diff --git a/daras_ai_v2/gdrive_downloader.py b/daras_ai_v2/gdrive_downloader.py
index 1c8fae060..3cc41c68f 100644
--- a/daras_ai_v2/gdrive_downloader.py
+++ b/daras_ai_v2/gdrive_downloader.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from furl import furl
 import requests
-from loguru import logger
+
 from daras_ai_v2.exceptions import UserError
 from daras_ai_v2.functional import flatmap_parallel
 from daras_ai_v2.exceptions import raise_for_status
@@ -64,88 +64,36 @@ def gdrive_list_urls_of_files_in_folder(f: furl, max_depth: int = 4) -> list[str
 
 def gdrive_download(f: furl, mime_type: str, export_links: dict) -> tuple[bytes, str]:
     from googleapiclient import discovery
+    from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload
 
     # get drive file id
     file_id = url_to_gdrive_file_id(f)
     # get metadata
     service = discovery.build("drive", "v3")
 
-    request, mime_type = service_request(service, file_id, f, mime_type)
-    file_bytes, mime_type = download_blob_file_content(
-        service, request, file_id, f, mime_type, export_links
+    if f.host != "drive.google.com":
+        # export google docs to appropriate type
+        export_mime_type, _ = docs_export_mimetype(f)
+        if f_url_export := export_links.get(export_mime_type, None):
+            r = requests.get(f_url_export)
+            file_bytes = r.content
+            raise_for_status(r)
+            return file_bytes, export_mime_type
+
+    request = service.files().get_media(
+        fileId=file_id,
+        supportsAllDrives=True,
     )
-
-    return file_bytes, mime_type
-
-
-def service_request(
-    service, file_id: str, f: furl, mime_type: str, retried_request=False
-) -> tuple[any, str]:
-    # get files in drive directly
-    if f.host == "drive.google.com" or retried_request:
-        request = service.files().get_media(
-            fileId=file_id,
-            supportsAllDrives=True,
-        )
-    # export google docs to appropriate type
-    else:
-        mime_type, _ = docs_export_mimetype(f)
-        request = service.files().export_media(
-            fileId=file_id,
-            mimeType=mime_type,
-        )
-    return request, mime_type
-
-
-def download_blob_file_content(
-    service, request, file_id: str, f: furl, mime_type: str, export_links: dict
-) -> tuple[bytes, str]:
-    from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload
-    from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
-
     # download
     file = io.BytesIO()
     downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(file, request)
+    done = False
+    while done is False:
+        _, done = downloader.next_chunk()
+        # print(f"Download {int(status.progress() * 100)}%")
+    file_bytes = file.getvalue()
 
-    if (
-        mime_type
-        == "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation"
-    ):
-        # logger.debug(f"Downloading {str(f)!r} using export links")
-        f_url_export = export_links.get(mime_type, None)
-        if f_url_export:
-
-            f_bytes = download_from_exportlinks(f_url_export)
-        else:
-            request = service.files().get_media(
-                fileId=file_id,
-                supportsAllDrives=True,
-            )
-            downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(file, request)
-
-            done = False
-            while done is False:
-                _, done = downloader.next_chunk()
-                # print(f"Download {int(status.progress() * 100)}%")
-            f_bytes = file.getvalue()
-
-    else:
-        done = False
-        while done is False:
-            _, done = downloader.next_chunk()
-            # print(f"Download {int(status.progress() * 100)}%")
-        f_bytes = file.getvalue()
-
-    return f_bytes, mime_type
-
-
-def download_from_exportlinks(f: furl) -> bytes:
-    try:
-        r = requests.get(f)
-        f_bytes = r.content
-    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
-        raise_for_status(e)
-    return f_bytes
+    return file_bytes, mime_type
 
 
 def docs_export_mimetype(f: furl) -> tuple[str, str]:
diff --git a/daras_ai_v2/glossary.py b/daras_ai_v2/glossary.py
index 87618b87c..77c252173 100644
--- a/daras_ai_v2/glossary.py
+++ b/daras_ai_v2/glossary.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def validate_glossary_document(document: str):
 
     metadata = doc_url_to_file_metadata(document)
     f_bytes, mime_type = download_content_bytes(
-        f_url=document, mime_type=metadata.mime_type
+        f_url=document, mime_type=metadata.mime_type, export_links=metadata.export_links
     )
     df = tabular_bytes_to_str_df(
         f_name=metadata.name, f_bytes=f_bytes, mime_type=mime_type
diff --git a/recipes/BulkRunner.py b/recipes/BulkRunner.py
index 25c99a2dc..4eb7d654e 100644
--- a/recipes/BulkRunner.py
+++ b/recipes/BulkRunner.py
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ def get_columns(files: list[str]) -> list[str]:
 def read_df_any(f_url: str) -> "pd.DataFrame":
     file_meta = doc_url_to_file_metadata(f_url)
     f_bytes, mime_type = download_content_bytes(
-        f_url=f_url, mime_type=file_meta.mime_type
+        f_url=f_url, mime_type=file_meta.mime_type, export_links=file_meta.export_links
     )
     df = tabular_bytes_to_any_df(
         f_name=file_meta.name, f_bytes=f_bytes, mime_type=mime_type
diff --git a/recipes/DocExtract.py b/recipes/DocExtract.py
index 23cf89bfe..0fa063379 100644
--- a/recipes/DocExtract.py
+++ b/recipes/DocExtract.py
@@ -475,7 +475,9 @@ def process_source(
         elif is_video:
             f = furl(webpage_url)
             if is_gdrive_url(f):
-                f_bytes, _ = gdrive_download(f, doc_meta.mime_type)
+                f_bytes, _ = gdrive_download(
+                    f, doc_meta.mime_type, doc_meta.export_links
+                )
                 webpage_url = upload_file_from_bytes(
                     doc_meta.name, f_bytes, content_type=doc_meta.mime_type
                 )