diff --git a/lib/download.js b/lib/download.js
index cd13036..660d02d 100644
--- a/lib/download.js
+++ b/lib/download.js
@@ -1,45 +1,28 @@
 var async = require('async');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var fs = require('fs-extra');
-var request = require('request');
 var tildify = require('tildify');
-var ProgressBar = require('progress');
 var figures = require('figures');
-var format = require('util').format;
 var debug = require('debug')('mongodb-version-manager:download');
-
-function progressbar(pkg, res, totalSize) {
-  var bar = new ProgressBar('  Downloading MongoDB v'
-    + pkg.version + ' [:bar] :percent :etasec', {
-      complete: '=',
-      incomplete: ' ',
-      width: 40,
-      total: totalSize
-    });
-
-  res.on('data', function(chunk) {
-    bar.tick(chunk.length);
-  });
-}
+var nugget = require('nugget');
 
 function download(model, done) {
   debug('downloading artifact from `%s` to `%s`...',
     model.url, tildify(model.download_path));
 
-  var out = fs.createWriteStream(model.download_path);
-  var onFinish;
-  var onError = function(err) {
-    out.removeListener('finish', onFinish);
-    debug('removing incomplete artifact from `%s`',
-      model.download_path);
-    fs.unlink(model.download_path, function() {
-      done(err);
-    });
-  };
-
-  onFinish = function() {
-    /* eslint no-console:0 */
-    out.removeListener('error', onError);
+  var quiet = process.env.silent;
+  var verbose = process.env.VERBOSE;
+  var nuggetOpts = {target: model.filename, dir: model.download_directory, resume: true, verbose: verbose, quiet: quiet};
+  nugget(model.url, nuggetOpts, function(errors) {
+    if (errors) {
+      var error = errors[0]; // nugget returns an array of errors but we only need 1st because we only have 1 url
+      debug('removing incomplete artifact from `%s`',
+        model.download_path);
+      fs.unlink(model.download_path, function() {
+        done(error);
+      });
+      return;
+    }
     debug('successfully downloaded MongoDB version v%s to %s',
       model.version, model.download_path);
     if (!process.env.silent) {
@@ -47,31 +30,6 @@ function download(model, done) {
         ' Downloaded MongoDB', model.version);
     }
     done();
-  };
-  out.once('error', onError).once('finish', onFinish);
-
-  var req = request(model.url);
-  req.on('response', function(res) {
-    var totalSize = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10);
-    debug('total size %dMB', (totalSize / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(2));
-
-    if (!totalSize || totalSize < 10 * 1024 * 1024) {
-      var msg = format('Download looks too small! %s is only %s bytes!',
-        model.url, totalSize);
-      return onError(new Error(msg));
-    }
-
-    if (process.env.silent) {
-      debug('Downloading `%s`...', model.url);
-    } else if (!process.env.CI) {
-      progressbar(model, res, totalSize);
-    } else {
-      console.log('Downloading `%s`...', model.url);
-    }
-  });
-  req.pipe(out);
-  req.on('error', function(err) {
-    onError(err);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 333a87a..4db5aac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "lodash.difference": "^4.1.1",
     "mongodb-download-url": "^0.1.9",
     "mongodb-version-list": "0.0.3",
+    "nugget": "^2.0.0",
     "progress": "~1.1.8",
     "request": "~2.69.0",
     "semver": "~5.1.0",