diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 6b8710a71..53e88ba08 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .git
+output/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1d6e96d78..a0c410225 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ USER gpt-researcher
 COPY --chown=gpt-researcher:gpt-researcher ./ ./
 
 EXPOSE 8000
-CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/backend/utils.py b/backend/utils.py
index c0678cc04..04ff27158 100644
--- a/backend/utils.py
+++ b/backend/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async def write_text_to_md(text: str, filename: str = "") -> str:
     """
     file_path = f"outputs/{filename[:60]}.md"
     await write_to_file(file_path, text)
-    return file_path
+    return urllib.parse.quote(file_path)
 
 async def write_md_to_pdf(text: str, filename: str = "") -> str:
     """Converts Markdown text to a PDF file and returns the file path.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f1a98b6c6..1bdc8b6f9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ services:
       - ./multi_agents/frontend:/app
     restart: always
     ports:
-      - 3000:3000
\ No newline at end of file
+      - 3000:3000
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index d42cf7176..ec1b30bb9 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ <h2>Research Report</h2>
             <div id="reportActions">
                 <div class="alert alert-info" role="alert" id="status"></div>
                 <a id="copyToClipboard" onclick="GPTResearcher.copyToClipboard()" class="btn btn-secondary mt-3"
-                    style="margin-right: 10px;">Copy to clipboard</a>
+                    style="margin-right: 10px;">Copy to clipboard (markdown)</a>
+                <a id="downloadLinkMd" href="#" class="btn btn-secondary mt-3" style="margin-right: 10px;"
+                    target="_blank">Download as Markdown</a>
                 <a id="downloadLink" href="#" class="btn btn-secondary mt-3" style="margin-right: 10px;"
                     target="_blank">Download as PDF</a>
                 <a id="downloadLinkWord" href="#" class="btn btn-secondary mt-3" target="_blank">Download as Docx</a>
diff --git a/frontend/scripts.js b/frontend/scripts.js
index a28229744..23a75cdd7 100644
--- a/frontend/scripts.js
+++ b/frontend/scripts.js
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ const GPTResearcher = (() => {
   const updateDownloadLink = (data) => {
     const pdf_path = data.output.pdf
     const docx_path = data.output.docx
-    document.getElementById('downloadLink').setAttribute('href', pdf_path)
-    document.getElementById('downloadLinkWord').setAttribute('href', docx_path)
+    const md_path = data.output.md;
+    document.getElementById('downloadLink').setAttribute('href', pdf_path);
+    document.getElementById('downloadLinkWord').setAttribute('href', docx_path);
+    document.getElementById("downloadLinkMd").setAttribute("href", md_path);
   }
 
   const updateScroll = () => {