diff --git a/bin/download b/bin/download
index b104db2..da7675d 100755
--- a/bin/download
+++ b/bin/download
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ source "${plugin_dir}/lib/utils.bash"
 mkdir -p "$ASDF_DOWNLOAD_PATH"
 
 # TODO: Adapt this to proper extension and adapt extracting strategy.
-release_file="$ASDF_DOWNLOAD_PATH/$TOOL_NAME-$ASDF_INSTALL_VERSION.tar.gz"
+release_file="$ASDF_DOWNLOAD_PATH/$TOOL_NAME-$ASDF_INSTALL_VERSION"
 
-# Download tar.gz file to the download directory
+# Download executable to the download directory
 download_release "$ASDF_INSTALL_VERSION" "$release_file"
-
-#  Extract contents of tar.gz file into the download directory
-tar -xzf "$release_file" -C "$ASDF_DOWNLOAD_PATH" --strip-components=1 || fail "Could not extract $release_file"
-
-# Remove the tar.gz file since we don't need to keep it
-rm "$release_file"
diff --git a/lib/utils.bash b/lib/utils.bash
index 1ea3710..c3f9af2 100644
--- a/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/lib/utils.bash
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ list_github_tags() {
   gh_query "releases" | tag_names
 }
 
+get_release_id() {
+  local tag="$1"
+  $(gh_query "releases/tags/$tag" | get_num_value_from_json "id" | head -n 1)
+}
+
 # Given a tag, list its scala-ammonite versions
 list_assets() {
   local tag="$1"
-  local id=$(gh_query "releases/tags/$tag" | get_num_value_from_json "id" | head -n 1)
+  local id=$(get_release_id "$tag")
   gh_query "releases/$id/assets" | get_str_value_from_json "name" | cut -d '-' -f 1,2 | uniq
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +86,10 @@ download_release() {
   local url="$GH_REPO/releases/download/$tag/$version"
 
   echo "* Downloading $TOOL_NAME release $version..."
-  curl "${curl_opts[@]}" -o "$filename" -C - "$url" || fail "Could not download $url"
+  curl "${curl_opts[@]}" \
+      -H "Accept: application/octet-stream" \
+      -o "$filename" -C - "$url" ||
+    fail "Could not curl $url_rest"
 }
 
 install_version() {