diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb5b095..7cee265 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 __pycache__
 env
 target
-Cargo.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+Cargo.lock
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/html/base/template.html b/html/base/template.html
index c6ecaed..f2997e7 100644
--- a/html/base/template.html
+++ b/html/base/template.html
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prismjs/components/prism-python.min.js"></script>
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prismjs/components/prism-javascript.min.js"></script>
 
+    <!-- JSZip for downloading the files as ZIP -->
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jszip/3.11.0/jszip.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/FileSaver.js/2.0.5/FileSaver.min.js"></script>
+
     <!-- remove if causing issues -->
     <script src="../js/post/lazyimg.js"></script>
     <script src="../js/shared/theme.js"></script>
@@ -50,8 +54,15 @@
     <img src="../css/icons/magnifier.webp" width="16" height="16" alt="Hash2" loading="lazy" style="display:inline; vertical-align:middle;" />
     Hash 2 (<b>Windows-1252</b>)<i>:{{ hash2 }}</i><br />
 
-    <img src="../css/icons/save.webp" width="16" height="16" alt="Hash2" loading="lazy" style="display:inline; vertical-align:middle;" />
-    <a id="download-md">Download as Markdown <noscript>Enable JavaScript for downloads</noscript></a>
+    <span style="display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;">
+        <img src="../css/icons/save.webp" width="16" height="16" alt="Save" loading="lazy" />
+        <a id="download-md">Download as Markdown <noscript>Enable JavaScript for downloads</noscript></a>
+        
+        <span style="border-left: 1px solid #888; height: 16px;"></span> <!-- Vertical separator -->
+
+        <img src="../css/icons/script.webp" width="16" height="16" alt="Script" loading="lazy" />
+        <a id="download-html">Download as HTML <noscript>Enable JavaScript for downloads</noscript></a>
+    </span>
 </footer>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/js/post/download.js b/js/post/download.js
index 9e050b5..7b25acf 100644
--- a/js/post/download.js
+++ b/js/post/download.js
@@ -1,18 +1,50 @@
 document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-  // current page URL
-  let url = window.location.href; 
+  const htmlDownload = document.getElementById("download-html");
 
-  // replace `/html/` with `/markdown/`
-  url = url.replace("/html/", "/markdown/");
+  htmlDownload.addEventListener("click", async (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
 
-  // replace `.html` with `.md`
-  url = url.replace(/\.html$/, ".md");
+    const linkElements = document.querySelectorAll('link[rel="stylesheet"]');
+    for (const link of linkElements) {
+      const href = link.getAttribute("href");
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(href);
+        const cssText = await res.text();
+        const styleEl = document.createElement("style");
+        styleEl.textContent = cssText;
+        document.head.appendChild(styleEl);
+        link.remove(); // remove original link
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error("Failed to inline CSS:", href, err);
+      }
+    }
 
-  // assign to <a>
-  const a = document.getElementById("download-md");
-  a.href = url;
+    const scriptElements = document.querySelectorAll('script[src]');
+    for (const script of scriptElements) {
+      const src = script.getAttribute("src");
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(src);
+        const jsText = await res.text();
+        const inlineScript = document.createElement("script");
+        inlineScript.textContent = jsText;
+        document.body.appendChild(inlineScript);
+        script.remove(); // remove original script
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error("Failed to inline JS:", src, err);
+      }
+    }
 
-  // suggest filename
-  const filename = url.split("/").pop(); // e.g. markdowntest.md
-  a.download = filename;
+    const htmlContent = document.documentElement.outerHTML;
+
+    const blob = new Blob([htmlContent], { type: "text/html" });
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    const a = document.createElement("a");
+    a.href = url;
+    a.download = "index.html"; // or derive from URL
+    document.body.appendChild(a);
+    a.click();
+    a.remove();
+    setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(url), 1000);
+  });
 });
+
diff --git a/webserver.py b/webserver.py
index 714b2ed..acc4c2c 100644
--- a/webserver.py
+++ b/webserver.py
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 logger.log_info(f"Served markdown file: {markdown_filename}")
                 return
                 
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.log_error(f"Error serving markdown file {markdown_filename}: {e}")
+            except Exception as err:
+                logger.log_error(f"Error serving markdown file {markdown_filename}: {err}")
                 self.send_response(500)
                 self.end_headers()
                 self.wfile.write(b"500 - Internal Server Error")
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             if mime_type == "application/javascript" or file_path.endswith(".js"):
                 try:
                     content = jsmin(content.decode("utf-8")).encode("utf-8")
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.log_error(f"Error minifying JS file {file_path}: {e}")
+                except Exception as err:
+                    logger.log_error(f"Error minifying JS file {file_path}: {err}")
 
             self.send_response(200)
             self.send_header("Content-type", mime_type)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         logger.log_debug("Started PyPost.py in background watcher thread.")
 
         server_address = ("localhost", 8000)
-        httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, MyHandler)
+        httpd: HTTPServer = HTTPServer(server_address, MyHandler) # type: ignore[arg-type]
         logger.log_info(f"Serving on http://{server_address[0]}:{server_address[1]}")
         httpd.serve_forever()
     except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt) as e: