diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15008fe..fba6a8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1184,6 +1184,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "nats",
  "prost",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml b/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
index 24e4a76..578a7f9 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ nats = "0.24.1"
 walkdir = "2.4.0"
 tar = "0.4.40"
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.14", features = ["full"] }
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/file_store.rs b/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/file_store.rs
index 79f39fc..58e8a69 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/file_store.rs
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/file_store.rs
@@ -72,4 +72,32 @@ impl FileStore {
 
         Ok(archive_path)
     }
+
+    pub async fn get_temp(&self, artifact_id: UploadArtifactID) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+        tracing::trace!("getting archive: {}", artifact_id.to_string());
+
+        let archive_name = format!("temp/{}.tar", &artifact_id.to_string());
+
+        let obj = self
+            .client
+            .get_object()
+            .bucket("mybucket")
+            .key(&archive_name)
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        let archive_path = temp_dir()
+            .join("flux_releaser")
+            .join("downloads/cache")
+            .join(&archive_name);
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(archive_path.parent().unwrap()).await?;
+        let mut archive_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&archive_path).await?;
+        let mut buf_reader = BufReader::new(obj.body.into_async_read());
+
+        tokio::io::copy(&mut buf_reader, &mut archive_file).await?;
+
+        tracing::debug!("created archive: {}", archive_path.display());
+
+        Ok(archive_path)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/release_manager/models.rs b/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/release_manager/models.rs
index 47c09f5..0f6f480 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/release_manager/models.rs
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/src/services/release_manager/models.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ impl From<uuid::Uuid> for UploadArtifactID {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<String> for UploadArtifactID {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let uuid = uuid::Uuid::parse_str(&value)?;
+
+        Ok(Self(uuid))
+    }
+}
+
 impl Deref for UploadArtifactID {
     type Target = uuid::Uuid;
 
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/tests/publish_artifacts.rs b/crates/flux-releaser/tests/publish_artifacts.rs
index acadb6c..0375446 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/tests/publish_artifacts.rs
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/tests/publish_artifacts.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use flux_releaser::{
     },
     services::file_store::extensions::FileStoreExt,
 };
+use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use tokio::{net::TcpListener, runtime::Runtime, time::sleep};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -144,7 +145,9 @@ async fn can_upload_artifact() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let mut client = FluxReleaserClient::connect(format!("http://{}", endpoints.grpc)).await?;
 
-    let bytes: [u8; 10000] = [0; 10000];
+    let mut bytes: [u8; 10000] = [0; 10000];
+
+    thread_rng().fill(&mut bytes[..]);
 
     let chunks = bytes
         .chunks(bytes.len() / 100)
@@ -157,7 +160,14 @@ async fn can_upload_artifact() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let resp = client.upload_artifact(req).await?;
 
-    assert!(!resp.into_inner().upload_id.is_empty());
+    let upload_id = resp.into_inner().upload_id;
+    assert!(!upload_id.is_empty());
+
+    let actual_path = app.file_store().get_temp(upload_id.try_into()?).await?;
+
+    let actual_content = tokio::fs::read(actual_path).await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(&bytes[..], actual_content.as_slice());
 
     Ok(())
 }