diff --git a/api/storage_service.cc b/api/storage_service.cc
index 5d290d0237..7af87282c8 100644
--- a/api/storage_service.cc
+++ b/api/storage_service.cc
@@ -505,10 +505,9 @@ void set_sstables_loader(http_context& ctx, routes& r, sharded<sstables_loader>&
         if (!parsed.IsArray()) {
             throw httpd::bad_param_exception("mulformatted sstables in body");
         }
-        std::vector<sstring> sstables;
-        for (const rjson::value& element : parsed.GetArray()) {
-            sstables.emplace_back(rjson::to_string_view(element));
-        }
+        auto sstables = parsed.GetArray() |
+            std::views::transform([] (const auto& s) { return sstring(rjson::to_string_view(s)); }) |
+            std::ranges::to<std::vector>();
         auto task_id = co_await sst_loader.local().download_new_sstables(keyspace, table, prefix, std::move(sstables), endpoint, bucket);
         co_return json::json_return_type(fmt::to_string(task_id));
     });