diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 868133c0f..1f8d75eeb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ name = "ascii"
 version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "attohttpc"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "http 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libflate 0.1.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "native-tls 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "openssl 0.10.26 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "url 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atty"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -159,6 +172,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "iovec 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bzip2"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -696,6 +714,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1970,6 +1998,7 @@ name = "tauri-cli"
 version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ar 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "attohttpc 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "dirs 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1983,7 +2012,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libflate 0.1.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "md5 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "msi 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "reqwest 0.9.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "sha2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2503,6 +2531,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum arrayref 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0d382e583f07208808f6b1249e60848879ba3543f57c32277bf52d69c2f0f0ee"
 "checksum arrayvec 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cff77d8686867eceff3105329d4698d96c2391c176d5d03adc90c7389162b5b8"
 "checksum ascii 0.8.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "97be891acc47ca214468e09425d02cef3af2c94d0d82081cd02061f996802f14"
+"checksum attohttpc 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d56cd24cc62aa3116f76f5c8b69845f06a908a5c2b6fa6615ef97c1edd9b1bb6"
 "checksum atty 0.2.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1803c647a3ec87095e7ae7acfca019e98de5ec9a7d01343f611cf3152ed71a90"
 "checksum autocfg 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1d49d90015b3c36167a20fe2810c5cd875ad504b39cff3d4eae7977e6b7c1cb2"
 "checksum backtrace 0.3.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "924c76597f0d9ca25d762c25a4d369d51267536465dc5064bdf0eb073ed477ea"
@@ -2518,6 +2547,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum byte-tools 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e3b5ca7a04898ad4bcd41c90c5285445ff5b791899bb1b0abdd2a2aa791211d7"
 "checksum byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a7c3dd8985a7111efc5c80b44e23ecdd8c007de8ade3b96595387e812b957cf5"
 "checksum bytes 0.4.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "206fdffcfa2df7cbe15601ef46c813fce0965eb3286db6b56c583b814b51c81c"
+"checksum bytes 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1c85319f157e4e26c703678e68e26ab71a46c0199286fa670b21cc9fec13d895"
 "checksum bzip2 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "42b7c3cbf0fa9c1b82308d57191728ca0256cb821220f4e2fd410a72ade26e3b"
 "checksum bzip2-sys 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6584aa36f5ad4c9247f5323b0a42f37802b37a836f0ad87084d7a33961abe25f"
 "checksum c2-chacha 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "214238caa1bf3a496ec3392968969cab8549f96ff30652c9e56885329315f6bb"
@@ -2582,6 +2612,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum hermit-abi 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "307c3c9f937f38e3534b1d6447ecf090cafcc9744e4a6360e8b037b2cf5af120"
 "checksum hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "023b39be39e3a2da62a94feb433e91e8bcd37676fbc8bea371daf52b7a769a3e"
 "checksum http 0.1.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2790658cddc82e82b08e25176c431d7015a0adeb1718498715cbd20138a0bf68"
+"checksum http 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b708cc7f06493459026f53b9a61a7a121a5d1ec6238dee58ea4941132b30156b"
 "checksum http-body 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6741c859c1b2463a423a1dbce98d418e6c3c3fc720fb0d45528657320920292d"
 "checksum httparse 1.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cd179ae861f0c2e53da70d892f5f3029f9594be0c41dc5269cd371691b1dc2f9"
 "checksum hyper 0.12.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9dbe6ed1438e1f8ad955a4701e9a944938e9519f6888d12d8558b645e247d5f6"
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
index 442ecb900..5fe64a533 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ walkdir = "2"
 sha2 = "0.8"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 handlebars = "2.0"
-reqwest = "0.9.22"
+attohttpc = "0.7.0"
 hex = "0.4"
 zip = "0.5"
 
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
index 828773825..d647f68c5 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/src/bundle/wix.rs
@@ -53,13 +53,9 @@ lazy_static! {
 fn download_and_verify(url: &str, hash: &str) -> crate::Result<Vec<u8>> {
   common::print_info(format!("Downloading {}", url).as_str())?;
 
-  let mut response = reqwest::get(url).or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()))?;
+  let response = attohttpc::get(url).send().or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()))?;
 
-  let mut data: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-
-  response
-    .read_to_end(&mut data)
-    .or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()))?;
+  let data: Vec<u8> = response.bytes().or_else(|e| Err(e.to_string()))?;
 
   common::print_info("validating hash")?;
 
diff --git a/cli/tauri-cli/src/main.rs b/cli/tauri-cli/src/main.rs
index 2fdf1047f..e0c52576f 100644
--- a/cli/tauri-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/tauri-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ error_chain! {
         Term(::term::Error);
         Toml(::toml::de::Error);
         Walkdir(::walkdir::Error);
+        HttpError(::attohttpc::Error);
         StripError(std::path::StripPrefixError);
+
     }
     errors {}
 }