diff --git a/chester-in-scala/common/js/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NodeHandler.scala b/chester-in-scala/common/js/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NodeHandler.scala
index bb12c490..be4e3d0c 100644
--- a/chester-in-scala/common/js/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NodeHandler.scala
+++ b/chester-in-scala/common/js/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NodeHandler.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import scala.scalajs.js.typedarray.{Int8Array, Uint8Array}
 
 case class NodeHandlerSync[R]() extends Handler[R] with FileOpsEff {
   type P = String
+
   def errorFilter(e: Throwable) = e.isInstanceOf[JavaScriptException]
 
   def pathOps = PathOpsString
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ case class NodeHandlerSync[R]() extends Handler[R] with FileOpsEff {
   }
 
   def write(path: P, content: Array[Byte], append: Boolean) = use { k =>
-    val result = Uint8Array.from(js.Array(content.map(x=>x.toShort)*))
-    if(append) {
+    val result = Uint8Array.from(js.Array(content.map(x => x.toShort) *))
+    if (append) {
       fsMod.appendFileSync(path, result)
     } else {
       fsMod.writeFileSync(path, result)
@@ -31,6 +32,15 @@ case class NodeHandlerSync[R]() extends Handler[R] with FileOpsEff {
     k(())
   }
 
+  override def writeString(path: P, content: String, append: Boolean) = use { k =>
+    if (append) {
+      fsMod.appendFileSync(path, content)
+    } else {
+      fsMod.writeFileSync(path, content)
+    }
+    k(())
+  }
+
   def removeWhenExists(path: P) = use { k =>
     if (fsMod.existsSync(path)) {
       fsMod.unlinkSync(path)
@@ -47,12 +57,15 @@ case class NodeHandlerSync[R]() extends Handler[R] with FileOpsEff {
   def exists(path: P) = use { k =>
     k(fsMod.existsSync(path))
   }
+
   def createDirIfNotExists(path: P) = use { k =>
     if (!fsMod.existsSync(path)) {
       fsMod.mkdirSync(path)
     }
     k(())
   }
+
+  def downloadToFile(url: String, path: P) = ???
 }
 
 inline def nodeHandlerSync[R](inline prog: FileOpsEff ?=> Control[R]): Control[R] = NodeHandlerSync[R]().handle(x => prog(using x))
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diff --git a/chester-in-scala/common/jvm-native/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NioHandler.scala b/chester-in-scala/common/jvm-native/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NioHandler.scala
index 638a3b3f..9453600e 100644
--- a/chester-in-scala/common/jvm-native/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NioHandler.scala
+++ b/chester-in-scala/common/jvm-native/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/NioHandler.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,42 @@ import effekt.{Control, Handler}
 import java.io.{BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, FileReader, FileWriter, IOException}
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths, StandardOpenOption}
+import java.net.URL
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, StandardCopyOption}
+import java.io.IOException
+
+private object FileDownloader {
+
+  @throws[IOException]
+  def downloadFile(urlString: String, targetPath: Path): Unit = {
+    val tempFile = Files.createTempFile(targetPath.getParent, "temp-", ".tmp")
+
+    try {
+      val url = new URL(urlString)
+      val inputStream = url.openStream()
+
+      try {
+        // Download the file to a temporary location
+        Files.copy(inputStream, tempFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
+
+        // Move the temporary file to the target location
+        Files.move(tempFile, targetPath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
+      } finally {
+        inputStream.close()
+      }
+
+    } catch {
+      case e: IOException =>
+        // Clean up in case of failure
+        try {
+          Files.deleteIfExists(tempFile)
+        } catch {
+          case _: IOException =>
+        }
+        throw e // Rethrow the exception to indicate failure
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 trait NioOps extends FileOpsEff {
   type P = java.nio.file.Path
@@ -67,6 +103,10 @@ case class NioHandler[R]() extends Handler[R] with NioOps {
     k(())
   }
 
+  def downloadToFile(url: String, path: P) = use { k =>
+    FileDownloader.downloadFile(url, path)
+    k(())
+  }
 }
 
 inline def nioHandler[R](inline prog: FileOpsEff ?=> Control[R]): Control[R] = NioHandler[R]().handle(x => prog(using x))
diff --git a/chester-in-scala/common/shared/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/Path.scala b/chester-in-scala/common/shared/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/Path.scala
index e3e024ae..d0abea85 100644
--- a/chester-in-scala/common/shared/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/Path.scala
+++ b/chester-in-scala/common/shared/src/main/scala/chester/utils/io/Path.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ trait FileOps {
   def exists(path: P): M[Boolean]
 
   def createDirIfNotExists(path: P): M[Unit]
+  
+  def downloadToFile(url: String, path: P): M[Unit]
 }
 
 object Files
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ trait FileOpsFree extends FileOps {
 
   case class Read(path: P) extends Op[String]
 
+  case class WriteString(path: P, content: String, append: Boolean) extends Op[Unit]
+
   case class Write(path: P, content: Array[Byte], append: Boolean) extends Op[Unit]
 
   case class RemoveWhenExists(path: P) extends Op[Boolean]
@@ -120,6 +124,8 @@ trait FileOpsFree extends FileOps {
   case class CreateDirIfNotExists(path: P) extends Op[Unit]
 
   def read(path: P): M[String] = liftF(Read(path))
+  
+  override def writeString(path: P, content: String, append: Boolean): M[Unit] = liftF(WriteString(path, content, append))
 
   def write(path: P, content: Array[Byte], append: Boolean): M[Unit] = liftF(Write(path, content, append))