diff --git a/src/asarUpdate.js b/src/asarUpdate.js
index 5bffc4420..620e846b9 100644
--- a/src/asarUpdate.js
+++ b/src/asarUpdate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { get } = require('https');
+const { get } = require('./utils/get');
 const fs = require('original-fs'); // Use original-fs, not Electron's modified fs
 const { join } = require('path');
 
@@ -6,29 +6,13 @@ const asarPath = join(__filename, '..');
 
 const asarUrl = `https://github.com/GooseMod/OpenAsar/releases/download/${oaVersion.split('-')[0]}/app.asar`;
 
-// todo: have these https utils centralised?
-const redirs = url => new Promise(res => get(url, r => { // Minimal wrapper around https.get to follow redirects
-  const loc = r.headers.location;
-  if (loc) return redirs(loc).then(res);
-
-  res(r);
-}));
-
 module.exports = async () => { // (Try) update asar
   if (!oaVersion.includes('-')) return;
   log('AsarUpdate', 'Updating...');
 
-  const res = (await redirs(asarUrl));
-
-  let data = [];
-  res.on('data', d => {
-    data.push(d);
-  });
+  const buf = (await get(asarUrl))[1];
 
-  res.on('end', () => {
-    const buf = Buffer.concat(data);
-    if (!buf.toString('hex').startsWith('04000000')) return log('AsarUpdate', 'Download error'); // Not like ASAR header
+  if (!buf || !buf.toString('hex').startsWith('04000000')) return log('AsarUpdate', 'Download error'); // Request failed or ASAR header not present
 
-    fs.writeFile(asarPath, buf, e => log('AsarUpdate', 'Downloaded', e ?? ''));
-  });
+  fs.writeFile(asarPath, buf, e => log('AsarUpdate', 'Downloaded', e ?? ''));
 };
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diff --git a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
index 0545d2756..9702ae33e 100644
--- a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
+++ b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const Module = require('module');
 const { execFile } = require('child_process');
 const { app, autoUpdater } = require('electron');
-const { get } = require('https');
+const { get, request } = require('../utils/get');
 
 const paths = require('../paths');
 
@@ -32,20 +32,6 @@ const resetTracking = () => {
   installing = Object.assign({}, base);
 };
 
-const req = url => new Promise(res => get(url, r => { // Minimal wrapper around https.get to include body
-  let dat = '';
-  r.on('data', b => dat += b.toString());
-
-  r.on('end', () => res([ r, dat ]));
-}));
-
-const redirs = url => new Promise(res => get(url, r => { // Minimal wrapper around https.get to follow redirects
-  const loc = r.headers.location;
-  if (loc) return redirs(loc).then(res);
-
-  res(r);
-}));
-
 exports.init = (endpoint, { releaseChannel, version }) => {
   skipHost = settings.get('SKIP_HOST_UPDATE');
   skipModule = settings.get('SKIP_MODULE_UPDATE');
@@ -77,10 +63,10 @@ exports.init = (endpoint, { releaseChannel, version }) => {
     }
 
     checkForUpdates() {
-      req(this.url).then(([ r, b ]) => {
-        if (r.statusCode === 204) return this.emit('update-not-available');
+      get(this.url).then(([r, b]) => {
+        if (!b || r === 204) return this.emit('update-not-available');
 
-        this.emit('update-manually', b);
+        this.emit('update-manually', b.toString());
       });
     }
 
@@ -111,7 +97,12 @@ exports.init = (endpoint, { releaseChannel, version }) => {
 };
 
 const checkModules = async () => {
-  remote = JSON.parse((await req(baseUrl + '/versions.json' + qs))[1]);
+  const buf = (await get(baseUrl + '/versions.json' + qs))[1];
+  if (!buf) {
+    log('Modules', 'versions.json retrieval failure.');
+    return;
+  }
+  remote = JSON.parse(buf.toString());
 
   for (const name in installed) {
     const inst = installed[name].installedVersion;
@@ -135,23 +126,31 @@ const downloadModule = async (name, ver) => {
 
   // log('Modules', 'Downloading', `${name}@${ver}`);
 
-  let success, total, cur =  0;
-  const res = await redirs(baseUrl + '/' + name + '/' + ver + qs);
-  success = res.statusCode === 200;
-  total = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'] ?? 1, 10);
-
-  res.pipe(file);
-
-  res.on('data', c => {
-    cur += c.length;
-
-    events.emit('downloading-module', { name, cur, total });
-  });
+  let success, total, cur = 0;
+  request(
+    baseUrl + '/' + name + '/' + ver + qs,
+    res => {
+      success = (res.statusCode === 200);
+      // res.headers is a
+      // https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/incoming-message#responseheaders
+      total = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'][0] ?? 1, 10);
+    },
+    chunk => {
+      cur += chunk.length;
+      events.emit('downloading-module', { name, cur, total });
+
+      file.write(chunk);
+    },
+    () => {
+      file.close();
+    }
+  );
 
-  await new Promise((res) => file.on('close', res));
+  // block till file.close()
+  await new Promise(res => file.on('close', res));
 
   if (success) commitManifest();
-    else downloading.fail++;
+  else downloading.fail++;
 
   events.emit('downloaded-module', {
     name
diff --git a/src/utils/get.js b/src/utils/get.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..126f4e8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/get.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const { net } = require('electron');
+
+// returns a promise that resolves to [statusCode, Buffer, headers]
+// [code, null, null] if request failed
+module.exports.get = async url => {
+  const response = await net.fetch(new Request(url, {
+    method: 'GET',
+    redirect: 'follow'
+  }));
+
+  if (response.ok) {
+    return [response.status, Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer()), response.headers];
+  } else {
+    return [response.status, null, null];
+  }
+};
+
+// issues a GET request following redirects, calling provided callbacks to return data and statues:
+// - `response_cb` is called with a `IncomingMessage` (https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/incoming-message) on receiving an HTTP response
+// - `data_cb` is called with a chunk for every data chunk arrived
+// - `end_cb` is called when there are no more data
+module.exports.request = (url, response_cb, data_cb, end_cb) => {
+  const request = net.request({
+    url: url,
+    redirect: 'follow',
+  });
+
+  request.on('response', response => {
+    response_cb(response);
+    response.on('data', data_cb);
+    response.on('end', end_cb)
+  });
+
+  request.end();
+};
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