diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e5f2441..0f0a6ba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN set -e \
 #
 && apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
     make=4.3-4.1 \
+    curl=7.74.0-1.3+deb11u10 \
 #
 # clean-up
 #
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f8da33..5fd0969 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ VERBOSE:=
 ZIP:=zip
 ZIPOPTIONS:=-u -r
 ZIPIGNORES:=-x \*.DS_Store\* -x \*.gitkeep\* -x data/csv/\*
+ZENODO_DOWNLOAD=$(PYTHON) bin/zenodo-download.py
 
 DOWNLOAD:=$(PYTHON) bin/download.py $(VERBOSE)
 BOATOCSV:=$(PYTHON) bin/boa-to-csv.py
@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ zenodo:
 	$(PYTHON) bin/zenodo.py
 
 
+##########################
+# downloading from Zenodo
+#
+get-data:
+	$(ZENODO_DOWNLOAD) data.zip
+
+get-cache:
+	$(ZENODO_DOWNLOAD) data-cache.zip
+
+
 ################
 # clean targets
 #
diff --git a/bin/zenodo-download.py b/bin/zenodo-download.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d8fa8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/zenodo-download.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# coding: utf-8
+
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+JSON_FILENAME = '.zenodo.json'
+
+
+def get_deposition_id():
+    if 'prereserve_doi' in json_data:
+        if isinstance(json_data['prereserve_doi'], dict) and 'recid' in json_data['prereserve_doi']:
+            return json_data['prereserve_doi']['recid']
+    return None
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print('usage: zenodo-download.py <filename>')
+        sys.exit(-1)
+    filename = sys.argv[1]
+
+    # make sure we have a JSON metadata file
+    if not Path(JSON_FILENAME).exists():
+        print('no Zenodo JSON metadata file found')
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    with open(JSON_FILENAME) as f:
+        json_data = json.load(f)
+
+    # ensure there is a deposition
+    deposition_id = get_deposition_id()
+    if not deposition_id:
+        print('unable to find a Zenodo deposition')
+        sys.exit(-1)
+
+    # download the file
+    print('downloading file...')
+
+    try:
+        os.remove(filename)
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    url = f'https://zenodo.org/records/{deposition_id}/files/{filename}?download=1'
+    proc = subprocess.run(['curl', '-L', '--fail-with-body', '-o', filename, url])
+
+    if proc.returncode == 0:
+        print('download complete')
+    else:
+        print(f'error downloading file "{filename}" from "{url}"')
+        try:
+            os.remove(filename)
+        except:
+            pass
+        sys.exit(-1)