diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index 11197b9..19db0ea 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func initEdgeStore() store.BlobStore {
 		s3Store = store.NewS3Store(globalConfig.AwsID, globalConfig.AwsSecret, globalConfig.BucketRegion, globalConfig.BucketName, globalConfig.S3Endpoint)
 	}
 	if originEndpointFallback != "" && originEndpoint != "" {
-		ittt := store.NewITTTStore(store.NewHttpStore(originEndpoint), store.NewHttpStore(originEndpointFallback))
+		ittt := store.NewITTTStore(store.NewHttpStore(originEndpoint, 0), store.NewHttpStore(originEndpointFallback, 0))
 		if s3Store != nil {
 			s = store.NewProxiedS3Store(ittt, s3Store)
 		} else {
diff --git a/store/http.go b/store/http.go
index 66b21af..6cc254c 100644
--- a/store/http.go
+++ b/store/http.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package store
 import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/internal/metrics"
@@ -17,15 +19,17 @@ import (
 
 // HttpStore reads from an HTTP endpoint that simply expects the hash to be appended to the endpoint
 type HttpStore struct {
-	endpoint   string // cloudflare endpoint
-	httpClient *http.Client
+	endpoint     string
+	httpClient   *http.Client
+	prefixLength int
 }
 
 // NewHttpStore returns an initialized HttpStore store pointer.
-func NewHttpStore(endpoint string) *HttpStore {
+func NewHttpStore(endpoint string, prefixLength int) *HttpStore {
 	return &HttpStore{
-		endpoint:   endpoint,
-		httpClient: getClient(),
+		endpoint:     endpoint,
+		httpClient:   getClient(),
+		prefixLength: prefixLength,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +62,8 @@ func (c *HttpStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, shared.BlobTrace, error) {
 	defer func(t time.Time) {
 		log.Warnf("Getting %s from HTTP(s) source took %s", hash[:8], time.Since(t).String())
 	}(start)
-	url := c.endpoint + hash
+
+	url := c.endpoint + c.shardedPath(hash)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, shared.NewBlobTrace(time.Since(start), c.Name()), errors.Err(err)
@@ -91,21 +96,30 @@ func (c *HttpStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, shared.BlobTrace, error) {
 	switch res.StatusCode {
 	case http.StatusNotFound:
 		return nil, trace.Stack(time.Since(start), c.Name()), ErrBlobNotFound
-
 	case http.StatusOK:
+		contentLength := res.Header.Get("Content-Length")
+		if contentLength != "" {
+			size, err := strconv.Atoi(contentLength)
+			if err == nil && size > 0 && size <= stream.MaxBlobSize {
+				blob := make([]byte, size)
+				_, err = io.ReadFull(res.Body, blob)
+				if err == nil {
+					metrics.MtrInBytesHttp.Add(float64(size))
+					return blob, trace.Stack(time.Since(start), c.Name()), nil
+				}
+				log.Warnf("Error reading body with known size: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+
 		buffer := getBuffer()
 		defer putBuffer(buffer)
-
 		if _, err := io.Copy(buffer, res.Body); err != nil {
 			return nil, trace.Stack(time.Since(start), c.Name()), errors.Err(err)
 		}
-
 		blob := make([]byte, buffer.Len())
 		copy(blob, buffer.Bytes())
-
 		metrics.MtrInBytesHttp.Add(float64(len(blob)))
 		return blob, trace.Stack(time.Since(start), c.Name()), nil
-
 	default:
 		body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		log.Warnf("Got status code %d (%s)", res.StatusCode, string(body))
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *HttpStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, shared.BlobTrace, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *HttpStore) cfRequest(method, hash string) (int, io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	url := c.endpoint + hash
+	url := c.endpoint + c.shardedPath(hash)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, errors.Err(err)
@@ -145,3 +159,10 @@ func (c *HttpStore) Delete(_ string) error {
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
 func (c *HttpStore) Shutdown() {
 }
+
+func (c *HttpStore) shardedPath(hash string) string {
+	if c.prefixLength <= 0 || len(hash) < c.prefixLength {
+		return hash
+	}
+	return path.Join(hash[:c.prefixLength], hash)
+}