diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/export.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/export.ts
index 0e87cdbe5..bbeeece56 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/export.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/export.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { TaskState } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { findExportById, saveExport } from '../services/export'
 import { findHighlightsByLibraryItemId } from '../services/highlights'
 import {
+  countLibraryItems,
   findLibraryItemById,
   searchLibraryItems,
 } from '../services/library_item'
@@ -12,17 +13,11 @@ import { sendExportJobEmail } from '../services/send_emails'
 import { findActiveUser } from '../services/user'
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { highlightToMarkdown } from '../utils/parser'
-import { contentFilePath } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { env } from '../env'
 import { storage } from '../repository/storage/storage'
 import { File } from '../repository/storage/StorageClient'
 import { Readable } from 'stream'
-import {
-  contentFilePath,
-  createGCSFile,
-  generateUploadFilePathName,
-} from '../utils/uploads'
-import { batch } from 'googleapis/build/src/apis/batch'
+import { contentFilePath, generateUploadFilePathName } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { getRepository } from '../repository'
 import { UploadFile } from '../entity/upload_file'
 
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@ const uploadContent = async (
   const file = createGCSFile(filePath)
 
   // check if file is already uploaded
-  const [exists] = await file.exists()
+  const exists = await file.exists()
   if (!exists) {
     logger.info(`File not found: ${filePath}`)
 
@@ -107,17 +102,19 @@ const uploadPdfContent = async (
     id: libraryItem.uploadFileId,
   })
   if (!upload || !upload.fileName) {
-    console.log(`upload does not have a filename: ${upload}`)
+    console.log(
+      `upload does not have a filename: ${upload?.fileName ?? 'empty'}`
+    )
     return
   }
 
   const filePath = generateUploadFilePathName(upload.id, upload.fileName)
   const file = createGCSFile(filePath)
-  const [exists] = await file.exists()
+  const exists = await file.exists()
   if (exists) {
     console.log(`adding PDF file: ${filePath}`)
     // append the existing file to the archive
-    archive.append(file.createReadStream(), {
+    archive.append(await file.download(), {
       name: `content/${libraryItem.slug}.pdf`,
     })
   }
@@ -279,7 +276,7 @@ export const exportJob = async (jobData: ExportJobData) => {
 
     // Pipe the archiver output to the write stream
     archive.pipe(writeStream)
-
+    let cursor = 0
     try {
       // fetch data from the database
       const batchSize = 20
@@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ export const exportJob = async (jobData: ExportJobData) => {
     })
 
     // generate a temporary signed url for the zip file
-    const [signedUrl] = await file.getSignedUrl({
+    const signedUrl = await storage.signedUrl(bucketName, fullPath, {
       action: 'read',
       expires: Date.now() + 168 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // one week
     })
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/AuthLayout.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/AuthLayout.tsx
index b64d3cfb6..bc9388894 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/AuthLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/AuthLayout.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Box, VStack, HStack } from '../elements/LayoutPrimitives'
-import { ShutdownBanner } from '../elements/ShutdownBanner'
 import { OmnivoreNameLogo } from '../elements/images/OmnivoreNameLogo'
 import { theme } from '../tokens/stitches.config'
 import { GoogleReCaptchaProvider } from '@google-recaptcha/react'
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/LoginLayout.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/LoginLayout.tsx
index 7c27b390d..468de5777 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/LoginLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/LoginLayout.tsx
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ import type { LoginFormProps } from './LoginForm'
 import { OmnivoreNameLogo } from '../elements/images/OmnivoreNameLogo'
 
 import featureFullWidthImage from '../../public/static/images/login/login-feature-image-full.png'
-import { ShutdownBanner } from '../elements/ShutdownBanner'
 
 export function LoginLayout(props: LoginFormProps): JSX.Element {
   return (
     <>
-      <ShutdownBanner />
       <MediumBreakpointBox
         smallerLayoutNode={<MobileLoginLayout {...props} />}
         largerLayoutNode={<MediumLoginLayout {...props} />}
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/NavigationLayout.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/NavigationLayout.tsx
index d5bbbf4a2..df5c1a4e4 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/NavigationLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/NavigationLayout.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import useWindowDimensions from '../../lib/hooks/useGetWindowDimensions'
 import { useHandleAddUrl } from '../../lib/hooks/useHandleAddUrl'
 import { useGetViewer } from '../../lib/networking/viewer/useGetViewer'
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import { usePersistedState } from '../../lib/hooks/usePersistedState'
-import { CloseButton } from '../elements/CloseButton'
-import { ShutdownBanner } from '../elements/ShutdownBanner'
 
 export type NavigationSection =
   | 'home'
@@ -207,7 +204,6 @@ const Header = (props: HeaderProps): JSX.Element => {
         height: '58px',
       }}
     >
-      <ShutdownBanner />
       <Button
         style="plainIcon"
         onClick={(event) => {
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/SettingsLayout.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/SettingsLayout.tsx
index e73e5bdaa..706601c78 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/SettingsLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/SettingsLayout.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { useVerifyAuth } from '../../lib/hooks/useVerifyAuth'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import { CaretLeft } from '@phosphor-icons/react'
 import { DEFAULT_HOME_PATH } from '../../lib/navigations'
-import { ShutdownBanner } from '../elements/ShutdownBanner'
 
 type SettingsLayoutProps = {
   title?: string
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ export function SettingsLayout(props: SettingsLayoutProps): JSX.Element {
       css={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', minHeight: '100vh' }}
     >
       <PageMetaData path="settings" title="Settings" />
-      <ShutdownBanner />
       <VStack css={{ width: '100%', height: '100%' }}>
         <Box
           css={{