diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/downloadengine.h b/include/openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h
similarity index 83%
rename from include/openspace/engine/downloadengine.h
rename to include/openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h
index 2ee3fad372..c72ef39c34 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/downloadengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h
@@ -22,26 +22,34 @@
  * OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                         *
  ****************************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef __DOWNLOADENGINE_H__
-#define __DOWNLOADENGINE_H__
+#ifndef __DOWNLOADMANAGER_H__
+#define __DOWNLOADMANAGER_H__
 
+#include <ghoul/designpattern/singleton.h>
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/file.h>
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace openspace {
 
-class DownloadEngine {
+class DownloadManager : public ghoul::Singleton<DownloadManager> {
 public:
-    typedef std::function<void (const File&)> DownloadFinishedCallback;
+    typedef std::function<void (const ghoul::filesystem::File&)> DownloadFinishedCallback;
 
-    static bool downloadFile(
+    DownloadManager(std::string requestURL);
+
+    bool downloadFile(
         const std::string& url,
         const ghoul::filesystem::File& file,
         DownloadFinishedCallback callback = DownloadFinishedCallback()
     );
+
+private:
+    std::string _requestURL;
 };
 
+#define DlManager (openspace::DownloadManager::ref())
+
 } // namespace openspace
 
-#endif // __DOWNLOADENGINE_H__
+#endif // __DOWNLOADMANAGER_H__
diff --git a/openspace.cfg b/openspace.cfg
index 1fb1965c3e..d9325aa65b 100644
--- a/openspace.cfg
+++ b/openspace.cfg
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ return {
         Type = "text",
         File = "${BASE_PATH}/Properties.txt"
     },
+    DownloadRequestURL = "http://openspace.itn.liu.se/request.cgi",
     RenderingMethod = "ABufferSingleLinked" -- On Windows and Unix
     -- RenderingMethod = "ABufferFrameBuffer" -- On Mac due to OpenGL 4.1 restrictions
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 927c51df83..e63c0e4361 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ set(OPENSPACE_SOURCE
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/abuffer/abuffersinglelinked.cpp
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/abuffer/abuffervisualizer.cpp
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/configurationmanager.cpp
-    ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/downloadengine.cpp
+    ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/downloadmanager.cpp
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/logfactory.cpp
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/moduleengine.cpp
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ set(OPENSPACE_HEADER
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/abuffer/abuffersinglelinked.h
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/abuffer/abuffervisualizer.h
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/configurationmanager.h
-    ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/downloadengine.h
+    ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/logfactory.h
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/moduleengine.h
     ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h
diff --git a/src/engine/downloadengine.cpp b/src/engine/downloadmanager.cpp
similarity index 91%
rename from src/engine/downloadengine.cpp
rename to src/engine/downloadmanager.cpp
index 7fb0a22fd0..023142cdfb 100644
--- a/src/engine/downloadengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/downloadmanager.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                         *
  ****************************************************************************************/
 
-#include <openspace/engine/downloadengine.h>
+#include <openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h>
 
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h>
 #include <ghoul/logging/logmanager.h>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #endif
 
 namespace {
-    const std::string _loggerCat = "DownloadEngine";
+    const std::string _loggerCat = "DownloadManager";
 
     size_t writeData(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE* stream) {
         size_t written;
@@ -43,7 +43,14 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace openspace {
 
-bool DownloadEngine::downloadFile(
+DownloadManager::DownloadManager(std::string requestURL)
+    : _requestURL(std::move(requestURL))
+{
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+    // Check if URL is accessible
+}
+
+bool DownloadManager::downloadFile(
     const std::string& url,
     const ghoul::filesystem::File& file,
     DownloadFinishedCallback callback)
@@ -70,4 +77,5 @@ bool DownloadEngine::downloadFile(
     }
 }
 
+
 } // namespace openspace
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index 6d6b57e369..14f7c8d481 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <openspace/util/spicemanager.h>
 #include <openspace/util/syncbuffer.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/moduleengine.h>
-#include <openspace/engine/downloadengine.h>
+#include <openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h>
 
 #include <ghoul/ghoul.h>
 #include <ghoul/cmdparser/commandlineparser.h>
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace {
 
     const std::string KeyRenderingMethod = "RenderingMethod";
     const std::string DefaultRenderingMethod = "ABufferSingleLinked";
+    const std::string KeyDownloadRequestURL = "DownloadRequestURL";
 
     const std::string DefaultOpenGlVersion = "4.3";
 
@@ -301,8 +302,13 @@ bool OpenSpaceEngine::initialize() {
 	SysCap.detectCapabilities();
 	SysCap.logCapabilities();
 
+    std::string requestURL = "";
+    bool success = configurationManager()->getValue(KeyDownloadRequestURL, requestURL);
+    if (success)
+        DownloadManager::initialize(requestURL);
+
 	// Load SPICE time kernel
-	bool success = loadSpiceKernels();
+	success = loadSpiceKernels();
 	if (!success)
 		return false;
 
@@ -366,8 +372,8 @@ bool OpenSpaceEngine::initialize() {
 	// Load a light and a monospaced font
 	loadFonts();
 
-    ghoul::filesystem::File f("d:/foo.txt");
-    DownloadEngine::downloadFile("http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/example.html", f);
+    //ghoul::filesystem::File f("d:/foo.txt");
+    //DownloadEngine::downloadFile("http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/example.html", f);
 
 	_gui->initialize();