diff --git a/awss3/store.go b/awss3/store.go
index 8dccf01..f71a8d5 100644
--- a/awss3/store.go
+++ b/awss3/store.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func (f *FS) NewWriterWithContext(ctx context.Context, objectName string, metada
 	uploader := s3manager.NewUploader(f.sess)
 
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
-	bw := csbufio.NewWriter(pw)
+	bw := csbufio.NewWriter(ctx, pw)
 
 	go func() {
 		// TODO:  this needs to be managed, ie shutdown signals, close, handler err etc.
diff --git a/csbufio/reader.go b/csbufio/reader.go
index 9cb659e..4225364 100644
--- a/csbufio/reader.go
+++ b/csbufio/reader.go
@@ -2,25 +2,39 @@ package csbufio
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
 
-func OpenReader(name string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func OpenReader(ctx context.Context, name string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewReader(f), nil
+	return NewReader(ctx, f), nil
 }
 
-func NewReader(rc io.ReadCloser) io.ReadCloser {
-	return bufReadCloser{bufio.NewReader(rc), rc}
+func NewReader(ctx context.Context, rc io.ReadCloser) io.ReadCloser {
+	return &bufReadCloser{ctx, bufio.NewReader(rc), rc}
 }
 
 type bufReadCloser struct {
-	io.Reader
-	c io.Closer
+	ctx context.Context
+	r   io.Reader
+	c   io.Closer
 }
 
-func (bc bufReadCloser) Close() error { return bc.c.Close() }
+func (b *bufReadCloser) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if err := b.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return b.r.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (b *bufReadCloser) Close() error {
+	if err := b.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return b.c.Close()
+}
diff --git a/csbufio/reader_test.go b/csbufio/reader_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..079a53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csbufio/reader_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package csbufio
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestReaderContextDone(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	m := memRWC([]byte("some-data"))
+	rc := NewReader(ctx, &m)
+
+	var p []byte
+	n, err := rc.Read(p)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, n)
+	require.Len(t, p, 0)
+
+	err = rc.Close()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+}
+
+type memRWC []byte
+
+func (m memRWC) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n := len(p)
+	if n > len(m) {
+		n = len(m)
+	}
+	copy(p, m)
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+func (m *memRWC) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	*m = append(*m, p...)
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (m memRWC) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/csbufio/writer.go b/csbufio/writer.go
index 7d1dc9d..5c128e7 100644
--- a/csbufio/writer.go
+++ b/csbufio/writer.go
@@ -2,33 +2,43 @@ package csbufio
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
 
-type (
-	bufWriteCloser struct {
-		*bufio.Writer
-		c io.Closer
-	}
-)
+type bufWriteCloser struct {
+	ctx context.Context
+	w   *bufio.Writer
+	c   io.Closer
+}
 
-func OpenWriter(name string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+func OpenWriter(ctx context.Context, name string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(name, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0665)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewWriter(f), nil
+	return NewWriter(ctx, f), nil
 }
 
 // NewWriter is a io.WriteCloser.
-func NewWriter(rc io.WriteCloser) io.WriteCloser {
-	return bufWriteCloser{bufio.NewWriter(rc), rc}
+func NewWriter(ctx context.Context, rc io.WriteCloser) io.WriteCloser {
+	return &bufWriteCloser{ctx, bufio.NewWriter(rc), rc}
+}
+
+func (b *bufWriteCloser) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if err := b.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return b.w.Write(p)
 }
 
-func (bc bufWriteCloser) Close() error {
-	if err := bc.Flush(); err != nil {
+func (b *bufWriteCloser) Close() error {
+	if err := b.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := b.w.Flush(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return bc.c.Close()
+	return b.c.Close()
 }
diff --git a/csbufio/writer_test.go b/csbufio/writer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b00a02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csbufio/writer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package csbufio
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestWriterContextDone(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	var m memRWC
+	wc := NewWriter(ctx, &m)
+
+	n, err := wc.Write([]byte("some-data"))
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, n)
+	require.Len(t, m, 0)
+
+	err = wc.Close()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a215e46..c1fb78d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,22 +1,54 @@
 module github.com/lytics/cloudstorage
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.15.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v40.5.0+incompatible
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.10 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/araddon/gou v0.0.0-20190110011759-c797efecbb61
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.29.34
-	github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.1
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.11.0
-	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210316092652-d523dce5a7f4
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210413134643-5e61552d6c78
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
 	google.golang.org/api v0.45.0
 )
+
+require (
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.81.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.10 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.5 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af // indirect
+	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
+	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20201208152925-83fdc39ff7b5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210412220455-f1c623a9e750 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210420162539-3c870d7478d2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.37.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22d7928..383e72f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20200629203442-efcf912fb354/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0 h1:ReYa/UBrRyQdant9B4fNHGoCNKw6qh6P0fsdGmZpR7c=
 github.com/dnaeon/go-vcr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M7tiix8f0r6mKKJ3Yq/kqU1OYf3MnfmBWVbPx/yU9ko=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
@@ -188,10 +189,13 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFR
 github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0 h1:0uYX9dsZ2yD7q2RtLRtPSdGDWzjeM3TbMJP9utgA0ww=
 github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdhQKdks0=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.32/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
@@ -521,8 +525,9 @@ gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/localfs/store.go b/localfs/store.go
index a2ce337..292ef21 100644
--- a/localfs/store.go
+++ b/localfs/store.go
@@ -237,14 +237,13 @@ func (l *LocalStore) NewReaderWithContext(ctx context.Context, o string) (io.Rea
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return csbufio.OpenReader(fo)
+	return csbufio.OpenReader(ctx, fo)
 }
 
 func (l *LocalStore) NewWriter(o string, metadata map[string]string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	return l.NewWriterWithContext(context.Background(), o, metadata)
 }
 func (l *LocalStore) NewWriterWithContext(ctx context.Context, o string, metadata map[string]string, opts ...cloudstorage.Opts) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
-
 	fo := path.Join(l.storepath, o)
 
 	err := cloudstorage.EnsureDir(fo)
@@ -269,7 +268,8 @@ func (l *LocalStore) NewWriterWithContext(ctx context.Context, o string, metadat
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return csbufio.NewWriter(f), nil
+
+	return csbufio.NewWriter(ctx, f), nil
 }
 
 func (l *LocalStore) Get(ctx context.Context, o string) (cloudstorage.Object, error) {