diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0457bed9a..97e4d0a6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1625,6 +1625,9 @@ checksum = "8afb4815a6d6a3bd1c23e6c647f7df18c9800c12e80526a98e18d7decd7cedcd"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "cc",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
  "lua-src",
  "luajit-src",
  "num-traits",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31ac60386..8b2a3904e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dioxus-rsx-interpreter = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus/" }
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["span-locations"] }
 
 # plugin packages
-mlua = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["lua54", "vendored"] }
+mlua = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["lua54", "vendored", "async"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/plugin/interface/download.rs b/src/plugin/interface/download.rs
index 8718e6547..2edc68c9d 100644
--- a/src/plugin/interface/download.rs
+++ b/src/plugin/interface/download.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
+use std::{io::Cursor, path::PathBuf};
+
 use mlua::UserData;
 
 pub struct PluginDownloader;
 impl UserData for PluginDownloader {
-    fn add_methods<'lua, M: mlua::UserDataMethods<'lua, Self>>(_methods: &mut M) {
-        // methods.add_function("name", function)
-    }   
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    fn add_methods<'lua, M: mlua::UserDataMethods<'lua, Self>>(methods: &mut M) {
+        methods.add_async_function("download_file", |_, args: (String, String)| async move {
+            let url = args.0;
+            let path = args.1;
+
+            let resp = reqwest::get(url).await;
+            if let Ok(resp) = resp {
+                let mut content = Cursor::new(resp.bytes().await.unwrap());
+                let file = std::fs::File::create(PathBuf::from(path));
+                if file.is_err() {
+                    return Ok(false);
+                }
+                let mut file = file.unwrap();
+                let res = std::io::copy(&mut content, &mut file);
+                return Ok(res.is_ok());
+            }
+
+            Ok(false)
+        });
+    }
+}