diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 60ffc1f6..df03564e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <Logger name="com.mchange.v2" level="INFO" />
       <Logger name="org.quartz" level="INFO" />
       <Logger name="liquibase" level="INFO" />
+      <Logger name="com.amazonaws" level="INFO" />
       <Root level="all">
          <AppenderRef ref="SystemOutAppender"/>
          <AppenderRef ref="SyslogAppender"/>
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
index 300a60b7..bdb45aea 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
@@ -743,6 +743,10 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
          case OAUTH2 -> request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + getOAuth2Token());
          case API_KEY_QUERY_PARAM -> addApiKeyQueryParamToRequest(request);
          case CUSTOM -> handleCustomAuthorization(request);
+         case NONE ->
+         {
+            /* nothing to do here */
+         }
          default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected authorization type: " + backendMetaData.getAuthorizationType());
       }
    }
@@ -1174,6 +1178,16 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   protected QHttpResponse getQHttpResponse(HttpResponse response) throws Exception
+   {
+      return (new QHttpResponse(response));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -1207,7 +1221,7 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
 
             try(CloseableHttpResponse response = executeHttpRequest(request, httpClient))
             {
-               QHttpResponse qResponse = new QHttpResponse(response);
+               QHttpResponse qResponse = getQHttpResponse(response);
 
                logOutboundApiCall(request, qResponse);
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
index bb32cfd7..72069b3e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class QHttpResponse
    private String       statusReasonPhrase;
    private List<Header> headerList;
    private String       content;
+   private byte[]       contentBytes;
 
 
 
@@ -53,11 +54,47 @@ public class QHttpResponse
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Constructor for QHttpResponse that allows reading content as bytes
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public QHttpResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse, boolean readContentAsBytes) throws Exception
+   {
+      if(!readContentAsBytes)
+      {
+         new QHttpResponse(httpResponse);
+         return;
+      }
+
+      setGeneralHttpResponseData(httpResponse);
+      if(this.statusCode == null || this.statusCode != 204)
+      {
+         this.contentBytes = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent().readAllBytes();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Constructor for qHttpResponse
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
    public QHttpResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws Exception
+   {
+      setGeneralHttpResponseData(httpResponse);
+      if(this.statusCode == null || this.statusCode != 204)
+      {
+         this.content = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Sets data into this entity from an HttpResponse but doesnt read response data
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private void setGeneralHttpResponseData(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws Exception
    {
       this.headerList = Arrays.asList(httpResponse.getAllHeaders());
       if(httpResponse.getStatusLine() != null)
@@ -69,11 +106,6 @@ public class QHttpResponse
             this.statusProtocolVersion = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getProtocolVersion().toString();
          }
       }
-
-      if(this.statusCode == null || this.statusCode != 204)
-      {
-         this.content = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());
-      }
    }
 
 
@@ -242,4 +274,35 @@ public class QHttpResponse
       return (this);
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for contentBytes
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public byte[] getContentBytes()
+   {
+      return (this.contentBytes);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Setter for contentBytes
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setContentBytes(byte[] contentBytes)
+   {
+      this.contentBytes = contentBytes;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for contentBytes
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public QHttpResponse withContentBytes(byte[] contentBytes)
+   {
+      this.contentBytes = contentBytes;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/model/AuthorizationType.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/model/AuthorizationType.java
index 9a4f750c..614df755 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/model/AuthorizationType.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/model/AuthorizationType.java
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ public enum AuthorizationType
    BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME_PASSWORD,
    CUSTOM,
    OAUTH2,
+   NONE,
    API_KEY_QUERY_PARAM,
 }