diff --git a/desktop/src/main.ts b/desktop/src/main.ts
index 10a68003f..96b49256b 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/process-model#the-main-process
  */
 import { nativeImage } from "electron";
-import { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, Tray } from "electron/main";
+import { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, protocol, Tray } from "electron/main";
 import serveNextAt from "next-electron-server";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ const setupTrayItem = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
  *
  * See also: [Note: Transferring large amount of data over IPC]
  */
-const registerStreamProtocol = () => {};
+const registerStreamProtocol = () => {
+    protocol.handle("stream", (request: Request) => {
+        log.info({ e: "Got incoming stream", request });
+        return new Response("", { status: 200 });
+    });
+};
 
 /**
  * Older versions of our app used to maintain a cache dir using the main
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
index 165947f04..1a4d339aa 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
+import { isDevBuild } from "@/next/env";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { Events, eventBus } from "@ente/shared/events";
@@ -992,6 +993,16 @@ class ExportService {
                         fileExportName,
                         file,
                     );
+                    // TODO(MR): Productionalize
+                    if (isDevBuild) {
+                        console.log({ a: "will send req", updatedFileStream });
+                        const req = new Request("stream://foo", {
+                            method: "POST",
+                            body: updatedFileStream,
+                        });
+                        const res = await fetch(req);
+                        console.log({ a: "got res", res });
+                    }
                     await electron.saveStreamToDisk(
                         `${collectionExportPath}/${fileExportName}`,
                         updatedFileStream,