diff --git a/internal/cmd/exec.go b/internal/cmd/exec.go
index 9688b47..2359e69 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/exec.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 )
 
 // Executor calls commands
@@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ func (exec Executor) catFile(filePath string) (string, string, error) {
 	return stdout.String(), stderr.String(), err
 }
 
+// copyFile takes the full path of a file and a local destination to save the
+// file on disk
+func (exec Executor) copyFile(source string, destination *os.File) (string, error) {
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("cat %s", source)
+	err := exec(nil, destination, &stderr, "bash", "-ceu", "--", command)
+	return stderr.String(), err
+}
+
 // patronictl takes a patronictl subcommand and returns the output of that command
 func (exec Executor) patronictl(cmd, output string) (string, string, error) {
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/internal/cmd/export.go b/internal/cmd/export.go
index f9ca1a2..0105352 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/export.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/export.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
@@ -449,7 +451,8 @@ Collecting PGO CLI logs...
 		// All Postgres Logs on the Postgres Instances (primary and replicas)
 		if numLogs > 0 {
 			if err == nil {
-				err = gatherPostgresLogsAndConfigs(ctx, clientset, restConfig, namespace, clusterName, numLogs, tw, cmd)
+				err = gatherPostgresLogsAndConfigs(ctx, clientset, restConfig,
+					namespace, clusterName, outputDir, outputFile, numLogs, tw, cmd)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -955,6 +958,8 @@ func gatherPostgresLogsAndConfigs(ctx context.Context,
 	config *rest.Config,
 	namespace string,
 	clusterName string,
+	outputDir string,
+	outputFile string,
 	numLogs int,
 	tw *tar.Writer,
 	cmd *cobra.Command,
@@ -1024,30 +1029,57 @@ func gatherPostgresLogsAndConfigs(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 
 		logFiles := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(stdout), "\n")
-		for _, logFile := range logFiles {
-			writeDebug(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("LOG FILE: %s\n", logFile))
-			var buf bytes.Buffer
 
-			stdout, stderr, err := Executor(exec).catFile(logFile)
+		// localDirectory is created to save data on disk
+		// e.g. outputDir/crunchy_k8s_support_export_2022-08-08-115726-0400/remotePath
+		localDirectory := filepath.Join(outputDir, strings.ReplaceAll(outputFile, ".tar.gz", ""))
+
+		// flag to determine whether or not to remove localDirectory after the loop
+		// When an error happens, this flag will switch to false
+		// It's nice to have the extra data around when errors have happened
+		doCleanup := true
+
+		for _, logFile := range logFiles {
+			// get the file size to stream
+			fileSize, err := getRemoteFileSize(config, namespace, pod.Name, util.ContainerDatabase, logFile)
 			if err != nil {
-				if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
-					writeInfo(cmd, err.Error())
-					// Continue and output errors for each log file
-					// Allow the user to see and address all issues at once
-					continue
-				}
-				return err
+				writeDebug(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("could not get file size for %s: %v\n", logFile, err))
+				continue
 			}
 
-			buf.Write([]byte(stdout))
-			if stderr != "" {
-				str := fmt.Sprintf("\nError returned: %s\n", stderr)
-				buf.Write([]byte(str))
+			// fileSpecSrc is namespace/podname:path/to/file
+			// fileSpecDest is the local destination of the file
+			// These are used to help the user grab the file manually when necessary
+			// e.g. postgres-operator/hippo-instance1-vp9k-0:pgdata/pg16/log/postgresql-Tue.log
+			fileSpecSrc := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:%s", namespace, pod.Name, logFile)
+			fileSpecDest := filepath.Join(localDirectory, logFile)
+			writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tSize of %-85s %v", fileSpecSrc, convertBytes(fileSize)))
+
+			// Stream the file to disk and write the local file to the tar
+			err = streamFileFromPod(config, tw,
+				localDirectory, clusterName, namespace, pod.Name, util.ContainerDatabase, logFile, fileSize)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				doCleanup = false // prevent the deletion of localDirectory so a user can examine contents
+				writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tError streaming file %s: %v", logFile, err))
+				writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tCollect manually with kubectl cp -c %s %s %s",
+					util.ContainerDatabase, fileSpecSrc, fileSpecDest))
+				writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tRemove %s manually after gathering necessary information", localDirectory))
+				continue
 			}
 
-			path := clusterName + fmt.Sprintf("/pods/%s/", pod.Name) + logFile
-			if err := writeTar(tw, buf.Bytes(), path, cmd); err != nil {
-				return err
+		}
+
+		// doCleanup is true when there are no errors above.
+		if doCleanup {
+			// Remove the local directory created to hold the data
+			// Errors in removing localDirectory should instruct the user to remove manually.
+			// This happens often on Windows
+			err = os.RemoveAll(localDirectory)
+			if err != nil {
+				writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tError removing %s: %v", localDirectory, err))
+				writeInfo(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("\tYou may need to remove %s manually", localDirectory))
+				continue
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1800,3 +1832,151 @@ func writeDebug(cmd *cobra.Command, s string) {
 	t := time.Now()
 	cmd.Printf("%s - DEBUG - %s", t.Format(logTimeFormat), s)
 }
+
+// streamFileFromPod streams the file from the Kubernetes pod to a local file.
+func streamFileFromPod(config *rest.Config, tw *tar.Writer,
+	localDirectory, clusterName, namespace, podName, containerName, remotePath string,
+	remoteFileSize int64) error {
+
+	// create localPath to write the streamed data from remotePath
+	// use the uniqueness of outputFile to avoid overwriting other files
+	localPath := filepath.Join(localDirectory, remotePath)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(localPath), 0750); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create path for file: %w", err)
+	}
+	outFile, err := os.Create(filepath.Clean(localPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create local file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		// ignore any errors from Close functions, the writers will be
+		// closed when the program exits
+		if outFile != nil {
+			_ = outFile.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Get Postgres Log Files
+	podExec, err := util.NewPodExecutor(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	exec := func(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer, command ...string,
+	) error {
+		return podExec(namespace, podName, containerName,
+			stdin, stdout, stderr, command...)
+	}
+
+	_, err = Executor(exec).copyFile(remotePath, outFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error during file streaming: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// compare file sizes
+	localFileInfo, err := os.Stat(localPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get file info: %w", err)
+	}
+	if remoteFileSize != localFileInfo.Size() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("filesize mismatch: remote size is %v and local size is %v",
+			remoteFileSize, localFileInfo.Size())
+	}
+
+	// add localPath to the support export tar
+	tarPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/pods/%s/%s", clusterName, podName, remotePath)
+	err = addFileToTar(tw, localPath, tarPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error writing to tar: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// addFileToTar copies a local file into a tar archive
+func addFileToTar(tw *tar.Writer, localPath, tarPath string) error {
+	// Open the file to be added to the tar
+	file, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(localPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open file: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		// ignore any errors from Close functions, the writers will be
+		// closed when the program exits
+		if file != nil {
+			_ = file.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Get file info to create tar header
+	fileInfo, err := file.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get file info: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create tar header
+	header := &tar.Header{
+		Name:    tarPath,                // Name in the tar archive
+		Size:    fileInfo.Size(),        // File size
+		Mode:    int64(fileInfo.Mode()), // File mode
+		ModTime: fileInfo.ModTime(),     // Modification time
+	}
+
+	// Write header to the tar
+	err = tw.WriteHeader(header)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write tar header: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Stream the file content to the tar
+	_, err = io.Copy(tw, file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy file data to tar: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getRemoteFileSize returns the size of a file within a container so that we can stream its contents
+func getRemoteFileSize(config *rest.Config,
+	namespace string, podName string, containerName string, filePath string) (int64, error) {
+
+	podExec, err := util.NewPodExecutor(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not create executor: %w", err)
+	}
+	exec := func(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer, command ...string,
+	) error {
+		return podExec(namespace, podName, containerName,
+			stdin, stdout, stderr, command...)
+	}
+
+	// Prepare the command to get the file size using "stat -c %s <file>"
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("stat -c %s %s", "%s", filePath)
+	stdout, stderr, err := Executor(exec).bashCommand(command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not get file size: %w, stderr: %s", err, stderr)
+	}
+
+	// Parse the file size from stdout
+	size, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(stdout), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse file size: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return size, nil
+}
+
+// convertBytes converts a byte size (int64) into a human-readable format.
+func convertBytes(bytes int64) string {
+	const unit = 1024
+	if bytes < unit {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", bytes)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(unit), 0
+	for n := bytes / unit; n >= unit; n /= unit {
+		div *= unit
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %cB", float64(bytes)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}