diff --git a/packages/apollo-collaboration-server/src/utils/FileStorageEngine.ts b/packages/apollo-collaboration-server/src/utils/FileStorageEngine.ts
index c4930af58..9fc3b9c47 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-collaboration-server/src/utils/FileStorageEngine.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-collaboration-server/src/utils/FileStorageEngine.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
 import { createWriteStream } from 'node:fs'
 import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rename, rmdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { Transform, finished } from 'node:stream'
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises'
 import { createGzip } from 'node:zlib'
 
@@ -41,40 +40,17 @@ export class FileStorageEngine implements StorageEngine {
     this.logger.debug(`User uploaded file: ${file.originalname}`)
 
     const hash = createHash('md5')
-    // file.stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
-    //   hash.update(chunk, 'utf8')
-    //   return chunk
-    // })
-    const hashUpdater = new Transform({
-      transform: (chunk, encoding, callback) => {
-        hash.update(chunk, encoding)
-        callback(null, chunk)
-      },
+    file.stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      hash.update(chunk, 'utf8')
+      return chunk
     })
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+    const zlib = require('node:zlib')
     // Check md5 checksum of saved file
     const fileWriteStream = createWriteStream(tempFullFileName)
-    const gz = createGzip()
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires, unicorn/prefer-node-protocol
-    const zlib = require('zlib')
-    this.logger.debug('*** Pipeline starts here...')
-    await pipeline(
-      file.stream,
-      new Transform({
-        transform: (chunk, encoding, callback) => {
-          hash.update(chunk, encoding)
-          callback(null, chunk)
-        },
-      }),
-      // createGzip(),  // If this is commented then pipeline is processed
-      zlib.createGzip({ level: zlib.constants.Z_BEST_SPEED }),
-      fileWriteStream,
-    )
-
-    this.logger.debug('*** Pipeline ended ...')
-
-    // await pipeline(file.stream, hashUpdater, gz, fileWriteStream)
+    const gz = createGzip({ level: zlib.constants.Z_BEST_SPEED }) // BEST_SPEED option must be used in order to process also FASTA files > 1 GB (in Node 18 onwards)
+    await pipeline(file.stream, gz, fileWriteStream)
     this.logger.debug(`Compressed file: ${tempFullFileName}`)
     const fileChecksum = hash.digest('hex')
     this.logger.debug(`Uploaded file checksum: ${fileChecksum}`)