diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6cd1b28477..7374d704d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       volumes:
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/home/production/cxgn/sgn
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/home/vagrant/cxgn/sgn
+        - ${{ github.workspace }}/.downloads:/downloads
       options: --network-alias test_breedbase
 
     services:
@@ -38,12 +39,13 @@ jobs:
         volumes:
           - ${{ github.workspace }}:/home/production/cxgn/sgn
           - ${{ github.workspace }}:/home/vagrant/cxgn/sgn
-        options: --health-cmd="curl --silent --head http://localhost:4444 || exit 1"
-
+          - ${{ github.workspace }}/.downloads:/downloads
+        options: --health-cmd="curl --silent --head http://localhost:4444 || exit 1"     
+        
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sgn
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
-    
+
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: prove --recurse t/unit 2>/dev/null
       
@@ -64,6 +66,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run unit_mech tests
         run: /entrypoint.sh --nopatch t/unit_mech
 
+      - name: Prepare download directories
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace}}/.downloads
+          chmod 0777 ${{ github.workspace}}/.downloads
+
       # selenium tests for a moment as separate folders - will change once full solgs are ready 
       # but anyway, it will is still fully functional for tests purpose
       - name: Run selenium tests 01_list
diff --git a/t/lib/SGN/Test/WWW/WebDriver.pm b/t/lib/SGN/Test/WWW/WebDriver.pm
index 2df1787cc8..f7f379b610 100644
--- a/t/lib/SGN/Test/WWW/WebDriver.pm
+++ b/t/lib/SGN/Test/WWW/WebDriver.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Convenience accessors for driver functions:
 
 For all other driver functions, use the driver() accessor, for example: $swd->driver->get_window_size().
 
+For downloads, a /download dir needs to be mapped in the breedbase_web docker and in the selenium docker to the same host dir. The download dir can be obtained from this object using $d->download_dir(); .
+
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Lukas Mueller <lam87@cornell.edu>
@@ -60,8 +63,11 @@ use Moose;
 use Try::Tiny;
 use Test::More;
 use File::Spec::Functions;
+use Selenium::Firefox;
+use Selenium::Firefox::Profile;
 use Selenium::Remote::Driver;
 
+
 has 'host' => ( is => 'rw',
 	      isa => 'Str',
 		default => sub { $ENV{SGN_TEST_SERVER} },
@@ -88,6 +94,37 @@ has 'user_data' => ( is => 'rw',
 			 }
 		     });
 
+has 'download_dir' => (is => 'ro',
+		       isa => 'Str',
+		       default => sub {
+			        return "/downloads";
+			   }
+    );
+
+our $webdriver_instance;
+
+sub BUILD {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    $webdriver_instance = $self;
+
+    my $download_dir = $self->download_dir();
+
+    chown 1200, 1250, $download_dir;
+    chmod 0777, $download_dir;
+    
+    my $profile = Selenium::Firefox::Profile->new;
+    $profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.folderList', 2 ); # Use custom download folder
+    $profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.dir', $download_dir );
+    $profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', 0 );
+    $profile->set_preference( 'browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'application/octet-stream,text/csv,application/zip,text/plain' );
+    
+    my $driver = Selenium::Remote::Driver->new(firefox_profile => $profile, base_url => $ENV{SGN_TEST_SERVER}, remote_server_addr => $ENV{SGN_REMOTE_SERVER_ADDR} || 'localhost');
+    
+
+    $self->driver($driver);
+}
+
 sub login_as { 
     my $self = shift;
     my $role = shift;
diff --git a/t/selenium2/01_list/list_groups.t b/t/selenium2/01_list/list_groups.t
index d061e7092c..03449ebc51 100644
--- a/t/selenium2/01_list/list_groups.t
+++ b/t/selenium2/01_list/list_groups.t
@@ -5,19 +5,13 @@ use lib 't/lib';
 
 use Test::More;
 use SGN::Test::WWW::WebDriver;
-use Selenium::Firefox;
-use Selenium::Firefox::Profile;
 
-my $profile = Selenium::Firefox::Profile->new;
-$profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.folderList', 2 ); # Use custom download folder
-$profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.dir', '/tmp/download.txt' );
-$profile->set_preference( 'browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', 0 );
-$profile->set_preference( 'browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'application/octet-stream,text/csv,application/zip,text/plain' );
 
-my $driver = Selenium::Remote::Driver->new(firefox_profile => $profile, base_url => $ENV{SGN_TEST_SERVER}, remote_server_addr => $ENV{SGN_REMOTE_SERVER_ADDR} || 'localhost');
 
 my $d = SGN::Test::WWW::WebDriver->new();
-$d->driver($driver);
+
+my $download_dir = $d->download_dir();
+
 
 $d->while_logged_in_as("submitter", sub {
     # sleep(1);
@@ -143,6 +137,8 @@ $d->while_logged_in_as("submitter", sub {
 
     # Compare two lists
 
+    unlink glob("$download_dir/*");
+
     $d->find_element_ok("list_select_checkbox_808", "id", "checkbox select list 808")->click();
 
     sleep(1);
@@ -163,6 +159,22 @@ $d->while_logged_in_as("submitter", sub {
 
     sleep(1);
 
+
+    my @files = glob("$download_dir/*");
+
+    ok(@files, "File downloaded to tmp directory");
+
+    my $downloaded_file = "$download_dir/Only in johndoe_1_private.txt";
+
+    ok(-f $downloaded_file, "Found downloaded file: $downloaded_file");
+
+    open my $fh, '<', $downloaded_file or die "Could not open $downloaded_file: $!";
+    my $contents = do {local $/; <$fh> };
+    close $fh;
+
+    my $expected = "test1\ntest2";
+    like($contents, qr/\Q$expected\E/, "Downloaded file contains expected content");
+
     ## Delete list group
 
     $d->find_element_ok("delete_selected_list_group", "id", "delete selected list group")->click();