diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index f2e70cb1..856ef9c0 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     <!-- Allow writing to external storage -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
 
+		<service android:name="DownloadService" />
+
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
@@ -35,6 +37,14 @@
                 <data android:scheme="content" />
                 <data android:mimeType="application/x-love-game" />
             </intent-filter>
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="http" />
+                <data android:host="*" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.love" />
+            </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
diff --git a/src/org/love2d/android/DownloadService.java b/src/org/love2d/android/DownloadService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41dfeae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/love2d/android/DownloadService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.love2d.android;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+
+import android.app.IntentService;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.ResultReceiver;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+public class DownloadService extends IntentService {
+    public static final int UPDATE_PROGRESS = 8344;
+    public DownloadService() {
+        super("DownloadService");
+    }
+    @Override
+    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
+        Log.d ("GameActivity", "service started");
+        String urlToDownload = intent.getStringExtra("url");
+        ResultReceiver receiver = (ResultReceiver) intent.getParcelableExtra("receiver");
+        try {
+            URL url = new URL(urlToDownload);
+            URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
+            connection.connect();
+            // this will be useful so that you can show a typical 0-100% progress bar
+            int fileLength = connection.getContentLength();
+
+            // download the file
+            InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream());
+            OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream("/sdcard/lovegame/download.love");
+
+            byte data[] = new byte[1024];
+            long total = 0;
+            int count;
+            while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
+                total += count;
+                // publishing the progress....
+                Bundle resultData = new Bundle();
+                resultData.putInt("progress" ,(int) (total * 100 / fileLength));
+                receiver.send(UPDATE_PROGRESS, resultData);
+                output.write(data, 0, count);
+                
+                Log.d ("GameActivity", "Downloading...");
+            }
+
+            output.flush();
+            output.close();
+            input.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        Bundle resultData = new Bundle();
+        resultData.putInt("progress" ,100);
+        receiver.send(UPDATE_PROGRESS, resultData);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java b/src/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
index caa1f61c..ceee2d76 100644
--- a/src/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@ import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import android.app.DownloadManager;
+import android.app.ProgressDialog;
+import android.content.Intent;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Environment;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.ResultReceiver;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 
 public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
     private static DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
-
     private static String gamePath = "";
+	// declare the dialog as a member field of your activity
+	private static ProgressDialog mProgressDialog;
 
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -64,6 +72,23 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
         } catch (IOException e) {
           Log.d ("GameActivity", "Could not open game file:" + e.getMessage());
         }
+      } else if (sourceuri.getScheme().equals("http")) {
+    	  String url = sourceuri.getScheme() + "://" + sourceuri.getHost() + sourceuri.getPath();
+    	  Log.d("GameActivity", "url = " + url);
+    	  
+    	  // instantiate it within the onCreate method
+    	  mProgressDialog = new ProgressDialog(GameActivity.this);
+    	  mProgressDialog.setMessage("Downloading Game");
+    	  mProgressDialog.setIndeterminate(true);
+    	  mProgressDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
+    	  mProgressDialog.setCancelable(true);
+    	  
+    	// this is how you fire the downloader
+    	  mProgressDialog.show();
+    	  Intent intent = new Intent(this, DownloadService.class);
+    	  intent.putExtra("url", url);
+    	  intent.putExtra("receiver", new DownloadReceiver(new Handler()));
+    	  startService(intent);
       } else {
         Log.d ("GameActivity", "Unsupported scheme: " + sourceuri.getScheme());
       }
@@ -94,4 +119,21 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
       Log.d("GameActivity", "Copied " + bytes_written + " bytes");
     }
 
+    private class DownloadReceiver extends ResultReceiver{
+        public DownloadReceiver(Handler handler) {
+            super(handler);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onReceiveResult(int resultCode, Bundle resultData) {
+            super.onReceiveResult(resultCode, resultData);
+            if (resultCode == DownloadService.UPDATE_PROGRESS) {
+                int progress = resultData.getInt("progress");
+                mProgressDialog.setProgress(progress);
+                if (progress == 100) {
+                    mProgressDialog.dismiss();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }