diff --git a/src/jlmkr/donor/jlmkr.py b/src/jlmkr/donor/jlmkr.py
index ca4bf44..3d942ed 100755
--- a/src/jlmkr/donor/jlmkr.py
+++ b/src/jlmkr/donor/jlmkr.py
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ systemd_nspawn_default_args=--bind-ro=/sys/module
 # Always add --bind-ro=/sys/module to make lsmod happy
 # https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/manpages/sysfs.5.en.html
 
-DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST = (
-    "cfcb5d08b24187d108f2ab0d21a6cc4b73dcd7f5d7dfc80803bfd7f1642d638d"
-)
-
 from utils.paths import SCRIPT_PATH, SCRIPT_NAME, SCRIPT_DIR_PATH
 from utils.paths import JAILS_DIR_PATH, JAIL_CONFIG_NAME, JAIL_ROOTFS_NAME
 from utils.paths import COMMAND_NAME, SHORTNAME
@@ -175,95 +171,6 @@ def cleanup(jail_path):
         shutil.rmtree(jail_path, onerror=_onerror)
 
 
-def validate_sha256(file_path, digest):
-    """
-    Validates if a file matches a sha256 digest.
-    """
-    try:
-        with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
-            file_hash = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
-            return file_hash == digest
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        return False
-
-
-def run_lxc_download_script(
-    jail_name=None, jail_path=None, jail_rootfs_path=None, distro=None, release=None
-):
-    arch = "amd64"
-    lxc_dir = ".lxc"
-    lxc_cache = os.path.join(lxc_dir, "cache")
-    lxc_download_script = os.path.join(lxc_dir, "lxc-download.sh")
-
-    # Create the lxc dirs if nonexistent
-    os.makedirs(lxc_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    stat_chmod(lxc_dir, 0o700)
-    os.makedirs(lxc_cache, exist_ok=True)
-    stat_chmod(lxc_cache, 0o700)
-
-    try:
-        if os.stat(lxc_download_script).st_uid != 0:
-            os.remove(lxc_download_script)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-
-    # Fetch the lxc download script if not present locally (or hash doesn't match)
-    if not validate_sha256(lxc_download_script, DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST):
-        urllib.request.urlretrieve(
-            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jip-Hop/lxc/97f93be72ebf380f3966259410b70b1c966b0ff0/templates/lxc-download.in",
-            lxc_download_script,
-        )
-
-        if not validate_sha256(lxc_download_script, DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST):
-            eprint("Abort! Downloaded script has unexpected contents.")
-            return 1
-
-    stat_chmod(lxc_download_script, 0o700)
-
-    if None not in [jail_name, jail_path, jail_rootfs_path, distro, release]:
-        cmd = [
-            lxc_download_script,
-            f"--name={jail_name}",
-            f"--path={jail_path}",
-            f"--rootfs={jail_rootfs_path}",
-            f"--arch={arch}",
-            f"--dist={distro}",
-            f"--release={release}",
-        ]
-
-        if rc := subprocess.run(cmd, env={"LXC_CACHE_PATH": lxc_cache}).returncode != 0:
-            eprint("Aborting...")
-            return rc
-
-    else:
-        # List images
-        cmd = [lxc_download_script, "--list", f"--arch={arch}"]
-
-        p1 = subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env={"LXC_CACHE_PATH": lxc_cache}
-        )
-
-        for line in iter(p1.stdout.readline, b""):
-            line = line.decode().strip()
-            # Filter out the known incompatible distros
-            if not re.match(
-                r"^(alpine|amazonlinux|busybox|devuan|funtoo|openwrt|plamo|voidlinux)\s",
-                line,
-            ):
-                # TODO: check if output matches expected output, if it does then return 0
-                # Else treat this as an error and return 1
-                print(line)
-
-        rc = p1.wait()
-        # Currently --list will always return a non-zero exit code, even when listing the images was successful
-        # https://github.com/lxc/lxc/pull/4462
-        # Therefore we must currently return 0, to prevent aborting the interactive create process
-
-        # return rc
-
-    return 0
-
-
 from utils.files import stat_chmod
 
 
diff --git a/src/jlmkr/utils/download.py b/src/jlmkr/utils/download.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1fbfe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jlmkr/utils/download.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2024 Jip-Hop and the Jailmakers <https://github.com/Jip-Hop/jailmaker>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from utils.files import stat_chmod
+
+
+DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST = (
+    "cfcb5d08b24187d108f2ab0d21a6cc4b73dcd7f5d7dfc80803bfd7f1642d638d"
+)
+
+
+def run_lxc_download_script(
+    jail_name=None, jail_path=None, jail_rootfs_path=None, distro=None, release=None
+):
+    arch = "amd64"
+    lxc_dir = ".lxc"
+    lxc_cache = os.path.join(lxc_dir, "cache")
+    lxc_download_script = os.path.join(lxc_dir, "lxc-download.sh")
+
+    # Create the lxc dirs if nonexistent
+    os.makedirs(lxc_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    stat_chmod(lxc_dir, 0o700)
+    os.makedirs(lxc_cache, exist_ok=True)
+    stat_chmod(lxc_cache, 0o700)
+
+    try:
+        if os.stat(lxc_download_script).st_uid != 0:
+            os.remove(lxc_download_script)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+    # Fetch the lxc download script if not present locally (or hash doesn't match)
+    if not validate_sha256(lxc_download_script, DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST):
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jip-Hop/lxc/97f93be72ebf380f3966259410b70b1c966b0ff0/templates/lxc-download.in",
+            lxc_download_script,
+        )
+
+        if not validate_sha256(lxc_download_script, DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_DIGEST):
+            eprint("Abort! Downloaded script has unexpected contents.")
+            return 1
+
+    stat_chmod(lxc_download_script, 0o700)
+
+    if None not in [jail_name, jail_path, jail_rootfs_path, distro, release]:
+        cmd = [
+            lxc_download_script,
+            f"--name={jail_name}",
+            f"--path={jail_path}",
+            f"--rootfs={jail_rootfs_path}",
+            f"--arch={arch}",
+            f"--dist={distro}",
+            f"--release={release}",
+        ]
+
+        if rc := subprocess.run(cmd, env={"LXC_CACHE_PATH": lxc_cache}).returncode != 0:
+            eprint("Aborting...")
+            return rc
+
+    else:
+        # List images
+        cmd = [lxc_download_script, "--list", f"--arch={arch}"]
+
+        p1 = subprocess.Popen(
+            cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env={"LXC_CACHE_PATH": lxc_cache}
+        )
+
+        for line in iter(p1.stdout.readline, b""):
+            line = line.decode().strip()
+            # Filter out the known incompatible distros
+            if not re.match(
+                r"^(alpine|amazonlinux|busybox|devuan|funtoo|openwrt|plamo|voidlinux)\s",
+                line,
+            ):
+                # TODO: check if output matches expected output, if it does then return 0
+                # Else treat this as an error and return 1
+                print(line)
+
+        rc = p1.wait()
+        # Currently --list will always return a non-zero exit code, even when listing the images was successful
+        # https://github.com/lxc/lxc/pull/4462
+        # Therefore we must currently return 0, to prevent aborting the interactive create process
+
+        # return rc
+
+    return 0
+
+
+def validate_sha256(file_path, digest):
+    """
+    Validates if a file matches a sha256 digest.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
+            file_hash = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
+            return file_hash == digest
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return False