diff --git a/src/api2/backup.rs b/src/api2/backup.rs
index 5e4b4238..8ce6d29e 100644
--- a/src/api2/backup.rs
+++ b/src/api2/backup.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ use proxmox::api::{ApiResponseFuture, ApiHandler, ApiMethod, Router, RpcEnvironm
 use proxmox::api::router::SubdirMap;
 use proxmox::api::schema::*;
 
-use crate::tools;
-use crate::tools::wrapped_reader_stream::*;
+use crate::tools::{self, WrappedReaderStream};
 use crate::server::{WorkerTask, H2Service};
 use crate::backup::*;
 use crate::api2::types::*;
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index 4acdb8f6..e7e8b4de 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ async fn backup_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     verbose: bool,
     skip_lost_and_found: bool,
     crypt_config: Option<Arc<CryptConfig>>,
-    catalog: Arc<Mutex<CatalogWriter<SenderWriter>>>,
+    catalog: Arc<Mutex<CatalogWriter<crate::tools::StdChannelWriter>>>,
     entries_max: usize,
 ) -> Result<BackupStats, Error> {
 
@@ -708,16 +708,16 @@ fn spawn_catalog_upload(
     crypt_config: Option<Arc<CryptConfig>>,
 ) -> Result<
         (
-            Arc<Mutex<CatalogWriter<SenderWriter>>>,
+            Arc<Mutex<CatalogWriter<crate::tools::StdChannelWriter>>>,
             tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver<Result<BackupStats, Error>>
         ), Error>
 {
-    let (catalog_tx, catalog_rx) = mpsc::channel(10); // allow to buffer 10 writes
-    let catalog_stream = catalog_rx.map_err(Error::from);
+    let (catalog_tx, catalog_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(10); // allow to buffer 10 writes
+    let catalog_stream = crate::tools::StdChannelStream(catalog_rx);
     let catalog_chunk_size = 512*1024;
     let catalog_chunk_stream = ChunkStream::new(catalog_stream, Some(catalog_chunk_size));
 
-    let catalog = Arc::new(Mutex::new(CatalogWriter::new(SenderWriter::new(catalog_tx))?));
+    let catalog = Arc::new(Mutex::new(CatalogWriter::new(crate::tools::StdChannelWriter::new(catalog_tx))?));
 
     let (catalog_result_tx, catalog_result_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
 
diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index 750364f8..cca183bd 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ pub mod runtime;
 pub mod ticket;
 pub mod timer;
 pub mod tty;
-pub mod wrapped_reader_stream;
+
+mod wrapped_reader_stream;
+pub use wrapped_reader_stream::*;
 
 mod std_channel_writer;
 pub use std_channel_writer::*;
diff --git a/src/tools/wrapped_reader_stream.rs b/src/tools/wrapped_reader_stream.rs
index 927132dc..267a0bad 100644
--- a/src/tools/wrapped_reader_stream.rs
+++ b/src/tools/wrapped_reader_stream.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
+
 
 use futures::stream::Stream;
 
 use crate::tools::runtime::block_in_place;
 
+/// Wrapper struct to convert a Reader into a Stream
 pub struct WrappedReaderStream<R: Read + Unpin> {
     reader: R,
     buffer: Vec<u8>,
@@ -39,6 +42,21 @@ impl<R: Read + Unpin> Stream for WrappedReaderStream<R> {
     }
 }
 
+
+/// Wrapper struct to convert a channel Receiver into a Stream
+pub struct StdChannelStream<T>(pub Receiver<T>);
+
+impl<T> Stream for StdChannelStream<T> {
+    type Item = T;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        match block_in_place(|| self.0.recv()) {
+            Ok(data) => Poll::Ready(Some(data)),
+            Err(_) => Poll::Ready(None),// channel closed
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use std::io;