diff --git a/data/ui/widgets/timeline_footer.ui b/data/ui/widgets/timeline_footer.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d247101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/ui/widgets/timeline_footer.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.22.2 -->
+<interface>
+  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.22"/>
+  <template class="TootleViewsTimelineFooter" parent="GtkListBoxRow">
+    <property name="visible">True</property>
+    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+    <property name="activatable">False</property>
+    <property name="selectable">False</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkRevealer" id="revealer">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+        <property name="reveal_child">True</property>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkStack" id="stack">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="margin_left">8</property>
+            <property name="margin_right">8</property>
+            <property name="margin_top">8</property>
+            <property name="margin_bottom">8</property>
+            <property name="transition_duration">100</property>
+            <property name="transition_type">crossfade</property>
+            <child>
+              <object class="GtkLabel">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="label">Label</property>
+                <property name="single_line_mode">True</property>
+              </object>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <object class="GtkSpinner">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="active">True</property>
+              </object>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="name">page0</property>
+                <property name="title" translatable="yes">page0</property>
+                <property name="position">1</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </template>
+</interface>
diff --git a/src/Desktop.vala b/src/Desktop.vala
index f80392c..d4135fa 100644
--- a/src/Desktop.vala
+++ b/src/Desktop.vala
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ public class Tootle.Desktop {
 	}
 
 	// Download a file from the web to a user's configured Downloads folder
-	public delegate void DownloadCallback (string path);
-	public static void download (string url, owned DownloadCallback cb, owned Network.ErrorCallback ecb) {
+	public async static string download (string url) throws Error {
 		message (@"Downloading file: $url...");
 
 		var file_name = Path.get_basename (url);
@@ -56,29 +55,26 @@ public class Tootle.Desktop {
 			dir_path,
 			str_hash (dir_name).to_string () + file_name);
 
-		new Request.GET (url)
-			.then ((sess, msg) => {
-				try {
-					var dir = File.new_for_path (dir_path);
-					if (!dir.query_exists ())
-						dir.make_directory ();
+		var dir = File.new_for_path (dir_path);
+		if (!dir.query_exists ())
+			dir.make_directory_with_parents ();
 
-					var file = File.new_for_path (file_path);
-					if (!file.query_exists ()) {
-						var data = msg.response_body.data;
-						FileOutputStream stream = file.create (FileCreateFlags.PRIVATE);
-						stream.write (data);
-					}
-					message (@"OK: File written to: $file_path");
-					cb (file_path);
+		var file = File.new_for_path (file_path);
 
-				} catch (Error e) {
-					warning ("Error: %s\n", e.message);
-					ecb (0, e.message);
-				}
-			})
-			.on_error ((owned) ecb)
-			.exec ();
+		if (!file.query_exists ()) {
+			var msg = yield new Request.GET (url)
+				.await ();
+
+			var data = msg.response_body.data;
+			FileOutputStream stream = file.create (FileCreateFlags.PRIVATE);
+			stream.write (data);
+
+			message (@"OK: File written to: $file_path");
+		}
+		else
+			message ("OK: File exists already");
+
+		return file_path;
 	}
 
 	public static string fallback_icon (string normal, string fallback, string fallback2 = "broken") {
diff --git a/src/Views/Timeline.vala b/src/Views/Timeline.vala
index 96f4f9c..339c97c 100644
--- a/src/Views/Timeline.vala
+++ b/src/Views/Timeline.vala
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class Tootle.Views.Timeline : IAccountListener, IStreamListener, Views.Ba
 		this.page_prev = null;
 		this.page_next = null;
 		this.is_last_page = false;
+		this.needs_attention = false;
 		base.clear ();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Widgets/Attachment/Slot.vala b/src/Widgets/Attachment/Slot.vala
index 857ab6b..f28a5fe 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/Attachment/Slot.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/Attachment/Slot.vala
@@ -41,18 +41,17 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Attachment.Slot : FlowBoxChild {
 		button.tooltip_text = attachment.description;
 	}
 
-	void download () {
-        Desktop.download (attachment.url, path => {
-        	app.toast (_("File saved to Downloads"));
-        },
-        () => {});
-	}
-
 	void open () {
-        Desktop.download (attachment.url, path => {
-        	Desktop.open_uri (path);
-        },
-        () => {});
+        Desktop.download.begin (attachment.url, (obj, res) => {
+			try {
+				var path = Desktop.download.end (res);
+				Desktop.open_uri (path);
+			}
+			catch (Error e) {
+				app.error (_("Error"), e.message);
+				warning ("!!!" + e.message);
+			}
+        });
 	}
 
 	[GtkCallback]