diff --git a/yama/src/storing.rs b/yama/src/storing.rs
index 28c173d..7f3c206 100644
--- a/yama/src/storing.rs
+++ b/yama/src/storing.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,17 @@ impl StoringState {
 
 /// Stores a file, returning Ok(Some(...)) if fine, Ok(None) if the file doesn't exist (vanished)
 /// or Err(...) for any other error.
-fn store_file_blocking(
+///
+/// WARNING! This memory-maps the file and should NOT be used on files that are being written to
+/// by other applications. If the underlying data changes during storage, it can cause issues with
+/// Zstd (and presumably can also cause the chunk hashes to be invalid).
+///
+/// Further, I have had issues with this seeming to 'use' a lot of memory. Whilst it should only
+/// be virtual memory, for some reason it seems to cause swap to be used and it makes diagnosis
+/// of REAL memory issues much harder.
+/// For that reason it is hard to recommend this approach for now.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn store_file_mmap_blocking(
     file_path: &Path,
     storing_state: &mut StoringState,
     sbw: &mut StoringBloblogWriters,
@@ -301,6 +311,24 @@ fn store_file_blocking(
     Ok(Some((chunkref, size_of_file as u64)))
 }
 
+fn store_file_non_mmap_blocking(
+    file_path: &Path,
+    storing_state: &mut StoringState,
+    sbw: &mut StoringBloblogWriters,
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<(RecursiveChunkRef, u64)>> {
+    let file = match File::open(file_path) {
+        Ok(file) => file,
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
+            warn!("file vanished: {file_path:?}");
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        Err(other) => {
+            bail!("error storing {file_path:?}: {other:?}");
+        }
+    };
+    storing_state.store_full_stream(file, sbw).map(Some)
+}
+
 pub struct StoragePipeline<JobName> {
     result_rx: Receiver<(JobName, Option<(RecursiveChunkRef, u64)>)>,
     join_set: Vec<JoinHandle<eyre::Result<StoringIntermediate>>>,
@@ -321,11 +349,9 @@ fn storage_pipeline_worker_blocking<JobName: Debug>(
         let span = info_span!("store_file", file=?file_path);
         let _span_entered = span.enter();
 
-        // debug!("SPW job {job_id:?}");
         let file_store_opt =
-            store_file_blocking(&file_path, &mut storing_state, &mut bloblog_writers)
+            store_file_non_mmap_blocking(&file_path, &mut storing_state, &mut bloblog_writers)
                 .with_context(|| format!("failed to store {file_path:?}"))?;
-        // debug!("SPW good {job_id:?}");
         if let Err(SendError(to_be_sent)) = result_tx.send((job_id, file_store_opt)) {
             bail!("Can't return result for {to_be_sent:?} — result_tx shut down.");
         }