diff --git a/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStream.php b/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStream.php
index 1d4faa0f..dba16607 100644
--- a/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStream.php
+++ b/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStream.php
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public function get($url)
         try {
             // get our response
             $response = file_get_contents($url, false, $this->stream);
+            $this->errorMessage = null;
+            $this->errorCode    = null;
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             // set our error message/code and return false
             $this->errorMessage = $e->getMessage();
diff --git a/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStreamHttpClient.php b/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStreamHttpClient.php
index 8ac30fdf..4c9b29aa 100644
--- a/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStreamHttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Parse/HttpClients/ParseStreamHttpClient.php
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ public function setup()
         $this->options['ssl'] = array(
             'verify_peer'       => true,
             'verify_peer_name'  => true,
-            'allow_self_signed' => true, // All root certificates are self-signed
-            'follow_location'   => 1
+            'allow_self_signed' => true // All root certificates are self-signed
         );
     }
 
@@ -233,11 +232,11 @@ public function send($url, $method = 'GET', $data = array())
         // get our response headers
         $rawHeaders = $this->parseStream->getResponseHeaders();
 
-        if ($response === false || !$rawHeaders) {
-            // set an error and code
-            $this->streamErrorMessage   = $this->parseStream->getErrorMessage();
-            $this->streamErrorCode      = $this->parseStream->getErrorCode();
-        } else {
+        // set any error and code
+        $this->streamErrorMessage   = $this->parseStream->getErrorMessage();
+        $this->streamErrorCode      = $this->parseStream->getErrorCode();
+
+        if ($response !== false && $rawHeaders) {
             // set our response headers
             $this->responseHeaders = self::formatHeaders($rawHeaders);
 
diff --git a/src/Parse/ParseFile.php b/src/Parse/ParseFile.php
index 41c3c9ea..de9a7678 100755
--- a/src/Parse/ParseFile.php
+++ b/src/Parse/ParseFile.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public static function _createFromServer($name, $url)
     /**
      * Encode to associative array representation.
      *
-     * @return string
+     * @return array
      */
     public function _encode()
     {
@@ -242,21 +242,18 @@ private function upload($useMasterKey = false)
      */
     private function download()
     {
-        $rest = curl_init();
-        curl_setopt($rest, CURLOPT_URL, $this->url);
-        curl_setopt($rest, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-        curl_setopt($rest, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1);
-        $response = curl_exec($rest);
-        if (curl_errno($rest)) {
-            throw new ParseException(curl_error($rest), curl_errno($rest));
+        $httpClient = ParseClient::getHttpClient();
+        $httpClient->setup();
+        $response = $httpClient->send($this->url);
+        if ($httpClient->getErrorCode()) {
+            throw new ParseException($httpClient->getErrorMessage(), $httpClient->getErrorCode());
         }
-        $httpStatus = curl_getinfo($rest, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+        $httpStatus = $httpClient->getResponseStatusCode();
         if ($httpStatus > 399) {
             throw new ParseException('Download failed, file may have been deleted.', $httpStatus);
         }
-        $this->mimeType = curl_getinfo($rest, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        $this->mimeType = $httpClient->getResponseContentType();
         $this->data = $response;
-        curl_close($rest);
 
         return $response;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Parse/ParseFileTest.php b/tests/Parse/ParseFileTest.php
index 58174c09..3bdf44ca 100644
--- a/tests/Parse/ParseFileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Parse/ParseFileTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Parse\Test;
 
-use Parse\ParseException;
 use Parse\ParseFile;
 use Parse\ParseObject;
 use Parse\ParseQuery;
@@ -93,7 +92,16 @@ public function testParsefileDeleteUnsaved()
      */
     public function testParseFileDownloadBadURL()
     {
-        $this->setExpectedException('\Parse\ParseException', '', 6);
+        global $USE_CLIENT_STREAM;
+
+        if (!isset($USE_CLIENT_STREAM)) {
+            // curl exception expectation
+            $this->setExpectedException('\Parse\ParseException', '', 6);
+        } else {
+            // stream exception expectation
+            $this->setExpectedException('\Parse\ParseException', '', 2);
+        }
+
         $file = ParseFile::_createFromServer('file.txt', 'http://404.example.com');
         $file->getData();
     }