diff --git a/src/drivers.rs b/src/drivers.rs
index 49b615c1..f45fa7c7 100644
--- a/src/drivers.rs
+++ b/src/drivers.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use crates_io_api::AsyncClient;
 use log::debug;
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
+use url::Url;
 
 use crate::{helpers::*, BinstallError, PkgFmt};
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_crate_cratesio(
     debug!("Fetching crate from: {crate_url}");
 
     // Download crate
-    download(&crate_url, &tgz_path).await?;
+    download(Url::parse(&crate_url)?, &tgz_path).await?;
 
     // Decompress downloaded tgz
     debug!("Decompressing crate archive");
diff --git a/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs b/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
index e38d7ae1..4f043f41 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
+++ b/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl super::Fetcher for GhCrateMeta {
     async fn fetch(&self, dst: &Path) -> Result<(), BinstallError> {
         let url = self.url()?;
         info!("Downloading package from: '{url}'");
-        download(url.as_str(), dst).await
+        download(url, dst).await
     }
 
     fn pkg_fmt(&self) -> PkgFmt {
diff --git a/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs b/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
index ec83493c..1e3e7821 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
+++ b/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl super::Fetcher for QuickInstall {
     async fn fetch(&self, dst: &Path) -> Result<(), BinstallError> {
         let url = self.package_url();
         info!("Downloading package from: '{url}'");
-        download(&url, &dst).await
+        download(Url::parse(&url)?, &dst).await
     }
 
     fn pkg_fmt(&self) -> PkgFmt {
diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index 27b22551..9f670826 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ pub async fn remote_exists(url: Url, method: Method) -> Result<bool, BinstallErr
 }
 
 /// Download a file from the provided URL to the provided path
-pub async fn download<P: AsRef<Path>>(url: &str, path: P) -> Result<(), BinstallError> {
-    let url = Url::parse(url)?;
+pub async fn download<P: AsRef<Path>>(url: Url, path: P) -> Result<(), BinstallError> {
     debug!("Downloading from: '{url}'");
 
     let resp = reqwest::get(url.clone())