diff --git a/cirro/helpers/pyodide_patch_httpx.py b/cirro/helpers/pyodide_patch_httpx.py
index 938dbfde..651ec198 100644
--- a/cirro/helpers/pyodide_patch_httpx.py
+++ b/cirro/helpers/pyodide_patch_httpx.py
@@ -38,8 +38,20 @@ def _send_single_request(self: Client, request: Request) -> Response:
         headers=request.headers,
         data=request.content,
         auth=auth_patched,
+        stream=True
     )
 
+    # If the response is not successful, raise an HTTPError
+    if not resp.ok:
+        raise httpx.HTTPStatusError(
+            f"HTTP request failed with status code {resp.status_code}",
+            request=request,
+            response=resp
+        )
+
+    # Read the content of the response and decode it
+    content = resp.raw.read(decode_content=True)
+
     # Remove content-encoding header to prevent httpx from trying to decode the content
     # since requests already decodes the content
     if "content-encoding" in resp.headers:
@@ -49,7 +61,7 @@ def _send_single_request(self: Client, request: Request) -> Response:
     response = Response(
         status_code=resp.status_code,
         headers=Headers(resp.headers),
-        content=resp.content,
+        content=content,
         request=httpx.Request(method=resp.request.method, url=str(resp.url)),
     )
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c884f7f9..dce06faf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cirro"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 description = "CLI tool and SDK for interacting with the Cirro platform"
 authors = ["Cirro Bio <support@cirro.bio>"]
 license = "MIT"