diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java b/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
index 68d89229..5ab1ffd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/FileSmoosher.java
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+import com.google.common.io.Closer;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.metamx.common.FileUtils;
 import com.metamx.common.IAE;
 import com.metamx.common.ISE;
 import com.metamx.common.MappedByteBufferHandler;
 
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.GatheringByteChannel;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -161,7 +160,19 @@ public int write(ByteBuffer in) throws IOException
         return verifySize(currOut.write(in));
       }
 
-      private int verifySize(int bytesWrittenInChunk) throws IOException
+      @Override
+      public long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs, int offset, int length) throws IOException
+      {
+        return verifySize(currOut.write(srcs, offset, length));
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs) throws IOException
+      {
+        return verifySize(currOut.write(srcs));
+      }
+
+      private int verifySize(long bytesWrittenInChunk) throws IOException
       {
         bytesWritten += bytesWrittenInChunk;
 
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ private int verifySize(int bytesWrittenInChunk) throws IOException
           throw new ISE("Wrote[%,d] bytes for something of size[%,d].  Liar!!!", bytesWritten, size);
         }
 
-        return bytesWrittenInChunk;
+        return Ints.checkedCast(bytesWrittenInChunk);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -232,7 +243,7 @@ private Outer getNewCurrOut() throws FileNotFoundException
     final int fileNum = outFiles.size();
     File outFile = makeChunkFile(baseDir, fileNum);
     outFiles.add(outFile);
-    return new Outer(fileNum, new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outFile)), maxChunkSize);
+    return new Outer(fileNum, new FileOutputStream(outFile), maxChunkSize);
   }
 
   static File metaFile(File baseDir)
@@ -248,17 +259,19 @@ static File makeChunkFile(File baseDir, int i)
   public static class Outer implements SmooshedWriter
   {
     private final int fileNum;
-    private final OutputStream out;
     private final int maxLength;
+    private final GatheringByteChannel channel;
 
-    private boolean open = true;
+    private final Closer closer = Closer.create();
     private int currOffset = 0;
 
-    Outer(int fileNum, OutputStream out, int maxLength)
+    Outer(int fileNum, FileOutputStream output, int maxLength)
     {
       this.fileNum = fileNum;
-      this.out = out;
+      this.channel = output.getChannel();
       this.maxLength = maxLength;
+      closer.register(output);
+      closer.register(channel);
     }
 
     public int getFileNum()
@@ -279,17 +292,28 @@ public int bytesLeft()
     @Override
     public int write(ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException
     {
-      WritableByteChannel channel = Channels.newChannel(out);
       return addToOffset(channel.write(buffer));
     }
 
     @Override
     public int write(InputStream in) throws IOException
     {
-      return addToOffset(Ints.checkedCast(ByteStreams.copy(in, out)));
+      return addToOffset(ByteStreams.copy(Channels.newChannel(in), channel));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs, int offset, int length) throws IOException
+    {
+      return addToOffset(channel.write(srcs, offset, length));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs) throws IOException
+    {
+      return addToOffset(channel.write(srcs));
     }
 
-    public int addToOffset(int numBytesWritten)
+    public int addToOffset(long numBytesWritten)
     {
       if (numBytesWritten > bytesLeft()) {
         throw new ISE("Wrote more bytes[%,d] than available[%,d]. Don't do that.", numBytesWritten, bytesLeft());
@@ -297,20 +321,19 @@ public int addToOffset(int numBytesWritten)
 
       currOffset += numBytesWritten;
 
-      return numBytesWritten;
+      return Ints.checkedCast(numBytesWritten);
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean isOpen()
     {
-      return open;
+      return channel.isOpen();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException
     {
-      open = false;
-      out.close();
+      closer.close();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedWriter.java
index d0c8d84d..a5bf9ed0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedWriter.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.GatheringByteChannel;
 
 /**
  */
-public interface SmooshedWriter extends Closeable, WritableByteChannel
+public interface SmooshedWriter extends Closeable, GatheringByteChannel
 {
   public int write(InputStream in) throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedFileMapperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedFileMapperTest.java
index 482429cc..74f87731 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedFileMapperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/metamx/common/io/smoosh/SmooshedFileMapperTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public void testSanity() throws Exception
     }
 
     File[] files = baseDir.listFiles();
+    Assert.assertNotNull(files);
     Arrays.sort(files);
 
     Assert.assertEquals(5, files.length); // 4 smooshed files and 1 meta file
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ public void testBehaviorWhenReportedSizesLargeAndExceptionIgnored() throws Excep
     }
 
     File[] files = baseDir.listFiles();
+    Assert.assertNotNull(files);
     Arrays.sort(files);
 
     Assert.assertEquals(6, files.length); // 4 smoosh files and 1 meta file
@@ -126,8 +128,8 @@ public void testBehaviorWhenReportedSizesSmall() throws Exception
 
       Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
       File[] files = baseDir.listFiles();
+      Assert.assertNotNull(files);
       Assert.assertEquals(1, files.length);
-      Assert.assertEquals(0, files[0].length());
     }
   }