diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deaa40c..973e6dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - drop `:headers` from `%Ch.Result{}` but add `:data` https://github.com/plausible/ch/pull/144
 - fix query string escaping for `\t`, `\\`, and `\n` https://github.com/plausible/ch/pull/147
 - make `Ch.stream/4` emit `%Ch.Result{data: iodata}` https://github.com/plausible/ch/pull/148
+- make `Ch.stream/4` collectable and remove stream support in `Ch.query/4` https://github.com/plausible/ch/pull/149
 
 ## 0.2.2 (2023-12-23)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d84aeb..cf9b1a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ row_binary = Ch.RowBinary.encode_rows(rows, types)
   ])
 ```
 
-#### Insert rows in custom [format](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/interfaces/formats)
+#### Insert custom [format](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/interfaces/formats)
 
 ```elixir
 {:ok, pid} = Ch.start_link()
@@ -133,26 +133,20 @@ csv = "0\n1"
   Ch.query!(pid, ["INSERT INTO ch_demo(id) FORMAT CSV\n" | csv])
 ```
 
-#### Insert rows as [chunked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunked_transfer_encoding) RowBinary stream
+#### Insert [chunked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunked_transfer_encoding) RowBinary stream
 
 ```elixir
 {:ok, pid} = Ch.start_link()
 
 Ch.query!(pid, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ch_demo(id UInt64) ENGINE Null")
 
-row_binary =
+DBConnection.run(pid, fn conn ->
   Stream.repeatedly(fn -> [:rand.uniform(100)] end)
   |> Stream.chunk_every(100_000)
   |> Stream.map(fn chunk -> Ch.RowBinary.encode_rows(chunk, _types = ["UInt64"]) end)
-  |> Stream.take(10)
-
-%Ch.Result{num_rows: 1_000_000} =
-  Ch.query(pid,
-    Stream.concat(
-      ["INSERT INTO ch_demo(id) FORMAT RowBinary\n"],
-      row_binary
-    )
-  )
+  |> Stream.take(10)  
+  |> Enum.into(Ch.stream(conn, "INSERT INTO ch_demo(id) FORMAT RowBinary\n"))
+end)
 ```
 
 #### Insert rows via [input](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/input) function
diff --git a/lib/ch.ex b/lib/ch.ex
index 91b7336..b5c60ca 100644
--- a/lib/ch.ex
+++ b/lib/ch.ex
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ defmodule Ch do
   @doc """
   Returns a stream for a query on a connection.
   """
-  @spec stream(DBConnection.t(), statement, params, [query_option]) :: DBConnection.Stream.t()
+  @spec stream(DBConnection.t(), statement, params, [query_option]) :: Ch.Stream.t()
   def stream(conn, statement, params \\ [], opts \\ []) do
     query = Query.build(statement, opts)
-    DBConnection.stream(conn, query, params, opts)
+    %Ch.Stream{conn: conn, query: query, params: params, opts: opts}
   end
 
   if Code.ensure_loaded?(Ecto.ParameterizedType) do
diff --git a/lib/ch/connection.ex b/lib/ch/connection.ex
index 18442be..a44ddcf 100644
--- a/lib/ch/connection.ex
+++ b/lib/ch/connection.ex
@@ -183,21 +183,48 @@ defmodule Ch.Connection do
   end
 
   @impl true
-  def handle_execute(%Query{statement: statement} = query, params, opts, conn) do
+  def handle_execute(%Query{statement: statement} = query, params, opts, conn)
+      when is_list(statement) or is_binary(statement) do
     {query_params, extra_headers} = params
 
     path = path(conn, query_params, opts)
     headers = headers(conn, extra_headers, opts)
 
-    result =
-      if is_list(statement) or is_binary(statement) do
-        request(conn, "POST", path, headers, statement, opts)
-      else
-        request_chunked(conn, "POST", path, headers, statement, opts)
+    with {:ok, conn, responses} <- request(conn, "POST", path, headers, statement, opts) do
+      {:ok, query, responses, conn}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_execute(%Query{statement: statement} = query, {:stream, params}, opts, conn) do
+    {query_params, extra_headers} = params
+
+    path = path(conn, query_params, opts)
+    headers = headers(conn, extra_headers, opts)
+
+    with {:ok, conn, ref} <- send_request(conn, "POST", path, headers, :stream) do
+      case HTTP.stream_request_body(conn, ref, statement) do
+        {:ok, conn} -> {:ok, query, ref, conn}
+        {:error, conn, reason} -> {:disconnect, reason, conn}
       end
+    end
+  end
 
-    with {:ok, conn, responses} <- result do
-      {:ok, query, responses, conn}
+  def handle_execute(%Query{} = query, {:stream, ref, :cont, body}, _opts, conn) do
+    case HTTP.stream_request_body(conn, ref, body) do
+      {:ok, conn} -> {:ok, query, ref, conn}
+      {:error, conn, reason} -> {:disconnect, reason, conn}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_execute(%Query{} = query, {:stream, ref, :done}, opts, conn) do
+    case HTTP.stream_request_body(conn, ref, :eof) do
+      {:ok, conn} ->
+        with {:ok, conn, responses} <- receive_full_response(conn, timeout(conn, opts)) do
+          {:ok, query, responses, conn}
+        end
+
+      {:error, conn, reason} ->
+        {:disconnect, reason, conn}
     end
   end
 
@@ -226,40 +253,6 @@ defmodule Ch.Connection do
     end
   end
 
-  @spec request_chunked(
-          conn,
-          method :: String.t(),
-          path :: String.t(),
-          Mint.Types.headers(),
-          body :: Enumerable.t(),
-          [Ch.query_option()]
-        ) ::
-          {:ok, conn, [response]}
-          | {:error, Error.t(), conn}
-          | {:disconnect, Mint.Types.error(), conn}
-  def request_chunked(conn, method, path, headers, stream, opts) do
-    with {:ok, conn, ref} <- send_request(conn, method, path, headers, :stream),
-         {:ok, conn} <- stream_body(conn, ref, stream),
-         do: receive_full_response(conn, timeout(conn, opts))
-  end
-
-  @spec stream_body(conn, Mint.Types.request_ref(), Enumerable.t()) ::
-          {:ok, conn} | {:disconnect, Mint.Types.error(), conn}
-  defp stream_body(conn, ref, stream) do
-    result =
-      stream
-      |> Stream.concat([:eof])
-      |> Enum.reduce_while({:ok, conn}, fn
-        chunk, {:ok, conn} -> {:cont, HTTP.stream_request_body(conn, ref, chunk)}
-        _chunk, {:error, _conn, _reason} = error -> {:halt, error}
-      end)
-
-    case result do
-      {:ok, _conn} = ok -> ok
-      {:error, conn, reason} -> {:disconnect, reason, conn}
-    end
-  end
-
   # stacktrace is a bit cleaner with this function inlined
   @compile inline: [send_request: 5]
   defp send_request(conn, method, path, headers, body) do
diff --git a/lib/ch/stream.ex b/lib/ch/stream.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..012c7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ch/stream.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+defmodule Ch.Stream do
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  @derive {Inspect, only: []}
+  defstruct [:conn, :query, :params, :opts]
+
+  @type t :: %__MODULE__{
+          conn: DBConnection.conn(),
+          ref: Mint.Types.request_ref(),
+          query: Ch.Query.t(),
+          params: Ch.params(),
+          opts: [Ch.query_option()]
+        }
+
+  defimpl Enumerable do
+    def reduce(stream, acc, fun) do
+      %Ch.Stream{conn: conn, query: query, params: params, opts: opts} = stream
+      stream = %DBConnection.Stream{conn: conn, query: query, params: params, opts: opts}
+      DBConnection.reduce(stream, acc, fun)
+    end
+
+    def member?(_, _), do: {:error, __MODULE__}
+    def count(_), do: {:error, __MODULE__}
+    def slice(_), do: {:error, __MODULE__}
+  end
+
+  defimpl Collectable do
+    def into(stream) do
+      %Ch.Stream{conn: conn, query: query, params: params, opts: opts} = stream
+      ref = DBConnection.execute!(conn, query, params, Keyword.put(opts, :stream, true))
+      {%{stream | ref: ref}, &collect/2}
+    end
+
+    defp collect(%{conn: conn, query: query} = stream, {:cont, data}) do
+      DBConnection.execute!(conn, query, {:stream, data})
+      stream
+    end
+
+    defp collect(%{conn: conn, query: query}, :done) do
+      DBConnection.execute!(conn, query, {:stream, :eof})
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/ch/stream_test.exs b/test/ch/stream_test.exs
index 405398d..759f251 100644
--- a/test/ch/stream_test.exs
+++ b/test/ch/stream_test.exs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Ch.StreamTest do
     {:ok, conn: start_supervised!({Ch, database: Ch.Test.database()})}
   end
 
-  describe "Ch.stream/4" do
+  describe "enumerable Ch.stream/4" do
     test "emits %Ch.Result{}", %{conn: conn} do
       count = 1_000_000
 
@@ -37,4 +37,21 @@ defmodule Ch.StreamTest do
                    end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "collectable Ch.stream/4" do
+    test "inserts chunks", %{conn: conn} do
+      Ch.query!(conn, "create table collect_stream(i UInt64) engine Memory")
+
+      assert :asdf =
+               DBConnection.run(conn, fn conn ->
+                 Stream.repeatedly(fn -> [:rand.uniform(100)] end)
+                 |> Stream.chunk_every(100_000)
+                 |> Stream.map(fn chunk -> RowBinary.encode_rows(chunk, _types = ["UInt64"]) end)
+                 |> Stream.take(10)
+                 |> Enum.into(Ch.stream(conn, "insert into collect_stream(i) format RowBinary\n"))
+               end)
+
+      assert Ch.query!(conn, "select count(*) from collect_stream").rows == [[0]]
+    end
+  end
 end