diff --git a/src/common/utils/downloadFile.ts b/src/common/utils/downloadFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eea9f24d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/utils/downloadFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import path from "path";
+import request from "request";
+
+export interface DownloadFileOptions {
+  url: string;
+  fileName?: string; // default: based on filename from URL
+  gzip?: boolean; // default: true
+}
+
+export interface DownloadFileTicket {
+  fileName: string;
+  promise: Promise<File>;
+  cancel(): void;
+}
+
+export function downloadFile(opts: DownloadFileOptions): DownloadFileTicket {
+  const { url, gzip = true, fileName = path.basename(url) } = opts;
+  const fileChunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  const req = request(url, { gzip });
+  const promise: Promise<File> = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    req.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => {
+      fileChunks.push(chunk);
+    });
+    req.on("complete", () => {
+      resolve(new File(fileChunks, fileName));
+    });
+    req.on("error", err => {
+      reject({ url, err });
+    });
+  });
+  return {
+    fileName: fileName,
+    promise: promise,
+    cancel() {
+      req.abort();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/utils/index.ts b/src/common/utils/index.ts
index e43863284d..dd54755573 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/index.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ export * from "./splitArray";
 export * from "./saveToAppFiles";
 export * from "./singleton";
 export * from "./openExternal";
+export * from "./downloadFile";
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-manager.ts b/src/extensions/extension-manager.ts
index d14176bf6f..910af8378d 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-manager.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-manager.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class ExtensionManager {
 
   getNpmPackageTarballUrl(packageName: string) {
     const command = [this.npmPath, "view", packageName, "dist.tarball", "--silent"];
-    return child_process.execSync(command.join(" "), { encoding: "utf8" });
+    return child_process.execSync(command.join(" "), { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
   }
 
   protected installPackages(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
index 144734b84c..c6ab14e1b1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import { Clipboard } from "../clipboard";
 import { extensionLoader } from "../../../extensions/extension-loader";
 import { extensionManager } from "../../../extensions/extension-manager";
 import { Notifications } from "../notifications";
-import request from "request";
 import logger from "../../../main/logger";
+import { downloadFile } from "../../../common/utils";
 
 @observer
 export class Extensions extends React.Component {
@@ -56,18 +56,6 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  // fixme: doesn't work
-  // todo: move to common/utils
-  async downloadFile(url: string, fileName = path.basename(url)): Promise<File> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const downloadingReq = request(url, { gzip: true });
-      downloadingReq.on("complete", (res, body: Buffer) => {
-        resolve(new File([body], fileName));
-      });
-      downloadingReq.on("error", reject);
-    })
-  }
-
   installFromUrl = async () => {
     const { downloadUrl } = this;
     if (!downloadUrl) {
@@ -87,8 +75,8 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
     logger.info('Install from packed extension URL', { tarballUrl });
     if (tarballUrl) {
       try {
-        const file = await this.downloadFile(tarballUrl);
-        this.installExtensionFromFile([file]);
+        const { promise: filePromise } = downloadFile({ url: tarballUrl });
+        this.installExtensionFromFile([await filePromise]);
       } catch (err) {
         Notifications.error(`Installing extension from ${tarballUrl} has failed: ${String(err)}`);
       }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-log-controls.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-log-controls.tsx
index 469264210d..17ad8a2ddf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-log-controls.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/pod-log-controls.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Select, SelectOption } from "../select";
 import { Badge } from "../badge";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
 import { _i18n } from "../../i18n";
-import { cssNames, downloadFile } from "../../utils";
+import { cssNames, saveFileDialog } from "../../utils";
 import { Pod } from "../../api/endpoints";
 import { PodLogSearch, PodLogSearchProps } from "./pod-log-search";
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const PodLogControls = observer((props: Props) => {
 
   const downloadLogs = () => {
     const fileName = selectedContainer ? selectedContainer.name : pod.getName();
-    downloadFile(fileName + ".log", logs.join("\n"), "text/plain");
+    saveFileDialog(fileName + ".log", logs.join("\n"), "text/plain");
   };
 
   const onContainerChange = (option: SelectOption) => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/kubeconfig-dialog/kubeconfig-dialog.tsx b/src/renderer/components/kubeconfig-dialog/kubeconfig-dialog.tsx
index 74fafb2c13..e7878ac150 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/kubeconfig-dialog/kubeconfig-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/kubeconfig-dialog/kubeconfig-dialog.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import jsYaml from "js-yaml";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
 import { AceEditor } from "../ace-editor";
 import { ServiceAccount } from "../../api/endpoints";
-import { copyToClipboard, cssNames, downloadFile } from "../../utils";
+import { copyToClipboard, cssNames, saveFileDialog } from "../../utils";
 import { Button } from "../button";
 import { Dialog, DialogProps } from "../dialog";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class KubeConfigDialog extends React.Component<Props> {
   };
 
   download = () => {
-    downloadFile("config", this.config, "text/yaml");
+    saveFileDialog("config", this.config, "text/yaml");
   };
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/downloadFile.ts b/src/renderer/utils/downloadFile.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a8b7e55e5..0000000000
--- a/src/renderer/utils/downloadFile.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-export function downloadFile(filename: string, contents: any, type: string) {
-  const data = new Blob([contents], { type: type });
-  const url = URL.createObjectURL(data);
-  const link = document.createElement("a");
-  link.href = url;
-  link.download = filename;
-  link.style.display = "none";
-  document.body.appendChild(link);
-  link.click();
-  document.body.removeChild(link);
-  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
index 149d9aa1e8..6ccfe85822 100755
--- a/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export * from "../../common/utils";
 export * from "./cssVar";
 export * from "./cssNames";
 export * from "../../common/event-emitter";
-export * from "./downloadFile";
+export * from "./saveFile";
 export * from "./prevDefault";
 export * from "./createStorage";
 export * from "./interval";
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/saveFile.ts b/src/renderer/utils/saveFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9484336bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/saveFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Request default save-file dialog in browser.
+ * @param filename Name of file to be saved locally
+ * @param contents String or Buffer
+ * @param type Content-type
+ */
+export function saveFileDialog(filename: string, contents: BlobPart | BlobPart[], type: string) {
+  const data = new Blob([contents].flat(), { type });
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(data);
+  const link = document.createElement("a");
+  link.href = url;
+  link.download = filename;
+  link.style.display = "none";
+  document.body.appendChild(link);
+  link.click();
+  document.body.removeChild(link);
+  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}