diff --git a/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp b/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
index 82b7cae2b9de9735028e29baefbd2f26387d885f..4921132f064dabd7fc4c8c35d687390c33e4dba2 100644
--- a/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
+++ b/src/handlers/xdgurl.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QNetworkReply>
@@ -189,16 +190,61 @@ bool XdgUrl::_uncompressArchive(const QString &path, const QString &targetDir)
     return false;
 }
 
+void XdgUrl::_saveDownloadedFile(const QTemporaryFile &temporaryFile)
+{
+}
+
+void XdgUrl::_installDownloadedFile(const QTemporaryFile &temporaryFile)
+{
+}
+
 /**
  * Private slots
  */
 
-void XdgUrl::_saveDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply)
+void XdgUrl::_downloaded(QNetworkReply *reply)
 {
-}
+    QJsonObject result;
 
-void XdgUrl::_installDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply)
-{
+    if (reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+        result["error"] = QString("network_error");
+        emit finished(Utility::Json::convertObjToStr(result));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // If the network reply has a refresh header, retry download
+    if (reply->hasRawHeader("Refresh")) {
+        QString refreshUrl = QString(reply->rawHeader("Refresh")).split("url=").last();
+        if (refreshUrl.startsWith("/")) {
+            QUrl url = reply->url();
+            refreshUrl = url.scheme() + "://" + url.host() + refreshUrl;
+        }
+        _asyncNetwork->get(QUrl(refreshUrl));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QTemporaryFile temporaryFile;
+    if (!temporaryFile.open()) {
+        result["error"] = QString("save_error");
+        emit finished(Utility::Json::convertObjToStr(result));
+        return;
+    }
+    temporaryFile.write(reply->readAll());
+
+    QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
+    QString mimeType = mimeDb.mimeTypeForFile(temporaryFile.fileName()).name();
+    if (mimeType == "text/html" || mimeType == "application/xhtml+xml") {
+        result["error"] = QString("filetype_error");
+        emit finished(Utility::Json::convertObjToStr(result));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (_metadata["command"].toString() == "download") {
+        _saveDownloadedFile(temporaryFile);
+    }
+    else if (_metadata["command"].toString() == "install") {
+        _installDownloadedFile(temporaryFile);
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/handlers/xdgurl.h b/src/handlers/xdgurl.h
index 789d54fb9d4725385d46101c35852743108ba897..fe6b64c2040efe482ac0127effd1168ebf5bbf16 100644
--- a/src/handlers/xdgurl.h
+++ b/src/handlers/xdgurl.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 
+class QTemporaryFile;
 class QNetworkReply;
 
 namespace Core {
@@ -37,10 +38,11 @@ private:
     QJsonObject _loadArchiveTypes();
     bool _installPlasmapkg(const QString &path, const QString &type = "plasmoid");
     bool _uncompressArchive(const QString &path, const QString &targetDir);
+    void _saveDownloadedFile(const QTemporaryFile &temporaryFile);
+    void _installDownloadedFile(const QTemporaryFile &temporaryFile);
 
 private slots:
-    void _saveDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply);
-    void _installDownloadedFile(QNetworkReply *reply);
+    void _downloaded(QNetworkReply *reply);
 
 public slots:
     QString getXdgUrl();