diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/etc/profile b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/etc/profile
index 43f1b0c..0b3332a 100644
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/etc/profile
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/etc/profile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ help_tips(){
   echo 'programming languages ' "type 'ls ~/bin/helloworld*'"
   echo 'upload file to xrsh   ' "type 'upload <file>'" 
   echo 'download file locally ' "type 'download <file>'" 
+  echo 'download remote file  ' "type 'wget https://nlnet.nl/index.html -o index.html'" 
   echo 'paste text            ' "ctrl/cmd+shift+v'"
   echo 'paste text to file    ' "ctrl/cmd+v'"
   echo 'import file to scene  ' "drag-drop file or ctrl/cmd+v or type 'upload'"
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/.profile b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/.profile
index 4859d66..f66abb0 100644
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/.profile
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/.profile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ alias mg='echo -e "HINT: type Ctrl+c Ctrl-x to quit\n[press a key]";read;mg';
 alias nano='echo -e "HINT: type Ctrl+x to quit\n[press a key]"       ;read;nano'; 
 
 # save space in the iso image
-alias curl="wget -q -O - "
 alias make="mim"
 
 # minimalist autoenv version [https://github.com/hyperupcall/autoenv]
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/curl b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/curl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8825b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/curl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# this is a curl stub which directly interfaces with the browsers javascript fetch() via wget
+# REASON: way less overhead / complexity compared to the v86 linux networking stack
+ 
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+wget "$1" -o $tmp
+test -f $tmp && {
+  cat $tmp
+  rm $tmp
+}
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/pkg b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/pkg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01c47d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/pkg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test -z "$1" && { echo "usage: pkg <ls|install> [pkgname]"; exit 0; }
+
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/wget b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/wget
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..12a866f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/wget
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# this is a wget stub which directly interfaces with the browsers javascript fetch()
+# REASON: way less overhead / complexity compared to the v86 linux networking stack
+ 
+url="$1"
+filename="$(basename "$url")"
+tmp=/mnt/$$
+ 
+test -z "$1" && { echo "usage: $0 <url> [-o outfile]"; exit 0; }
+ 
+for arg in $*; do
+  test $arg = "-o" && shift && filename=$*
+  shift
+done
+ 
+js '$("[isoterminal]").emit("create_file_from_url",["'$tmp'","'$url'"])'
+while sleep 0.5s; do
+  printf "." 1>&2
+  test "$(awk '{ print $1 }' $tmp)" = 0 && retcode=1 || retcode=0
+  test -f $tmp && mv $tmp "$filename" && printf "\n" && exit $retcode
+done
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/xrsh.menu b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/xrsh.menu
deleted file mode 100644
index 13f4793..0000000
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/xrsh.menu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/ziprun b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/ziprun
index 3178e76..83862c3 100755
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/ziprun
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/bin/ziprun
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ set -e # halt on error
 file="$1"
 dir="$(basename "$file")"
 
+echo "$file" | grep -q http && {
+  filename="$(basename "$file")"
+  wget "$file" -o /tmp/$$.zip
+  file=/tmp/$$.zip
+}
+
 logger "$0: extracting $file"
 
 test -d "/root/$dir" && rm -rf "/root/$dir"
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/default.html b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/default.html
deleted file mode 100755
index d3d1591..0000000
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/default.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/html
-<a-box position="-1 0.5 -3" rotation="0 45 0" color="#4CC3D9"></a-box>
-<a-sphere position="0 1.25 -5" radius="1.25" color="#EF2D5E"></a-sphere>
-<a-cylinder position="1 0.75 -3" radius="0.5" height="1.5" color="#FFC65D"></a-cylinder>
-<a-plane position="0 0.05 -4" rotation="-90 0 0" width="4" height="4" color="#7BC8A4"></a-plane>
-
-<!--
-<a-box position="0 1.4 -0.5" scale="0.2 0.2 0.2" color="#FF00AA" grabbable></a-box>
--->
-
-
-<!-- for [lowerlevel] THREE.js code see ~/index.js -->
-
diff --git a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/manual.md b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/manual.md
index 620543b..393a94f 100644
--- a/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/manual.md
+++ b/buildroot-v86/board/v86/rootfs_overlay/root/manual.md
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ term.emit("send", ["some input", 6])
 
 // file operations (uses /mnt)
 $('[isoterminal]').emit("create_file", ["hello.txt","hi"]) 
+$('[isoterminal]').emit("create_file_from_url", ["index.html","https://nlnet.nl/index.html"]) 
 $('[isoterminal]').emit("update_file", ["hello.txt","hello"]) 
 $('[isoterminal]').emit("append_file", ["hello.txt","world"]) 
 $('[isoterminal]').emit("read_file",   ["hello.txt", console.log ]) 
diff --git a/dist/v86-linux.iso b/dist/v86-linux.iso
index a8d201a..9c4f0ac 100644
Binary files a/dist/v86-linux.iso and b/dist/v86-linux.iso differ