diff --git a/api/download_attachment.php b/api/download_attachment.php
index c4f14cf..3665d8b 100644
--- a/api/download_attachment.php
+++ b/api/download_attachment.php
@@ -102,12 +102,50 @@ try {
     // Sanitize filename for Content-Disposition
     $safeFilename = preg_replace('/[^\w\s\-\.]/', '_', $attachment['original_filename']);
 
+    $fileSize = filesize($filePath);
+
+    // Parse a single-range "Range: bytes=start-end" request header (RFC 7233).
+    // Multi-range requests aren't supported; they fall through to a full 200 response.
+    $rangeStart = 0;
+    $rangeEnd = $fileSize - 1;
+    $isRangeRequest = false;
+
+    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']) && preg_match('/^bytes=(\d*)-(\d*)$/', trim($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']), $m)) {
+        if ($m[1] === '' && $m[2] === '') {
+            // Malformed ("bytes=-") — ignore and serve the full file.
+        } elseif ($m[1] === '') {
+            // Suffix range: last N bytes
+            $suffixLength = (int)$m[2];
+            $rangeStart = max(0, $fileSize - $suffixLength);
+            $rangeEnd = $fileSize - 1;
+            $isRangeRequest = true;
+        } else {
+            $rangeStart = (int)$m[1];
+            $rangeEnd = ($m[2] === '') ? $fileSize - 1 : min((int)$m[2], $fileSize - 1);
+            $isRangeRequest = true;
+        }
+
+        if ($isRangeRequest && ($rangeStart > $rangeEnd || $rangeStart >= $fileSize)) {
+            http_response_code(416);
+            header('Content-Range: bytes */' . $fileSize);
+            exit;
+        }
+    }
+
+    $rangeLength = $rangeEnd - $rangeStart + 1;
+
+    header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
     header('Content-Type: ' . $attachment['mime_type']);
     header('Content-Disposition: ' . $disposition . '; filename="' . $safeFilename . '"');
-    header('Content-Length: ' . $attachment['file_size']);
     header('Cache-Control: private, max-age=3600');
     header('X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff');
 
+    if ($isRangeRequest) {
+        http_response_code(206);
+        header('Content-Range: bytes ' . $rangeStart . '-' . $rangeEnd . '/' . $fileSize);
+    }
+    header('Content-Length: ' . $rangeLength);
+
     // Prevent PHP from timing out on large files
     set_time_limit(0);
 
@@ -125,9 +163,18 @@ try {
         exit;
     }
 
-    while (!feof($handle)) {
-        echo fread($handle, 8192);
+    fseek($handle, $rangeStart);
+    $remaining = $rangeLength;
+    $chunkSize = 8192;
+    while ($remaining > 0 && !feof($handle)) {
+        $read = ($remaining < $chunkSize) ? $remaining : $chunkSize;
+        $data = fread($handle, $read);
+        if ($data === false) {
+            break;
+        }
+        echo $data;
         flush();
+        $remaining -= strlen($data);
     }
 
     fclose($handle);