diff --git a/internal/vaultik/blob_fetch_stub.go b/internal/vaultik/blob_fetch_stub.go
index af33576..b440492 100644
--- a/internal/vaultik/blob_fetch_stub.go
+++ b/internal/vaultik/blob_fetch_stub.go
@@ -5,30 +5,25 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"hash"
 	"io"
 
 	"filippo.io/age"
 	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/internal/blobgen"
 )
 
-// hashVerifyReader wraps a reader and computes a double-SHA-256 hash of all
-// data read through it. The hash is verified against the expected blob hash
-// when Close is called. This allows streaming blob verification without
-// buffering the entire blob in memory.
+// hashVerifyReader wraps a blobgen.Reader and verifies the double-SHA-256 hash
+// of decrypted plaintext when Close is called. It reuses the hash that
+// blobgen.Reader already computes internally via its TeeReader, avoiding
+// redundant SHA-256 computation.
 type hashVerifyReader struct {
-	reader   io.ReadCloser // underlying decrypted blob reader
-	fetcher  io.ReadCloser // raw fetched stream (closed on Close)
-	hasher   hash.Hash     // running SHA-256 of plaintext
-	blobHash string        // expected double-SHA-256 hex
-	done     bool          // EOF reached
+	reader   *blobgen.Reader // underlying decrypted blob reader (has internal hasher)
+	fetcher  io.ReadCloser   // raw fetched stream (closed on Close)
+	blobHash string          // expected double-SHA-256 hex
+	done     bool            // EOF reached
 }
 
 func (h *hashVerifyReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, err := h.reader.Read(p)
-	if n > 0 {
-		h.hasher.Write(p[:n])
-	}
 	if err == io.EOF {
 		h.done = true
 	}
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ func (h *hashVerifyReader) Close() error {
 	fetcherErr := h.fetcher.Close()
 
 	if h.done {
-		firstHash := h.hasher.Sum(nil)
+		firstHash := h.reader.Sum256()
 		secondHasher := sha256.New()
 		secondHasher.Write(firstHash)
 		actualHashHex := hex.EncodeToString(secondHasher.Sum(nil))
@@ -75,7 +70,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) FetchAndDecryptBlob(ctx context.Context, blobHash string, expe
 	return &hashVerifyReader{
 		reader:   reader,
 		fetcher:  rc,
-		hasher:   sha256.New(),
 		blobHash: blobHash,
 	}, nil
 }