diff --git a/spec/agent_spec.cr b/spec/agent_spec.cr
index ed7e8f8..86b7300 100644
--- a/spec/agent_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/agent_spec.cr
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ describe "Mechanize Agent test" do
     agent2.history.pop.uri.to_s.should eq "http://example.com/form"
   end
 
-  it "can download page" do
-    agent = Mechanize.new
-    agent.download("http://example.com", "mechanizecr_example.html")
-    File.exists?("mechanizecr_example.html").should eq true
-    File.delete("mechanizecr_example.html")
-  end
-
   it "doesn't add page to history within transact block" do
     agent = Mechanize.new
     agent.get("http://example.com/")
@@ -73,4 +66,13 @@ describe "Mechanize Agent test" do
     end
     agent.history.size.should eq 1
   end
+
+  it "can download page" do
+    agent = Mechanize.new
+    agent.history.size.should eq 0
+    agent.download("http://example.com", "mechanizecr_example.html")
+    agent.history.size.should eq 0
+    File.exists?("mechanizecr_example.html").should eq true
+    File.delete("mechanizecr_example.html")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/mechanize.cr b/src/mechanize.cr
index 3bd9b7a..6fcf332 100644
--- a/src/mechanize.cr
+++ b/src/mechanize.cr
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ class Mechanize
                filename,
                headers = HTTP::Headers.new,
                params : Hash(String, String | Array(String)) = Hash(String, String).new)
-    page = get(uri, headers, params)
-
-    case page
-    when MechanizeCr::File
-      File.write(filename, page.body)
+    transact do
+      page = get(uri, headers, params)
+      case page
+      when MechanizeCr::File
+        File.write(filename, page.body)
+      end
     end
-    page
   end
 
   # Runs given block, then resets the page history as it was before.