diff --git a/http_downloader.py b/http_downloader.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b16ee7b..a3ddc85
--- a/http_downloader.py
+++ b/http_downloader.py
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             print(f"Opened {sys.argv[1]}, reading...")
             urls = f.readlines()
             for url in urls:
+                url = url[:len(url)-1]  # remove the newline at the end
                 print(f"Getting {url}: ", end="")  # print text, without newline at the end
-                returncode = subprocess.run(["wget", url], shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).returncode
-                if returncode != 0:
+                proc = subprocess.run([f"wget \"{url}\""], shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                if proc.returncode != 0:
                     print(f"not a valid URL/not existent, skipping!")
-                print("100%.")
+                else:
+                    print("100%.")
 
     except FileNotFoundError:
         print(f"File \"{sys.argv[1]}\" could not be found, maybe not a file or path badly specified?")