diff --git a/smartfile/__init__.py b/smartfile/__init__.py
index 958e9fa..d024848 100644
--- a/smartfile/__init__.py
+++ b/smartfile/__init__.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def download(self, file_to_be_downloaded, perform_download=True):
         # download uses shutil.copyfileobj to download, which copies
         # the data in chunks
         o = open(file_to_be_downloaded, 'wb')
-        return shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, o)
+        return shutil.copyfileobj(response.data, o)
 
     def move(self, src_path, dst_path):
         # check destination folder for / at end