diff --git a/core/include/Network/Downloader.h b/core/include/Network/Downloader.h
index d2f4e5b..82c256d 100644
--- a/core/include/Network/Downloader.h
+++ b/core/include/Network/Downloader.h
@@ -10,14 +10,16 @@
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QUuid>
 
 /**
  * @brief The Downloader handles all data donwloads in SciQLOP.
  */
 class SCIQLOP_CORE_EXPORT Downloader{
 public:
-    static Response get(const QString& url);
-    static Response get(const QString& url, const QString& user, const QString& passwd);
+    static Response get(const QString& url, const QString& user="", const QString& passwd="");
+    static QUuid getAsync(const QString& url, std::function<void (QUuid, Response)> callback, const QString& user="", const QString& passwd="");
+    static bool downloadFinished(QUuid uuid);
 
     static Downloader& instance()
     {
diff --git a/core/src/Network/Downloader.cpp b/core/src/Network/Downloader.cpp
index 20b85a5..6f285df 100644
--- a/core/src/Network/Downloader.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Network/Downloader.cpp
@@ -9,12 +9,30 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QPair>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QReadWriteLock>
 
 class Downloader::p_Downloader
 {
     using login_pair=QPair<QString,QString>;
     QNetworkAccessManager manager;
     QHash<QString,login_pair> auth;
+    QReadWriteLock pending_requests_lock;
+    QHash<QUuid,QNetworkReply*> pending_requests;
+
+    QNetworkRequest buildRequest(const QString& url, const QString &user="", const QString &passwd="")
+    {
+        QNetworkRequest request;
+        request.setUrl(QUrl(url));
+        request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", "SciQLop 1.0");
+        if(user!="" and passwd!="")
+        {
+            //might grow quickly since we can have tons of URLs for the same host
+            auth[url]=login_pair(user,passwd);
+            QString login = "Basic "+user+":"+passwd;
+            request.setRawHeader("Authorization",login.toLocal8Bit());
+        }
+        return request;
+    }
 
 public:
     explicit p_Downloader()
@@ -29,37 +47,70 @@ public:
                 authenticator->setPassword(login.second);
             }
         };
+
         QObject::connect(&manager, &QNetworkAccessManager::authenticationRequired, login_bambda);
     }
 
     Response get(const QString& url, const QString &user="", const QString &passwd="")
     {
-        QNetworkRequest request;
-        request.setUrl(QUrl(url));
-        request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", "SciQLop 1.0");
-        if(user!="" and passwd!="")
-        {
-            //might grow quickly since we can have tons of URLs for the same host
-            auth[url]=login_pair(user,passwd);
-            QString login = "Basic "+user+":"+passwd;
-            request.setRawHeader("Authorization",login.toLocal8Bit());
-        }
+        QNetworkRequest request = buildRequest(url, user, passwd);
         QNetworkReply *reply = manager.get(request);
         while (!reply->isFinished())
             QCoreApplication::processEvents();
         QVariant status_code = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute);
-        return Response(reply->readAll(), status_code.toInt());
+        Response resp = Response(reply->readAll(), status_code.toInt());
+        delete reply;
+        return resp;
+    }
+
+    QUuid getAsync(const QString &url, std::function<void (QUuid ,Response)> callback, const QString &user, const QString &passwd)
+    {
+        auto uuid = QUuid::createUuid();
+        QNetworkRequest request = buildRequest(url, user, passwd);
+        QNetworkReply *reply = manager.get(request);
+        auto callback_wrapper = [uuid, callback, this](){
+            QNetworkReply* reply;
+            {
+                QWriteLocker locker(&pending_requests_lock);
+                reply = pending_requests.take(uuid);
+            }
+            QVariant status_code = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute);
+            Response resp = Response(reply->readAll(), status_code.toInt());
+            delete reply;
+            callback(uuid, resp);
+        };
+        QObject::connect(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, callback_wrapper);
+        {
+            QWriteLocker locker(&pending_requests_lock);
+            pending_requests[uuid] = reply;
+        }
+        return uuid;
+    }
+    bool downloadFinished(QUuid uuid)
+    {
+        QReadLocker locker(&pending_requests_lock);
+        if(pending_requests.contains(uuid))
+        {
+            auto req = pending_requests[uuid];
+            return req->isFinished();
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 };
 
-Response Downloader::get(const QString &url)
+Response Downloader::get(const QString &url, const QString &user, const QString &passwd)
 {
-    return  Downloader::instance().impl->get(url);
+    return  Downloader::instance().impl->get(url, user, passwd);
 }
 
-Response Downloader::get(const QString &url, const QString &user, const QString &passwd)
+QUuid Downloader::getAsync(const QString &url, std::function<void (QUuid ,Response)> callback, const QString &user, const QString &passwd)
 {
-    return  Downloader::instance().impl->get(url, user, passwd);
+    return  Downloader::instance().impl->getAsync(url, callback, user, passwd);
+}
+
+bool Downloader::downloadFinished(QUuid uuid)
+{
+    return Downloader::instance().impl->downloadFinished(uuid);
 }
 
 Downloader::Downloader()
diff --git a/core/tests/Network/TestDownloader.cpp b/core/tests/Network/TestDownloader.cpp
index 3441210..9addf2a 100644
--- a/core/tests/Network/TestDownloader.cpp
+++ b/core/tests/Network/TestDownloader.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ private slots:
         QCOMPARE(resp.data(), QString("{\n  \"user-agent\": \"SciQLop 1.0\"\n}\n"));
     }
 
+    void simpleAsyncGet()
+    {
+        bool done = false;
+        int status = -1;
+        QByteArray data;
+        auto callback = [&done, &status, &data](QUuid uuid,Response resp)
+            {
+                status = resp.status_code();
+                done = true;
+                data = resp.data();
+            };
+        auto uuid = Downloader::getAsync("http://ovh.net/files/1Mio.dat", callback);
+        QCOMPARE(Downloader::downloadFinished(uuid), false);
+        while (!done)
+        {
+            QCoreApplication::processEvents();
+        }
+        QCOMPARE(Downloader::downloadFinished(uuid), true);
+        QCOMPARE(status, 200);
+        QCOMPARE(data[0],'\xBA');
+        QCOMPARE(data[data.length()-1],'\x20');
+    }
+
     void wrongUrl()
     {
         auto resp = Downloader::get("https://lpp.polytechniqe2.fr");