diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93f3159..bc0fed9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@
     "commander": "^2.8.1",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "faye": "^1.1.2",
+    "http-status": "^1.3.2",
+    "humanize-duration": "^3.21.0",
     "inquirer": "^0.11.1",
     "jsonfile": "^2.2.1",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "pretty-bytes": "^5.3.0",
+    "request": "^2.88.0",
+    "request-progress": "^3.0.0",
     "shelljs": "^0.7.0",
+    "single-line-log": "^1.1.2",
     "swagger-client": "^2.1.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/downloader.js b/src/downloader.js
index e0d157d..74d58a6 100644
--- a/src/downloader.js
+++ b/src/downloader.js
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
  */
 
 // Dependencies
-const { exec, spawn } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs'),
+  request = require('request'),
+  progress = require('request-progress'),
+  mkdirp = require('mkdirp'),
+  path = require('path'),
+  logSingleLine = require('single-line-log').stdout,
+  debug = require('debug')('openframe:downloader'),
+  status = require('http-status'),
+  prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes'),
+  humanizeDuration = require('humanize-duration');  
 
-var debug = require('debug')('openframe:downloader'),
-    artworkDir = '/tmp';
-
-// unused at present
-function _mkdirp(dir) {
-    var mkdir = 'mkdir -p ' + dir;
-    exec(mkdir, function(err) {
-        if (err) {
-            throw err;
-        }
-    });
-}
+const artworkDir = '/tmp';
 
+let artworkRequest, finished = false
+    
 /**
  * Download a file using HTTP get.
  *
@@ -27,31 +27,65 @@ function _mkdirp(dir) {
  * @param  {String}   file_output_name
  */
 function downloadFile(file_url, file_output_name) {
-    debug('downloading %s', file_url);
-    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-        var file_name = file_output_name,
-            file_path = artworkDir + '/' + file_name;
-
-        const curl = spawn('curl', ['-L', '-o', file_path, file_url]);
-
-        curl.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-            debug(`stdout: ${data}`);
-        });
-
-        curl.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-            debug(`stderr: ${data}`);
-        });
-
-        curl.on('close', (code) => {
-            debug(`child process exited with code ${code}`);
-            if (code !== 0) {
-                reject('Download failed');
-            } else {
-                resolve(file_path);
-            }
-        });
+  debug('downloading %s', file_url);
+  
+  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+    var file_name = file_output_name,
+        file_path = artworkDir + '/' + file_name;    
+
+    mkdirp(artworkDir, function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+          console.log('Couldn\'t create artwork directory.')
+          console.error(err)
+        }
     });
 
+    // debug('finished',finished)
+    if (artworkRequest && !finished) artworkRequest.abort()
+    finished = false 
+    artworkRequest = request({ 
+      url: file_url,
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': 'request'
+      }
+    })
+
+    progress(artworkRequest, {
+      throttle : 500
+    })
+    .on('response', function(response) {
+      // console.log(response.statusCode)
+      // console.log(response.headers['content-type'])
+      if (!(/^2/.test('' + response.statusCode))) { // Status Codes other than 2xx
+        console.log("The artwork is not available.")
+        console.log("Server responded with this status code:", response.statusCode, status[response.statusCode]);
+        reject()
+      }
+    })
+    .on('error', function(err) {
+      console.log("Error downloading artwork")
+      console.error(err)
+      reject()
+    })
+    .on('abort', function() {
+      debug("Aborted downloading artwork")
+      reject()
+    })
+    .on('progress', function (state) {
+        if (debug.enabled) logSingleLine((state.percent*100).toFixed(2) + '% of ' + prettyBytes(state.size.total)+ ' – ' + humanizeDuration(state.time.remaining * 1000, { round: true }) + ' remaining – ' + (state.speed != null ? prettyBytes(state.speed) : '?') + '/s')
+    })
+    .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(file_path).on("error", function(err) {
+      console.log("Error saving artwork")
+      console.log(err)
+      reject()
+    }))
+    .on('finish', function() {
+      debug('Artwork downloaded')
+      finished = true
+            
+      return resolve(file_path);
+    });
+  });
 }
 
 exports.downloadFile = downloadFile;