diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 8fb3172..8b6678b 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '10.0.35',
+  version: '10.0.36',
   description: 'offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
index 6e07bed..738c3f8 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
@@ -289,4 +289,14 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
     const newFileString = await editFuncArg(this.contentBuffer.toString());
     this.contentBuffer = Buffer.from(newFileString);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a ReadableStream from the file's content buffer
+   */
+  public getStream(): plugins.stream.Readable {
+    const stream = new plugins.stream.Readable();
+    stream.push(this.contentBuffer); // Push the content buffer to the stream
+    stream.push(null); // Push null to signify the end of the stream (EOF)
+    return stream;
+  }
 }