diff --git a/Docs/Development_deployment.md b/Docs/Development_deployment.md
index 30e14a4528..4dea0b8809 100644
--- a/Docs/Development_deployment.md
+++ b/Docs/Development_deployment.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ To develop and build MapComplete, you
     - You can [use asdf to manage your runtime versions](https://asdf-vm.com/).
 0. Install `npm`. Linux: `sudo apt install npm` (or your favourite package manager), Windows: install
    nodeJS: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
-0. On iOS, install `wget` (`brew install wget`)
 0. Run `npm run init` which …
     - runs `npm install`
     - generates some additional dependencies and files
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc157041a3..5c3fdd85f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     "init": "npm ci && npm run generate && npm run generate:editor-layer-index && npm run generate:layouts && npm run clean",
     "add-weblate-upstream": "git remote add weblate-layers https://hosted.weblate.org/git/mapcomplete/layer-translations/ ; git remote update weblate-layers",
     "fix-weblate": "git remote update weblate-layers; git merge weblate-layers/master",
-    "generate:editor-layer-index": "cd assets/ && wget https://osmlab.github.io/editor-layer-index/imagery.geojson --output-document=editor-layer-index.json",
-    "generate:polygon-features": "cd assets/ && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tyrasd/osm-polygon-features/master/polygon-features.json --output-document=polygon-features.json",
+    "generate:editor-layer-index": "ts-node scripts/downloadFile.ts https://osmlab.github.io/editor-layer-index/imagery.geojson assets/editor-layer-index.json",
+    "generate:polygon-features": "ts-node scripts/downloadFile.ts  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tyrasd/osm-polygon-features/master/polygon-features.json assets/polygon-features.json",
     "generate:images": "ts-node scripts/generateIncludedImages.ts",
     "generate:translations": "ts-node scripts/generateTranslations.ts",
     "reset:translations": "ts-node scripts/generateTranslations.ts --ignore-weblate",
diff --git a/scripts/downloadFile.ts b/scripts/downloadFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e191919fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/downloadFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const http = require('https');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+// Could use yargs to have more validation but wanted to keep it simple
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const FILE_URL = args[0];
+const DESTINATION = args[1];
+
+console.log(`Downloading ${FILE_URL} to ${DESTINATION}`)
+
+const file = fs.createWriteStream(DESTINATION);
+http.get(FILE_URL, response=>response.pipe(file));