diff --git a/desktop_env/controllers/setup.py b/desktop_env/controllers/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2abc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop_env/controllers/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import requests
+import json
+
+class SetupController:
+    def __init__(self, http_server: str):
+        self.http_server = http_server + "/setup"
+
+    def setup(self, config):
+        """
+        Setup Config:
+        {
+            download: list[tuple[string]], # a list of tuples of url of file to download and the save path
+            ...
+        }
+        """
+        self._download_setup(config)
+        # can add other setup steps
+            
+
+    def _download_setup(self, config):
+        if not 'download' in config:
+            return
+        for url, path in config['download']:
+            if not url or not path:
+                raise Exception(f"Setup Download - Invalid URL ({url}) or path ({path}).")
+
+            payload = json.dumps({"url": url, "path": path})
+            headers = {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            }
+            
+            # send request to server to download file
+            try:
+                response = requests.post(self.http_server + "/download_file", headers=headers, data=payload)
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    print("Command executed successfully:", response.text)
+                else:
+                    print("Failed to download file. Status code:", response.text)
+            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+                print("An error occurred while trying to send the request:", e)
diff --git a/desktop_env/envs/desktop_env.py b/desktop_env/envs/desktop_env.py
index e2f8376..99a9a26 100644
--- a/desktop_env/envs/desktop_env.py
+++ b/desktop_env/envs/desktop_env.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import List
 import gymnasium as gym
 
 from desktop_env.controllers.python import PythonController
+from desktop_env.controllers.setup import SetupController
 
 
 def _execute_command(command: List[str]) -> None:
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ class DesktopEnv(gym.Env):
         # Initialize emulator and controller
         print("Initializing...")
         self._start_emulator()
-        self.host = self._get_vm_ip()
+        self.host = f"http://{self._get_vm_ip()}:5000"
         self.controller = PythonController(http_server=self.host)
+        self.setup_controller = SetupController(http_server=self.host)
 
         # mode: human or machine
         assert action_space in ["computer_13", "pyautogui"]
@@ -118,6 +120,9 @@ class DesktopEnv(gym.Env):
         done = False  # todo: Define episode termination condition for each example
         info = {}
         return observation, reward, done, info
+    
+    def setup(self, config: dict):
+        self.setup_controller.setup(config) 
 
     def render(self, mode='rgb_array'):
         if mode == 'rgb_array':
diff --git a/desktop_env/server/main.py b/desktop_env/server/main.py
index f9e8dcd..93884ca 100644
--- a/desktop_env/server/main.py
+++ b/desktop_env/server/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import requests
@@ -83,6 +84,34 @@ def get_platform():
 def get_cursor_position():
     return pyautogui.position().x, pyautogui.position().y
 
+@app.route("/setup/download_file", methods=['POST'])
+def download_file():
+    data = request.json
+    url = data.get('url', None)
+    path = data.get('path', None)
+
+    if not url or not path:
+        return "Path or URL not supplied!", 400
+    
+    path = Path(path)
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    max_retries = 3
+    for i in range(max_retries):
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            with open(path, 'wb') as f:
+                for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192): 
+                    if chunk: 
+                        f.write(chunk)
+            return "File downloaded successfully"
+
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+            print(f"Failed to download {url}. Retrying... ({max_retries - i - 1} attempts left)")
+    
+    return f"Failed to download {url}. No retries left. Error: {e}", 500
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0")
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index bbfd8d2..7b993f2 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ def human_agent():
         #  path_to_vm="/home/yuri/vmware/Ubuntu 64-bit/Ubuntu 64-bit.vmx",
         snapshot_path="base3",
     )
+    # example setup
+    env.setup({"download": [("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1683009427051-00a2fe827a2c", "C:/Users/Yuri/Desktop/1.jpg")]})
+
 
     # reset the environment to certain snapshot
     observation = env.reset()