diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 5601845..3a781ba 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import argparse
+import getpass
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 
 def downloadModel(destination):
     modelUrl = "https://github.com/coosto/dutch-word-embeddings/releases/download/v1.0/model.bin"
-    sys.stderr.write("Downloading model... ({})\n".format(modelUrl))
+
+    # Optional token to speed up the download
+    username = getpass.getpass("(Optional, but increases download speed)\nGitHub username:")
+    token = getpass.getpass("GitHub Token:")
+    if username and token:
+        password_mgr = urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
+        password_mgr.add_password(None, "https://github.com/coosto/", username, token)
+        handler = urllib.request.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_mgr)
+        opener = urllib.request.build_opener(handler)
+        urllib.request.install_opener(opener)
+
+    # Request model data
     try:
-        outputFile, result = urllib.request.urlretrieve(modelUrl, destination)
+        request = urllib.request.Request(modelUrl)
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response, open(destination, 'wb') as fp:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(response, fp)
+            sys.stderr.write("Model saved: {}\n".format(fp.name))
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
         sys.stderr.write("Error fetching model from github.com - {}\n".format(error))
+        sys.stderr.write("{}".format(error.read()))
         exit(1)
-    sys.stderr.write("Model saved: {}\n".format(outputFile))
 
 
 def demoAnalogies(model):