diff --git a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/ipc.rs b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/ipc.rs
index 00c23fefb26b..98e33f1d4387 100644
--- a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/ipc.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/ipc.rs
@@ -43,33 +43,35 @@ pub struct IpcCloudSink {}
 #[cfg(feature = "cloud")]
 impl IpcCloudSink {
     #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-    pub async fn new(
+    pub fn new(
         uri: &str,
         cloud_options: Option<&polars_io::cloud::CloudOptions>,
         ipc_options: IpcWriterOptions,
         schema: &Schema,
     ) -> PolarsResult<FilesSink> {
-        let cloud_writer = polars_io::cloud::CloudWriter::new(uri, cloud_options).await?;
-        let writer = IpcWriter::new(cloud_writer)
-            .with_compression(ipc_options.compression)
-            .batched(schema)?;
+        polars_io::pl_async::get_runtime().block_on_potential_spawn(async {
+            let cloud_writer = polars_io::cloud::CloudWriter::new(uri, cloud_options).await?;
+            let writer = IpcWriter::new(cloud_writer)
+                .with_compression(ipc_options.compression)
+                .batched(schema)?;
 
-        let writer = Box::new(writer) as Box<dyn SinkWriter + Send>;
+            let writer = Box::new(writer) as Box<dyn SinkWriter + Send>;
 
-        let morsels_per_sink = morsels_per_sink();
-        let backpressure = morsels_per_sink * 2;
-        let (sender, receiver) = bounded(backpressure);
+            let morsels_per_sink = morsels_per_sink();
+            let backpressure = morsels_per_sink * 2;
+            let (sender, receiver) = bounded(backpressure);
 
-        let io_thread_handle = Arc::new(Some(init_writer_thread(
-            receiver,
-            writer,
-            ipc_options.maintain_order,
-            morsels_per_sink,
-        )));
+            let io_thread_handle = Arc::new(Some(init_writer_thread(
+                receiver,
+                writer,
+                ipc_options.maintain_order,
+                morsels_per_sink,
+            )));
 
-        Ok(FilesSink {
-            sender,
-            io_thread_handle,
+            Ok(FilesSink {
+                sender,
+                io_thread_handle,
+            })
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/parquet.rs b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/parquet.rs
index c1c79a44e577..3df2a7688026 100644
--- a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/parquet.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/output/parquet.rs
@@ -52,40 +52,41 @@ pub struct ParquetCloudSink {}
 #[cfg(feature = "cloud")]
 impl ParquetCloudSink {
     #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-    #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
-    pub async fn new(
+    pub fn new(
         uri: &str,
         cloud_options: Option<&polars_io::cloud::CloudOptions>,
         parquet_options: ParquetWriteOptions,
         schema: &Schema,
     ) -> PolarsResult<FilesSink> {
-        let cloud_writer = polars_io::cloud::CloudWriter::new(uri, cloud_options).await?;
-        let writer = ParquetWriter::new(cloud_writer)
-            .with_compression(parquet_options.compression)
-            .with_data_page_size(parquet_options.data_pagesize_limit)
-            .with_statistics(parquet_options.statistics)
-            .with_row_group_size(parquet_options.row_group_size)
-            // This is important! Otherwise we will deadlock
-            // See: #7074
-            .set_parallel(false)
-            .batched(schema)?;
+        polars_io::pl_async::get_runtime().block_on_potential_spawn(async {
+            let cloud_writer = polars_io::cloud::CloudWriter::new(uri, cloud_options).await?;
+            let writer = ParquetWriter::new(cloud_writer)
+                .with_compression(parquet_options.compression)
+                .with_data_page_size(parquet_options.data_pagesize_limit)
+                .with_statistics(parquet_options.statistics)
+                .with_row_group_size(parquet_options.row_group_size)
+                // This is important! Otherwise we will deadlock
+                // See: #7074
+                .set_parallel(false)
+                .batched(schema)?;
 
-        let writer = Box::new(writer) as Box<dyn SinkWriter + Send>;
+            let writer = Box::new(writer) as Box<dyn SinkWriter + Send>;
 
-        let morsels_per_sink = morsels_per_sink();
-        let backpressure = morsels_per_sink * 2;
-        let (sender, receiver) = bounded(backpressure);
+            let morsels_per_sink = morsels_per_sink();
+            let backpressure = morsels_per_sink * 2;
+            let (sender, receiver) = bounded(backpressure);
 
-        let io_thread_handle = Arc::new(Some(init_writer_thread(
-            receiver,
-            writer,
-            parquet_options.maintain_order,
-            morsels_per_sink,
-        )));
+            let io_thread_handle = Arc::new(Some(init_writer_thread(
+                receiver,
+                writer,
+                parquet_options.maintain_order,
+                morsels_per_sink,
+            )));
 
-        Ok(FilesSink {
-            sender,
-            io_thread_handle,
+            Ok(FilesSink {
+                sender,
+                io_thread_handle,
+            })
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/polars-pipe/src/pipeline/convert.rs b/crates/polars-pipe/src/pipeline/convert.rs
index 6b219aed83ba..f0b83a60fdd7 100644
--- a/crates/polars-pipe/src/pipeline/convert.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-pipe/src/pipeline/convert.rs
@@ -221,15 +221,12 @@ where
                         )?)
                             as Box<dyn SinkTrait>,
                         #[cfg(feature = "ipc")]
-                        FileType::Ipc(ipc_options) => Box::new(
-                            polars_io::pl_async::get_runtime().block_on_potential_spawn(
-                            IpcCloudSink::new(
+                        FileType::Ipc(ipc_options) => Box::new(IpcCloudSink::new(
                                 uri,
                                 cloud_options.as_ref(),
                                 *ipc_options,
                                 input_schema.as_ref(),
-                            )
-                        )?)
+                            )?)
                             as Box<dyn SinkTrait>,
                         #[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
                         other_file_type => todo!("Cloud-sinking of the file type {other_file_type:?} is not (yet) supported."),
diff --git a/examples/write_parquet_cloud/Cargo.toml b/examples/write_parquet_cloud/Cargo.toml
index fe02ad8f8457..733972cb60cd 100644
--- a/examples/write_parquet_cloud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/write_parquet_cloud/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 aws-creds = "0.36.0"
-polars = { path = "../../crates/polars", features = ["lazy", "aws", "parquet", "cloud_write"] }
+polars = { path = "../../crates/polars", features = ["lazy", "aws", "parquet", "cloud_write", "streaming"] }
diff --git a/examples/write_parquet_cloud/src/main.rs b/examples/write_parquet_cloud/src/main.rs
index b253227899e9..19ff7c215980 100644
--- a/examples/write_parquet_cloud/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/write_parquet_cloud/src/main.rs
@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@ fn sink_aws() {
 
     // Propagate the credentials and other cloud options.
     let cloud_options = cloud::CloudOptions::default().with_aws([
-        // (Key::AccessKeyId, &cred.access_key.unwrap()),
-        // (Key::SecretAccessKey, &cred.secret_key.unwrap()),
-        // (Key::Region, &"eu-central-1".into()),
-        (Key::AccessKeyId, "test".to_string()),
-        (Key::SecretAccessKey, "test".to_string()),
-        (Key::Endpoint, "http://localhost:4566".to_string()),
-        (Key::Region, "us-east-1".to_string()),
+        (Key::AccessKeyId, &cred.access_key.unwrap()),
+        (Key::SecretAccessKey, &cred.secret_key.unwrap()),
+        (Key::Region, &"eu-central-1".into()),
+        (Key::Endpoint, &"http://localhost:4566".to_string()),
     ]);
     let cloud_options = Some(cloud_options);