diff --git a/gotham_restful/Cargo.toml b/gotham_restful/Cargo.toml
index 78359fe..13fd54b 100644
--- a/gotham_restful/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gotham_restful/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ mime = "0.3.16"
 openapiv3 = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.106", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.51"
+tokio = { version = "0.2.20", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.15"
 uuid = { version = ">= 0.1, < 0.9", optional = true }
 
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ futures-executor = "0.3.4"
 paste = "0.1.10"
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["fs"]
 auth = ["gotham_restful_derive/auth", "base64", "cookie", "jsonwebtoken"]
+fs = ["tokio", "tokio/fs"]
 errorlog = []
 database = ["gotham_restful_derive/database", "gotham_middleware_diesel"]
 openapi = ["gotham_restful_derive/openapi", "indexmap", "openapiv3"]
diff --git a/gotham_restful/src/fs.rs b/gotham_restful/src/fs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gotham_restful/src/fs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use crate::{
+	result::{errorlog, into_response_helper, ResourceError},
+	OpenapiSchema, ResourceResult, Response
+};
+use futures_util::future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+use gotham::hyper::StatusCode;
+use mime::Mime;
+use openapiv3::{SchemaKind, StringFormat, StringType, Type, VariantOrUnknownOrEmpty};
+use std::{
+	future::Future,
+	path::PathBuf,
+	pin::Pin
+};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+pub struct File
+{
+	path : PathBuf,
+	content_type : Option<Mime>
+}
+
+impl ResourceResult for File
+{
+	type Err = tokio::io::Error;
+	
+	fn into_response(self) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response, Self::Err>> + Send>>
+	{
+		async move {
+			let data = tokio::fs::read(self.path).await?;
+			let res = Response::new(StatusCode::OK, data, self.content_type);
+			Ok(res)
+		}.boxed()
+	}
+	
+	#[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
+	fn schema() -> OpenapiSchema
+	{
+		OpenapiSchema::new(SchemaKind::Type(Type::String(StringType {
+			format: VariantOrUnknownOrEmpty::Item(StringFormat::Binary),
+			..Default::default()
+		})))
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum IoOrJsonError
+{
+	#[error("{0}")]
+	IoError(#[from] tokio::io::Error),
+	#[error("{0}")]
+	JsonError(#[from] serde_json::Error)
+}
+
+impl<E : std::error::Error + Send + 'static> ResourceResult for Result<File, E>
+{
+	type Err = IoOrJsonError;
+	
+	fn into_response(self) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response, IoOrJsonError>> + Send>>
+	{
+		match self {
+			Ok(f) => f.into_response().map_err(|e| e.into()).boxed(),
+			Err(e) => into_response_helper(|| {
+				errorlog(&e);
+				let err : ResourceError = e.into();
+				Ok(Response::json(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, serde_json::to_string(&err)?))
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	
+	#[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
+	fn schema() -> OpenapiSchema
+	{
+		OpenapiSchema::new(SchemaKind::Type(Type::String(StringType {
+			format: VariantOrUnknownOrEmpty::Item(StringFormat::Binary),
+			..Default::default()
+		})))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gotham_restful/src/lib.rs b/gotham_restful/src/lib.rs
index c62ce0b..74a4a83 100644
--- a/gotham_restful/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gotham_restful/src/lib.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ pub use auth::{
 	StaticAuthHandler
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
+mod fs;
+#[cfg(feature = "fs")]
+pub use fs::File;
+
 pub mod matcher;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openapi")]
diff --git a/gotham_restful/src/result.rs b/gotham_restful/src/result.rs
index 792298f..6407b7e 100644
--- a/gotham_restful/src/result.rs
+++ b/gotham_restful/src/result.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl<T : ToString> From<T> for ResourceError
 	}
 }
 
-fn into_response_helper<Err, F>(create_response : F) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response, Err>> + Send>>
+pub fn into_response_helper<Err, F>(create_response : F) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response, Err>> + Send>>
 where
 	Err : Send + 'static,
 	F : FnOnce() -> Result<Response, Err>
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ where
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "errorlog")]
-fn errorlog<E : std::fmt::Display>(e : E)
+pub fn errorlog<E : std::fmt::Display>(e : E)
 {
 	error!("The handler encountered an error: {}", e);
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "errorlog"))]
-fn errorlog<E>(_e : E) {}
+pub fn errorlog<E>(_e : E) {}
 
 impl<R : ResponseBody, E : Error> ResourceResult for Result<R, E>
 where
@@ -413,13 +413,11 @@ impl<T : ResourceResult<Err = SerdeJsonError>, E : Error> ResourceResult for Res
 	{
 		match self {
 			Ok(r) => r.into_response(),
-			Err(e) => {
-				into_response_helper(|| {
-					errorlog(&e);
-					let err : ResourceError = e.into();
-					Ok(Response::json(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, serde_json::to_string(&err)?))
-				})
-			}
+			Err(e) => into_response_helper(|| {
+				errorlog(&e);
+				let err : ResourceError = e.into();
+				Ok(Response::json(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, serde_json::to_string(&err)?))
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -514,6 +512,7 @@ where
 		match self {
 			Ok(nc) => nc.into_response(),
 			Err(e) => into_response_helper(|| {
+				errorlog(&e);
 				let err : ResourceError = e.into();
 				Ok(Response::json(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, serde_json::to_string(&err)?))
 			})
@@ -603,6 +602,7 @@ where
 		match self {
 			Ok(raw) => raw.into_response(),
 			Err(e) => into_response_helper(|| {
+				errorlog(&e);
 				let err : ResourceError = e.into();
 				Ok(Response::json(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, serde_json::to_string(&err)?))
 			})