diff --git a/src/dist/download.rs b/src/dist/download.rs
index 12824548d53..60f1f3af677 100644
--- a/src/dist/download.rs
+++ b/src/dist/download.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::ops;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
@@ -13,12 +14,12 @@ use crate::utils::utils;
 
 const UPDATE_HASH_LEN: usize = 20;
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct DownloadCfg<'a> {
     pub dist_root: &'a str,
     pub temp_cfg: &'a temp::Cfg,
     pub download_dir: &'a PathBuf,
-    pub notify_handler: &'a dyn Fn(Notification<'_>),
+    pub notify_handler: Arc<dyn Fn(Notification<'_>)>,
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct File {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ impl<'a> DownloadCfg<'a> {
             &partial_file_path,
             Some(&mut hasher),
             true,
-            &|n| (self.notify_handler)(n.into()),
+            Some(Arc::new(|n| (self.notify_handler)(n.into()))),
         )
         .await
         {
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ impl<'a> DownloadCfg<'a> {
         let file = self.temp_cfg.new_file_with_ext("", ext)?;
 
         let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
-        utils::run_future(utils::download_file(&url, &file, Some(&mut hasher), &|n| {
+        utils::run_future(utils::download_file(&url, &file, Some(&mut hasher), |n| {
             (self.notify_handler)(n.into())
         }))?;
         let actual_hash = format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize());
diff --git a/src/dist/manifestation/tests.rs b/src/dist/manifestation/tests.rs
index 6eb2f361362..ab4809c8fa2 100644
--- a/src/dist/manifestation/tests.rs
+++ b/src/dist/manifestation/tests.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ fn update_from_dist(
         &manifest_url,
         &manifest_file,
         None,
-        &|_| {},
+        None,
     ))?;
     let manifest_str = utils::read_file("manifest", &manifest_file)?;
     let manifest = Manifest::parse(&manifest_str)?;
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.rs b/src/utils/utils.rs
index d55124600cc..d6489191764 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils/utils.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
 use home::env as home;
@@ -138,9 +139,9 @@ pub async fn download_file(
     url: &Url,
     path: &Path,
     hasher: Option<&mut Sha256>,
-    notify_handler: &dyn Fn(Notification<'_>),
+    notify_handler: Option<Arc<dyn Fn(Notification<'_>)>>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    download_file_with_resume(url, path, hasher, false, &notify_handler).await
+    download_file_with_resume(url, path, hasher, false, notify_handler).await
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn download_file_with_resume(
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn download_file_with_resume(
     path: &Path,
     hasher: Option<&mut Sha256>,
     resume_from_partial: bool,
-    notify_handler: &dyn Fn(Notification<'_>),
+    notify_handler: Option<Arc<dyn Fn(Notification<'_>)>>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use download::DownloadError as DEK;
     match download_file_(url, path, hasher, resume_from_partial, notify_handler).await {
@@ -183,14 +184,16 @@ async fn download_file_(
     path: &Path,
     hasher: Option<&mut Sha256>,
     resume_from_partial: bool,
-    notify_handler: &dyn Fn(Notification<'_>),
+    notify_handler: Option<Arc<dyn Fn(Notification<'_>)>>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     use download::download_to_path_with_backend;
     use download::{Backend, Event, TlsBackend};
     use sha2::Digest;
     use std::cell::RefCell;
 
-    notify_handler(Notification::DownloadingFile(url, path));
+    notify_handler
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|notify_handler| notify_handler(Notification::DownloadingFile(url, path)));
 
     let hasher = RefCell::new(hasher);
 
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ async fn download_file_(
             }
         }
 
-        match msg {
+        notify_handler.as_ref().map(|notify_handler| match msg {
             Event::DownloadContentLengthReceived(len) => {
                 notify_handler(Notification::DownloadContentLengthReceived(len));
             }
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ async fn download_file_(
             Event::ResumingPartialDownload => {
                 notify_handler(Notification::ResumingPartialDownload);
             }
-        }
+        });
 
         Ok(())
     };
@@ -240,12 +243,14 @@ async fn download_file_(
         };
         (Backend::Reqwest(tls_backend), Notification::UsingReqwest)
     };
-    notify_handler(notification);
+    notify_handler
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|notify_handler| notify_handler(notification));
     let res =
         download_to_path_with_backend(backend, url, path, resume_from_partial, Some(callback))
             .await;
 
-    notify_handler(Notification::DownloadFinished);
+    notify_handler.map(|notify_handler| notify_handler(Notification::DownloadFinished));
 
     res
 }