diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c76cba..ccd4f85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ If autocompletion does not work out of the box you can add the following line ab
 ```
 
 
-## Example of command
+## Example of basic command 
 ```javascript
 cy.downloadFile('https://library.concordia.ca/help/technology/recovering_saved_files.pdf','mydownloads','demo.pdf')
 ```
 
+## In Version 1.5 you can now also pass in the User-Agent. If no User-Agent is passed it will give a default User-Agent called request.
+```javascript
+cy.downloadFile('https://library.concordia.ca/help/technology/recovering_saved_files.pdf','mydownloads','demo.pdf','MyCustomAgentName')
+```
+
diff --git a/cypress/integration/test-plugin/download-files.spec.js b/cypress/integration/test-plugin/download-files.spec.js
index 8eb99e3..307476e 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/test-plugin/download-files.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/test-plugin/download-files.spec.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ describe('Cypress Downloadfile Testing', () => {
         cy.downloadFile(
             'https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin',
             'mydownloads',
-            '100MB.bin'
+            '100MB.bin',
+            'MyAgent'
         )
     })
     it('Small Size test', () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 779ae2f..3c4783e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cypress-downloadfile",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.1.5",
   "description": "Cypress custom command to download files",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/addPlugin.js b/src/addPlugin.js
index 5d135e1..8d59ae1 100644
--- a/src/addPlugin.js
+++ b/src/addPlugin.js
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ const path = require('path')
 export function downloadFile(args) {
     const directory = args.directory
     const cookieHeader = args.cookies.map(e => e.name + '=' + e.value).join(';')
+    const userAgent = args.userAgent || 'request'
     const fileName = args.fileName
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         request(
             {
                 url: args.url,
                 encoding: null,
-                headers: { Cookie: cookieHeader },
+                headers: { Cookie: cookieHeader, 'User-Agent': userAgent },
             },
             function(err, res, body) {
                 if (!res) {
diff --git a/src/downloadFileCommand.js b/src/downloadFileCommand.js
index 53fb8dd..2b2f15f 100644
--- a/src/downloadFileCommand.js
+++ b/src/downloadFileCommand.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-Cypress.Commands.add('downloadFile', (url, dir, fileName) => {
+Cypress.Commands.add('downloadFile', (url, dir, fileName, userAgent) => {
     return cy.getCookies().then(cookies => {
         return cy.task('downloadFile', {
             url: url,
             directory: dir,
             cookies: cookies,
             fileName: fileName,
+            userAgent: userAgent,
         })
     })
 })
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 5fff9f5..f52c5f8 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ declare namespace Cypress {
        * @example
        * cy.downloadFile('http://demourl','example','demo.pdf')
        */
-      downloadFile(url: string, directory: string, filename:string): Chainable<any>
+      downloadFile(url: string, directory: string, filename:string, userAgent?:string): Chainable<any>
     }
   }
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