diff --git a/src/assets.rs b/src/assets.rs
index 58afc4c..d5813e6 100644
--- a/src/assets.rs
+++ b/src/assets.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,28 @@ async fn download_with_retry(
 
         for url in urls {
             debug!("Attempting to download from {}", url);
+            if let Some(path) = url.strip_prefix("file://") {
+                let content = std::fs::read(path)?;
+
+                // Calculate MD5 hash
+                let mut context = Context::new();
+                context.consume(&content);
+                let actual_md5 = format!("{:x}", context.compute());
+                debug!("Expected MD5: {}", expected_md5);
+                debug!("Actual   MD5: {}", actual_md5);
+
+                if actual_md5 == expected_md5 {
+                    debug!("MD5 check passed from {}", url);
+                    return Ok(content);
+                } else {
+                    warn!(
+                        "MD5 mismatch from {}! Expected {}, got {}",
+                        url, expected_md5, actual_md5
+                    );
+                    // continue to next url
+                }
+            }
+            else {
             match client.get(url).send().await {
                 Ok(resp) if resp.status().is_success() => {
                     debug!("HTTP download successful from {}", url);
@@ -127,6 +149,7 @@ async fn download_with_retry(
                     // continue to next url
                 }
             }
+            }
         }
 
         sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;