diff --git a/src/app/api/stripstream/images/books/[bookId]/pages/[pageNumber]/route.ts b/src/app/api/stripstream/images/books/[bookId]/pages/[pageNumber]/route.ts
index 5ca02fb..81a4536 100644
--- a/src/app/api/stripstream/images/books/[bookId]/pages/[pageNumber]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/stripstream/images/books/[bookId]/pages/[pageNumber]/route.ts
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ export async function GET(
     const response = await client.fetchImage(path);
 
     const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type") ?? "image/jpeg";
-    const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+    const contentLength = response.headers.get("content-length");
 
-    return new NextResponse(buffer, {
-      headers: {
-        "Content-Type": contentType,
-        "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=86400",
-      },
-    });
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+      "Content-Type": contentType,
+      "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=86400",
+    };
+    if (contentLength) headers["Content-Length"] = contentLength;
+
+    return new NextResponse(response.body, { headers });
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error({ err: error }, "Stripstream page fetch error");
 
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.client.ts b/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.client.ts
index 842039d..d599173 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.client.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers/stripstream/stripstream.client.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ERROR_CODES } from "@/constants/errorCodes";
 import logger from "@/lib/logger";
 
 const TIMEOUT_MS = 15000;
+const IMAGE_TIMEOUT_MS = 60000;
 
 interface FetchErrorLike { code?: string; cause?: { code?: string } }
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export class StripstreamClient {
       Accept: "image/webp, image/jpeg, image/png, */*",
     });
     const controller = new AbortController();
-    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), TIMEOUT_MS);
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), IMAGE_TIMEOUT_MS);
     try {
       const response = await fetch(url, { headers, signal: controller.signal });
       if (!response.ok) {