diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
index a9528e5c0..89c3d6d8e 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import BinaryIO, TypedDict
 import hashlib
 from .guess_file_type import guess_file_type
+from cognee.shared.utils import get_file_content_hash
 
 
 class FileMetadata(TypedDict):
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class FileMetadata(TypedDict):
 def get_file_metadata(file: BinaryIO) -> FileMetadata:
     """Get metadata from a file"""
     file.seek(0)
-    content_hash = hashlib.md5(file.read()).hexdigest()
+    content_hash = get_file_content_hash(file)
     file.seek(0)
 
     file_type = guess_file_type(file)
diff --git a/cognee/shared/utils.py b/cognee/shared/utils.py
index 315e234f1..1dc52acd5 100644
--- a/cognee/shared/utils.py
+++ b/cognee/shared/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 """ This module contains utility functions for the cognee. """
 import os
+from typing import BinaryIO, Union
+
 import requests
+import hashlib
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import graphistry
 import networkx as nx
@@ -70,6 +73,26 @@ def num_tokens_from_string(string: str, encoding_name: str) -> int:
     num_tokens = len(encoding.encode(string))
     return num_tokens
 
+def get_file_content_hash(file_obj: Union[str, BinaryIO]) -> str:
+    h = hashlib.md5()
+
+    if isinstance(file_obj, str):
+        with open(file_obj, 'rb') as file:
+            while True:
+                # Reading is buffered, so we can read smaller chunks.
+                chunk = file.read(h.block_size)
+                if not chunk:
+                    break
+                h.update(chunk)
+    else:
+        while True:
+            # Reading is buffered, so we can read smaller chunks.
+            chunk = file_obj.read(h.block_size)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            h.update(chunk)
+
+    return h.hexdigest()
 
 def trim_text_to_max_tokens(text: str, max_tokens: int, encoding_name: str) -> str:
     """
diff --git a/cognee/tasks/ingestion/ingest_data_with_metadata.py b/cognee/tasks/ingestion/ingest_data_with_metadata.py
index 7a70881e2..c6b42f482 100644
--- a/cognee/tasks/ingestion/ingest_data_with_metadata.py
+++ b/cognee/tasks/ingestion/ingest_data_with_metadata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, List
 
 import dlt
 import cognee.modules.ingestion as ingestion
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async def ingest_data_with_metadata(data: Any, dataset_name: str, user: User):
     )
 
     @dlt.resource(standalone=True, primary_key="id", merge_key="id")
-    async def data_resources(file_paths: str, user: User):
+    async def data_resources(file_paths: List[str], user: User):
         for file_path in file_paths:
             with open(file_path.replace("file://", ""), mode="rb") as file:
                 classified_data = ingestion.classify(file)