diff --git a/bin/download b/bin/download
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d44981e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/download
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec node ./bin/downloadData.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a660ca4e..91661c26 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "download_metadata": "mkdirp metadata && node bin/updateMetadata.js",
-    "download": "node bin/downloadData.js",
+    "download": "./bin/download",
     "countryCodes": "node bin/viewCountryCodes.js",
     "functional": "./bin/functional",
     "import": "./bin/start",