFiler(r, dstUrl, resp.Body)
 
 	if errCode != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(w, errCode, r.URL)
diff --git a/weed/util/http_util.go b/weed/util/http_util.go
index 7cc64ea85..eef24b930 100644
--- a/weed/util/http_util.go
+++ b/weed/util/http_util.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func GetUrlStream(url string, values url.Values, readFn func(io.Reader) error) e
 	return readFn(r.Body)
 }
 
-func DownloadFile(fileUrl string) (filename string, header http.Header, rc io.ReadCloser, e error) {
+func DownloadFile(fileUrl string) (filename string, header http.Header, resp *http.Response, e error) {
 	response, err := client.Get(fileUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, nil, err
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func DownloadFile(fileUrl string) (filename string, header http.Header, rc io.Re
 			filename = strings.Trim(filename, "\"")
 		}
 	}
-	rc = response.Body
+	resp = response
 	return
 }