diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a563fa8..3500b0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ started. Covered areas:
 
 To build the entire project, run:
 ```
-stack build
+cabal build all
 ```
 
 In order to build individual components of the library, `cd` into the package and run:
 ```
-cabal build
+cabal build -O0
 ```
diff --git a/azure-blob-storage/azure-blob-storage.cabal b/azure-blob-storage/azure-blob-storage.cabal
index 89e820a..be1ee4f 100644
--- a/azure-blob-storage/azure-blob-storage.cabal
+++ b/azure-blob-storage/azure-blob-storage.cabal
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ common common-options
 library
     import:           common-options
     exposed-modules:  Azure.Blob.Types
-                      Azure.Clients
+                      Azure.GetBlob
+                      Azure.PutBlob
     build-depends:    azure-auth
                     , bytestring
                     , http-client-tls
+                    , http-media
                     , servant
                     , servant-client
                     , text
diff --git a/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/GetBlob.hs b/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/GetBlob.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4223b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/GetBlob.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE InstanceSigs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+
+module Azure.GetBlob
+    ( getBlobObject
+    , getBlobObjectEither
+    ) where
+
+import Azure.Blob.Types (AccountName (..), BlobName (..), ContainerName (..))
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString, fromStrict, toStrict)
+import Data.Data (Proxy (..))
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty ((:|)))
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Network.HTTP.Client.TLS (newTlsManager)
+import Network.HTTP.Media (MediaType)
+import Servant.API
+import Servant.Client (BaseUrl (..), ClientM, Scheme (..), client, mkClientEnv, runClientM)
+import UnliftIO (MonadIO (..), throwString)
+
+import Azure.Auth (defaultAzureCredential)
+import qualified Azure.Types as Auth
+import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import qualified Network.HTTP.Media as M
+
+blobStorageResourceUrl :: Text
+blobStorageResourceUrl = "https://storage.azure.com/"
+
+getBlobObject ::
+    MonadIO m =>
+    GetBlob ->
+    m ByteString
+getBlobObject getBlobReq = do
+    res <- liftIO $ getBlobObjectEither getBlobReq
+    case res of
+        Left err ->
+            throwString $ show err
+        Right r ->
+            pure r
+
+getBlobObjectEither ::
+    MonadIO m =>
+    GetBlob ->
+    m (Either Text ByteString)
+getBlobObjectEither getBlobReq = do
+    res <-
+        liftIO $
+            callGetBlobClient getBlobObjectApi getBlobReq
+    pure $
+        case res of
+            Right r -> Right r
+            Left err -> Left err
+
+data GetBlob = GetBlob
+    { accountName :: !AccountName
+    , containerName :: !ContainerName
+    , blobName :: !BlobName
+    , tokenStore :: !Auth.Token
+    }
+    deriving stock (Eq, Generic)
+
+-- | Phantom type to encapsulate the data type in servant client types
+data Blob
+
+type GetBlobApi =
+    Capture "container-name" ContainerName
+        :> Capture "blob-name" BlobName
+        :> Header' '[Required, Strict] "Authorization" Text
+        :> Header' '[Required, Strict] "x-ms-version" Text
+        :> Get '[Blob] ByteString
+
+instance Accept Blob where
+    contentTypes :: Proxy Blob -> NonEmpty MediaType
+    contentTypes _ =
+        ("text" M.// "plain" M./: ("charset", "utf-8"))
+            :| [ "application" M.// "octet-stream"
+               , "text" M.// "csv"
+               , "application" M.// "x-dbt"
+               ]
+
+instance MimeRender Blob ByteString where
+    mimeRender _ = fromStrict
+
+instance MimeUnrender Blob ByteString where
+    mimeUnrender _ = Right . toStrict
+
+getBlobObjectApi :: ContainerName -> BlobName -> Text -> Text -> ClientM ByteString
+getBlobObjectApi = client (Proxy @GetBlobApi)
+
+callGetBlobClient ::
+    (ContainerName -> BlobName -> Text -> Text -> ClientM ByteString) ->
+    GetBlob ->
+    IO (Either Text ByteString)
+callGetBlobClient action GetBlob{accountName, containerName, blobName, tokenStore} = do
+    Auth.AccessToken{atAccessToken} <- liftIO $ defaultAzureCredential Nothing blobStorageResourceUrl tokenStore
+    manager <- liftIO newTlsManager
+    res <-
+        liftIO $
+            runClientM
+                (action containerName blobName ("Bearer " <> atAccessToken) "2020-04-08")
+                (mkClientEnv manager $ BaseUrl Https mkHostUrl 443 "")
+    pure $ case res of
+        Left err -> do
+            Left . Text.pack $ show err
+        Right response -> do
+            Right response
+  where
+    mkHostUrl = Text.unpack (unAccountName accountName) <> ".blob.core.windows.net"
diff --git a/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/Clients.hs b/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/PutBlob.hs
similarity index 99%
rename from azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/Clients.hs
rename to azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/PutBlob.hs
index 408e708..3069a1d 100644
--- a/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/Clients.hs
+++ b/azure-blob-storage/src/Azure/PutBlob.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
 
-module Azure.Clients
+module Azure.PutBlob
     ( putBlobObjectEither
     , putBlobObject
     ) where