diff --git a/utils/lib_utils.sh b/utils/lib_utils.sh
index 6667798..9f7d1fc 100644
--- a/utils/lib_utils.sh
+++ b/utils/lib_utils.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,37 @@ function clean_working_dir {
 #    PARAMETERS:  
 #       RETURNS:  
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function download_hpr_sql { echo; }
+function download_hpr_sql { 
+
+	if [[ ! -d $1  ]] || ! expr $1 : '.*/tmp.*' ; 
+	then
+		echo "Please provide the temporary directory when calling this function"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	local CURL=`which curl`
+	local WGET=`which wget`
+	local HPR_URL=https://www.hackerpublicradio.org/hpr.sql
+
+	if [ -f $1/hpr.sql ];
+	then
+		echo "Removing temporary hpr.sql"
+		rm $1/hpr.sql
+	else
+		echo "No temporary hpr.sql found"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$CURL" != "" ]; 
+	then
+		curl $HPR_URL --output $1/hpr.sql
+	elif [ "$WGET" != "" ];
+	then
+		wget --directory-prefix=$1 $HPR_URL
+	else
+		echo "Could not download file. Please install either curl or wget."
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
 
 #---  FUNCTION  ----------------------------------------------------------------
 #          NAME:  make_hpr_sqlite_db