diff --git a/src/Velopack/Internal/Utility.cs b/src/Velopack/Internal/Utility.cs
index 0077867e..626df82e 100644
--- a/src/Velopack/Internal/Utility.cs
+++ b/src/Velopack/Internal/Utility.cs
@@ -264,6 +264,28 @@ namespace Velopack
                 }));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Escapes file name such that the file name is safe for writing to disk in the packages folder
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string GetSafeFilename(string fileName)
+        {
+            string safeFileName = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
+            char[] invalidFileNameChars = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars();
+
+            if (safeFileName.IndexOfAny(invalidFileNameChars) != -1) {
+                StringBuilder safeName = new();
+                foreach (char ch in safeFileName) {
+                    if (Array.IndexOf(invalidFileNameChars, ch) == -1)
+                        safeName.Append(ch);
+                    else
+                        safeName.Append('_');
+                }
+                safeFileName = safeName.ToString();
+            }
+
+            return safeFileName;
+        }
+
         public static string GetDefaultTempBaseDirectory()
         {
             string tempDir;
diff --git a/src/Velopack/UpdateManager.cs b/src/Velopack/UpdateManager.cs
index e85afbc2..c2e55cc9 100644
--- a/src/Velopack/UpdateManager.cs
+++ b/src/Velopack/UpdateManager.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ namespace Velopack
             var appTempDir = Locator.AppTempDir!;
             var appPackageDir = Locator.PackagesDir!;
 
-            var completeFile = Path.Combine(appPackageDir, GetSafeFilename(targetRelease.FileName));
+            var completeFile = Path.Combine(appPackageDir, Utility.GetSafeFilename(targetRelease.FileName));
             var incompleteFile = completeFile + ".partial";
 
             try {
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ namespace Velopack
                                     $"Only full update will be available.");
                             } else {
                                 using var _1 = Utility.GetTempDirectory(out var deltaStagingDir, appTempDir);
-                                string basePackagePath = Path.Combine(appPackageDir, GetSafeFilename(updates.BaseRelease.FileName));
+                                string basePackagePath = Path.Combine(appPackageDir, Utility.GetSafeFilename(updates.BaseRelease.FileName));
                                 if (!File.Exists(basePackagePath))
                                     throw new Exception($"Unable to find base package {basePackagePath} for delta update.");
                                 EasyZip.ExtractZipToDirectory(Log, basePackagePath, deltaStagingDir);
@@ -319,27 +318,6 @@ namespace Velopack
 
                 CleanPackagesExcept(completeFile);
             }
-
-
-            // Ensures that the file name is safe for writing to disk without escaping the packages folder
-            static string GetSafeFilename(string fileName)
-            {
-                string safeFileName = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
-                char[] invalidFileNameChars = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars();
-
-                if (safeFileName.IndexOfAny(invalidFileNameChars) != -1 ) {
-                    StringBuilder safeName = new();
-                    foreach(char ch in safeFileName) { 
-                        if (Array.IndexOf(invalidFileNameChars, ch) == -1)
-                            safeName.Append(ch);
-                        else
-                            safeName.Append('_');
-                    }
-                    safeFileName = safeName.ToString();
-                }
-
-                return safeFileName;
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/Velopack.Tests/UpdateManagerTests.cs b/test/Velopack.Tests/UpdateManagerTests.cs
index e4d39a11..179dda62 100644
--- a/test/Velopack.Tests/UpdateManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Velopack.Tests/UpdateManagerTests.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,46 @@ public class UpdateManagerTests
         return new FakeDownloader() { MockedResponseBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json) };
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanDownloadFilesAsUrl()
+    {
+        var fixture = PathHelper.GetFixture("AvaloniaCrossPlat-1.0.11-win-full.nupkg");
+
+        using var logger = _output.BuildLoggerFor<UpdateManagerTests>();
+        using var _1 = Utility.GetTempDirectory(out var tempPath);
+        var dl = new FakeDownloader() {
+            MockedResponseBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SimpleJson.SerializeObject(
+            new VelopackAssetFeed {
+                Assets = new VelopackAsset[] {
+                  new VelopackAsset() {
+                    PackageId = "AvaloniaCrossPlat",
+                    Version = new SemanticVersion(1, 0, 11),
+                    Type = VelopackAssetType.Full,
+                    FileName = $"https://mysite.com/releases/AvaloniaCrossPlat$-1.1.0.nupkg",
+                    SHA1 = Utility.CalculateFileSHA1(fixture),
+                    Size = new FileInfo(fixture).Length,
+                } }
+            }))
+        };
+        var source = new SimpleWebSource("http://any.com", dl);
+        var locator = new TestVelopackLocator("MyCoolApp", "1.0.0", tempPath, logger);
+        var um = new UpdateManager(source, null, logger, locator);
+        var info = um.CheckForUpdates();
+        Assert.NotNull(info);
+        Assert.True(new SemanticVersion(1, 0, 11) == info.TargetFullRelease.Version);
+        Assert.Equal(0, info.DeltasToTarget.Count());
+        Assert.False(info.IsDowngrade);
+        Assert.StartsWith($"http://any.com/releases.{VelopackRuntimeInfo.SystemOs.GetOsShortName()}.json?", dl.LastUrl);
+
+        dl.MockedResponseBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(fixture);
+        dl.WriteMockLocalFile = true;
+        um.DownloadUpdates(info);
+
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(tempPath, "AvaloniaCrossPlat$-1.1.0.nupkg")));
+        Assert.Equal(Path.Combine(tempPath, "AvaloniaCrossPlat$-1.1.0.nupkg.partial"), dl.LastLocalFile);
+        Assert.Equal("https://mysite.com/releases/AvaloniaCrossPlat$-1.1.0.nupkg", dl.LastUrl);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void CheckFromLocal()
     {