diff --git a/webui-src/app/assets/index.html b/webui-src/app/assets/index.html
index cc65f21..f07f98e 100644
--- a/webui-src/app/assets/index.html
+++ b/webui-src/app/assets/index.html
@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@
 	This is the node's certificate:
 	</h3>
 	<textarea rows="30" cols="64" placeholder="Node certificate should appear here!" id="node_certificate" maxlength="10000"></textarea>
+	<textarea rows="30" cols="64" placeholder="Downloads" id="downloads" maxlength="10000"></textarea>
 
     <script type="text/javascript">
     	function load_cert(cert) {
         	document.getElementById("node_certificate").value = cert
         }
+    	function load_downloads(dls) {
+        	document.getElementById("downloads").value = dls
+        }
         function load_ui(){
             var ui = require("rswebui");
 			ui.requestCertificate(load_cert);
+
+			var dl = require("downloads");
+        	dl.view(load_downloads);
         }
+
     </script>
     <noscript>Sorry but JavaScript is needed here! Please enable it in your browser.</noscript>
     </div>
diff --git a/webui-src/app/downloads.js b/webui-src/app/downloads.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9af124c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webui-src/app/downloads.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+var m = require("mithril");
+var rs = require("rswebui");
+
+function makeFriendlyUnit(bytes)
+{
+	if(bytes < 1e3)
+		return bytes.toFixed(1) + "B";
+	if(bytes < 1e6)
+		return (bytes/1e3).toFixed(1) + "kB";
+	if(bytes < 1e9)
+		return (bytes/1e6).toFixed(1) + "MB";
+	if(bytes < 1e12)
+		return (bytes/1e9).toFixed(1) + "GB";
+	return (bytes/1e12).toFixed(1) + "TB";
+}
+
+function progressBar(file){
+    return m("div[style=border:5px solid lime;"
+        + 'border-radius:3mm;'
+        + 'padding:2mm;'
+        + 'height:5mm'
+	+ "]", [
+	m("div[style="
+	    + 'background-color:lime;'
+	    + 'height:100%;'
+	    + 'width:' + (file.transferred  /  file.size * 100)+'%'
+	    + ']'
+	,"")
+	]);
+};
+
+//function cntrlBtn(file, act) {
+//    return(
+//        m("div.btn",{
+//            onclick: function(){
+//                rs.request("transfers/control_download",{action: act, hash: file.hash});
+//            }
+//        },
+//        act)
+//    )
+//}
+
+module.exports = {
+    view: function(callback){
+        rs.requestDownloads(callback);
+
+//        var filestreamer_url = "/fstream/";
+//        if (paths === undefined) {
+//            return m("div", "Downloads ... please wait ...");
+//        }
+//        return m("div", [
+//            m("h2","Downloads (" + paths.length +")"),
+//            m("div.btn2", {
+//                onclick: function(){
+//                    m.route("/downloads/add");
+//                }
+//
+//            m("hr"),
+//            m('table', [
+//                m("tr",[
+//                    m("th","name"),
+//                    m("th","size"),
+//                    m("th","progress"),
+//                    m("th","transfer rate"),
+//                    m("th","status"),
+//                    m("th","progress"),
+//                    m("th","action")
+//                ]),
+//            	paths.map(function (file){
+//            	    var ctrlBtn = m("div","");
+//                    var progress = file.transferred  /  file.size * 100;
+//            	    return m("tr",[
+//            	        m("td",[
+//            	            m("a.filelink",
+//            	                {
+//                        	        target: "blank",
+//                        	        href: filestreamer_url + file.hash + "/" + encodeURIComponent(file.name)
+//                	            },
+//            	                file.name
+//            	            )
+//            	        ]),
+//            	        m("td", makeFriendlyUnit(file.size)),
+//            	        m("td", progress.toPrecision(3) + "%"),
+//            	        m("td", makeFriendlyUnit(file.transfer_rate*1e3)+"/s"),
+//            	        m("td", file.download_status),
+//            	        m("td", progressBar(file)),
+//            	        m("td", [
+//            	            cntrlBtn(file, file.download_status==="paused"?"start":"pause"),
+//            	            cntrlBtn(file, "cancel")]
+//            	        )
+//            	    ])
+//                })
+//	    ])
+//        ]);
+    }
+};
diff --git a/webui-src/app/rswebui.js b/webui-src/app/rswebui.js
index 3de72a7..42c1437 100644
--- a/webui-src/app/rswebui.js
+++ b/webui-src/app/rswebui.js
@@ -29,8 +29,46 @@ module.exports = {
 			var jsonData = JSON.parse(p)
             callback(jsonData.retval)
 		}
-		rsJsonApiRequest("/rsPeers/GetRetroshareInvite", "", setNodeCertificate,true)	// call is synced because we want to return the result
-	}
+		rsJsonApiRequest("/rsPeers/GetRetroshareInvite", "", setNodeCertificate,true)
+	},
+
+    requestDownloads:function(callback) {
+
+        var downloads_info = ""
+
+        function displayDLInfo(p)
+        {
+            var jsonData = JSON.parse(p)
+
+            if(jsonData.retval === "false")
+                console.warning("Cannot retrieve info!!");
+
+            downloads_info += jsonData.info.hash + ": size=" + jsonData.info.size + ": progress=" + jsonData.info.avail + "\n";
+        }
+        function requestDLData(hash)
+		{
+            var json_params = {
+                hash: hash,
+                hintflags: 16		// = RS_FILE_HINTS_DOWNLOAD
+            }
+            console.log("requesting DL data for hash: "+hash)
+			rsJsonApiRequest("/rsFiles/FileDetails", JSON.stringify(json_params), displayDLInfo,false)
+        }
+
+        function setDownloads(p)
+        {
+            var jsonData = JSON.parse(p)
+
+            // now for each hash, request the current progress
+
+            jsonData.hashs.forEach(requestDLData);
+
+            // and send back the result
+
+            callback(downloads_info);
+        }
+		rsJsonApiRequest("/rsFiles/FileDownloads", "", setDownloads,true)
+    }
 };
 
 
diff --git a/webui.pro b/webui.pro
index 13ea789..63090f5 100644
--- a/webui.pro
+++ b/webui.pro
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ linux-* {
 	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/rswebui.js
 	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/mithril.js
 	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/mithril.min.js
+	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/downloads.js
 
+#	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/peers.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/main.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/menudef.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/menu.js
-#	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/peers.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/retroshare.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/accountselect.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/adddownloads.js
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ linux-* {
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/addpeer.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/chat.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/createlogin.js
-#	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/downloads.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/forums.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/home.js
 #	  WEBUI_SRC_JS += webui-src/app/identities.js