diff --git a/automation/start_minio.py b/automation/start_minio.py
index 19532698..6fe3d8cc 100644
--- a/automation/start_minio.py
+++ b/automation/start_minio.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 import shutil
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 import pandas as pd
-from vegafusion.transformer import to_feather
 from csv import QUOTE_ALL
 from io import BytesIO
+import pyarrow as pa
 
 root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ def main():
         )
 
     # Convert to arrow
-    with NamedTemporaryFile("wb") as f:
-        to_feather(df, f)
-        client.fput_object(
-            "data",
-            "movies.arrow",
-            f.name,
-        )
+    tbl = pa.Table.from_pandas(df)
+    b = arrow_table_to_ipc_bytes(tbl)
+    client.put_object(
+        "data",
+        "movies.arrow",
+        BytesIO(b),
+        len(b)
+    )
 
     # Convert to parquet. For some reason, uploading to minio with client.fput_object
     # (as above for arrow) results in a parquet file with corrupt footer.
@@ -111,6 +112,15 @@ def start_minio_server(access_key, secret_key):
     return process
 
 
+def arrow_table_to_ipc_bytes(table):
+    bytes_buffer = BytesIO()
+    max_chunksize=8096
+    with pa.ipc.new_file(bytes_buffer, table.schema) as f:
+        f.write_table(table, max_chunksize=max_chunksize)
+
+    return bytes_buffer.getvalue()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         main()