diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 8fe1397..ebacac4 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tap.test('should get a bucket', async () => {
 
 // Fast operations
 tap.test('should store data in bucket fast', async () => {
-  await myBucket.fastStore('hithere/socool.txt', 'hi there!');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('hithere/socool.txt', 'hi there!');
 });
 
 tap.test('should get data in bucket', async () => {
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ tap.test('should delete data in bucket', async () => {
 // fs operations
 
 tap.test('prepare for directory style tests', async () => {
-  await myBucket.fastStore('dir1/file1.txt', 'dir1/file1.txt content');
-  await myBucket.fastStore('dir1/file2.txt', 'dir1/file2.txt content');
-  await myBucket.fastStore('dir2/file1.txt', 'dir2/file1.txt content');
-  await myBucket.fastStore('dir3/file1.txt', 'dir3/file1.txt content');
-  await myBucket.fastStore('dir3/dir4/file1.txt', 'dir3/dir4/file1.txt content');
-  await myBucket.fastStore('file1.txt', 'file1 content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('dir1/file1.txt', 'dir1/file1.txt content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('dir1/file2.txt', 'dir1/file2.txt content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('dir2/file1.txt', 'dir2/file1.txt content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('dir3/file1.txt', 'dir3/file1.txt content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('dir3/dir4/file1.txt', 'dir3/dir4/file1.txt content');
+  await myBucket.fastPut('file1.txt', 'file1 content');
 });
 
 tap.test('should get base directory', async () => {
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index e817570..cbe67d0 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartbucket',
-  version: '2.0.4',
-  description: 'simple cloud independent object storage'
+  version: '2.0.5',
+  description: 'A TypeScript library for simple cloud independent object storage with support for buckets, directories, and files.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartbucket.classes.bucket.ts b/ts/smartbucket.classes.bucket.ts
index bbf4e2e..62335f2 100644
--- a/ts/smartbucket.classes.bucket.ts
+++ b/ts/smartbucket.classes.bucket.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class Bucket {
   /**
    * store file
    */
-  public async fastStore(pathArg: string, fileContent: string | Buffer): Promise<void> {
+  public async fastPut(pathArg: string, fileContent: string | Buffer): Promise<void> {
     const streamIntake = new plugins.smartstream.StreamIntake();
     const putPromise = this.smartbucketRef.minioClient
       .putObject(this.name, pathArg, streamIntake.getReadable())
@@ -115,6 +115,59 @@ export class Bucket {
     return replaySubject;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * store file as stream
+   */
+  public async fastPutStream(optionsArg: {
+    pathArg: string;
+    dataStream: plugins.stream.Readable;
+    metadata?: { [key: string]: string };
+  }): Promise<void> {
+    await this.smartbucketRef.minioClient.putObject(
+      this.name,
+      optionsArg.pathArg,
+      optionsArg.dataStream,
+      null,
+      ...(optionsArg.metadata
+        ? (() => {
+            const returnObject: any = {};
+            return returnObject;
+          })()
+        : {})
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async updateMetadata(
+    bucket: string,
+    objectKey: string,
+    metadata: { [key: string]: string }
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      // Retrieve current object information to use in copy conditions
+      const currentObjInfo = await this.smartbucketRef.minioClient.statObject(bucket, objectKey);
+  
+      // Setting up copy conditions
+      const copyConditions = new plugins.minio.CopyConditions();
+  
+      // Prepare new metadata, merging current and new metadata
+      const newMetadata = {
+        ...currentObjInfo.metaData,
+        ...metadata,
+      };
+  
+      // Define the copy operation as a Promise
+      await this.smartbucketRef.minioClient.copyObject(
+        bucket,
+        objectKey,
+        `/${bucket}/${objectKey}`,
+        copyConditions,
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Error updating metadata:', err);
+      throw err; // rethrow to allow caller to handle
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * removeObject
    */
diff --git a/ts/smartbucket.classes.directory.ts b/ts/smartbucket.classes.directory.ts
index 39f6aa4..ba82265 100644
--- a/ts/smartbucket.classes.directory.ts
+++ b/ts/smartbucket.classes.directory.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class Directory {
   // file operations
   public async fastStore(pathArg: string, contentArg: string | Buffer) {
     const path = plugins.path.join(this.getBasePath(), pathArg);
-    await this.bucketRef.fastStore(path, contentArg);
+    await this.bucketRef.fastPut(path, contentArg);
   }
 
   public async fastGet(pathArg: string) {
diff --git a/ts/smartbucket.plugins.ts b/ts/smartbucket.plugins.ts
index f40d1ba..2fb4845 100644
--- a/ts/smartbucket.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartbucket.plugins.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // node native
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as stream from 'stream';
 
-export { path };
+export { path, stream };
 
 // @push.rocks scope
 import * as smartpath from '@push.rocks/smartpath';