diff --git a/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/api/routes/connectors.py b/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/api/routes/connectors.py
index 9ae60bd64..d9079fd29 100644
--- a/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/api/routes/connectors.py
+++ b/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/api/routes/connectors.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     ConnectorPresetResponse,
     ConnectorResponse,
 )
-from agentstack_server.api.utils import to_fastapi
 from agentstack_server.configuration import ConnectorPreset
 from agentstack_server.domain.models.common import PaginatedResult
 from agentstack_server.domain.models.connector import Connector
@@ -118,8 +117,7 @@ async def mcp(
     connector_service: ConnectorServiceDependency,
     user: Annotated[AuthorizedUser, Depends(RequiresPermissions(connectors={"proxy"}))],
 ):
-    response = await connector_service.mcp_proxy(connector_id=connector_id, request=request, user=user.user)
-    return to_fastapi(response)
+    return await connector_service.mcp_proxy(connector_id=connector_id, request=request, user=user.user)
 
 
 @router.get("/oauth/callback")
diff --git a/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/service_layer/services/connector.py b/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/service_layer/services/connector.py
index 766d9ca6a..e5faca55d 100644
--- a/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/service_layer/services/connector.py
+++ b/apps/agentstack-server/src/agentstack_server/service_layer/services/connector.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from authlib.integrations.httpx_client import AsyncOAuth2Client
 from authlib.oauth2.rfc8414 import AuthorizationServerMetadata, get_well_known_url
 from fastapi import Request, status
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse, StreamingResponse
 from kink import inject
 from mcp import ClientSession
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 )
 from agentstack_server.domain.models.user import User
 from agentstack_server.exceptions import EntityNotFoundError, PlatformError
-from agentstack_server.service_layer.services.mcp import McpServerResponse
 from agentstack_server.service_layer.unit_of_work import IUnitOfWorkFactory
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ async def connect_connector(
                     ) from err
             elif isinstance(err, httpx.RequestError):
                 raise PlatformError(
-                    "Connector must be in connected or auth_required state",
+                    "Unable to establish connection with the connector",
                     status_code=status.HTTP_504_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT,
                 ) from err
             else:
@@ -379,10 +378,14 @@ def client_factory(headers=None, timeout=None, auth=None):
                 raise excgroup.exceptions[0] from excgroup
             raise excgroup
 
-    async def mcp_proxy(self, *, connector_id: UUID, request: Request, user: User | None = None) -> McpServerResponse:
+    async def mcp_proxy(self, *, connector_id: UUID, request: Request, user: User | None = None):
         connector = await self.read_connector(connector_id=connector_id, user=user)
 
-        forward_headers = {key: request.headers[key] for key in ["accept", "content-type"] if key in request.headers}
+        forward_headers = {
+            key: request.headers[key]
+            for key in ["accept", "content-type", "mcp-protocol-version", "mcp-session-id", "last-event-id"]
+            if key in request.headers
+        }
 
         exit_stack = AsyncExitStack()
         try:
@@ -399,32 +402,18 @@ async def mcp_proxy(self, *, connector_id: UUID, request: Request, user: User |
                         and connector.auth.token.token_type == "bearer"
                         else {}
                     ),
-                    content=await request.body(),
+                    content=request.stream(),
                 )
             )
 
-            content_type: str | None = response.headers.get("content-type")
-            is_stream = content_type.startswith("text/event-stream") if content_type else False
-            common = {
-                "status_code": response.status_code,
-                "headers": response.headers,
-                "media_type": content_type if is_stream else None,
-            }
-            if is_stream:
-
-                async def stream_fn():
-                    try:
-                        async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
-                            yield chunk
-                    finally:
-                        await exit_stack.pop_all().aclose()
-
-                return McpServerResponse(content=None, stream=stream_fn(), **common)
-            else:
+            async def stream_fn():
                 try:
-                    return McpServerResponse(content=await response.aread(), stream=None, **common)
+                    async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
+                        yield chunk
                 finally:
                     await exit_stack.pop_all().aclose()
+
+            return StreamingResponse(stream_fn(), status_code=response.status_code, headers=response.headers)
         except BaseException:
             await exit_stack.pop_all().aclose()
             raise