diff --git a/meteor-file-uploader.js b/meteor-file-uploader.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e7355..0000000
--- a/meteor-file-uploader.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/************************ FileUploader ***************************************/
-FileUploader = function (options) {
-  this.options = options || {};
-  this.method = options.method;
-  this.template = options.template;
-  this.files = new Meteor.Collection(null);
-};
-
-FileUploader.prototype = {
-  constructor: FileUploader,
-
-  render: function (data) {
-    if (!this.template) return;
-
-    var self = this;
-    var html;
-
-    html = Spark.isolate(function () {
-      return self.template(_.extend({
-        files: function () {
-          return self.files.find();
-        }
-      }, data || {}));
-    });
-
-    html = Spark.attachEvents({
-      'change input[type=file]': function (e, tmpl) {
-        var fileInput = e.currentTarget;
-        var file;
-        var mFile;
-
-        for (var i = 0; i < fileInput.files.length; i++) {
-          file = fileInput.files[i];
-          
-          mFile = new MeteorFile(file, {
-            collection: self.files
-          });
-
-          self.files.insert(mFile.toJSONValue());
-
-          mFile.upload(
-            file,
-            self.method,
-            self.options,
-            function (err) {
-              if (err) throw err;
-            }
-          );
-        }
-      }
-    }, html);
-
-    return html;
-  }
-};
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
-/************************ Handlebars *****************************************/
-Handlebars.registerHelper('FileUploader', function (options) {
-  var uploadOptions = options.hash;
-
-  var uploader = new FileUploader(_.extend({
-    template: options.fn
-  }, uploadOptions, {
-    size: eval(uploadOptions.size)
-  }));
-
-  return uploader.render(options.data || {});
-});
-
-Handlebars.registerHelper('humanize', function (number, options) {
-  return MeteorFile.humanize(number);
-});
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
diff --git a/meteor-file.js b/meteor-file.js
index fd79fb3..cf51db8 100644
--- a/meteor-file.js
+++ b/meteor-file.js
@@ -101,7 +101,35 @@ EJSON.addType("MeteorFile", MeteorFile.fromJSONValue);
 
 /************************ Client *********************************************/
 if (Meteor.isClient) {
+
+  /**
+   * Create a binary string out of an array of numbers (bytes), each varying
+   * from 0-255.
+   *
+   * @param {Array} bytes The array of numbers to transform into a binary str.
+   * @return {string} The byte array as a string.
+   */
+  function arrayToBinaryString(bytes) {
+    if (typeof bytes != typeof []) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    var i = bytes.length;
+    var bstr = new Array(i);
+    while (i--) {
+      bstr[i] = String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
+    }
+    return bstr.join('');
+  }
+
+  function toDataURL(contentType, uint8Array) {
+    return 'data:' + contentType + ';base64,' +
+        self.btoa(arrayToBinaryString(uint8Array));
+  }
+
   _.extend(MeteorFile.prototype, {
+    getDataUrl: function() {
+        return toDataURL(this.type, this.data);
+    },
     read: function (file, options, callback) {
       if (arguments.length == 2)
         callback = options;
diff --git a/package.js b/package.js
index 79d2a86..e02633c 100644
--- a/package.js
+++ b/package.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ Package.describe({
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
   api.use(["underscore", "ejson"], ["client", "server"]);
-  api.use(["handlebars", "spark"], "client");
   api.add_files(["meteor-file.js"], ["client", "server"]);
-  api.add_files("meteor-file-uploader.js", "client");
 
   if (typeof api.export !== 'undefined') {
     api.export("MeteorFile", ["client", "server"]);