diff --git a/lib/python-beta/notebooks/models_and_releases_demo.ipynb b/lib/python-beta/notebooks/models_and_releases_demo.ipynb
index 682e7f870..55096aa29 100644
--- a/lib/python-beta/notebooks/models_and_releases_demo.ipynb
+++ b/lib/python-beta/notebooks/models_and_releases_demo.ipynb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -132,9 +132,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 4,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "1"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "model.card_from_schema(schema_id='minimal-general-v10-beta')\n",
     "\n",
@@ -155,9 +166,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 5,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "2"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "new_card = {\n",
     "  'overview': {\n",
@@ -203,9 +225,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 6,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'YOLOv5 model for object detection.'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 6,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "model = Model.from_id(client=client, model_id=model_id)\n",
     "\n",
@@ -253,7 +286,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 7,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -280,9 +313,18 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 8,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "yolov5-wb9i5i\n",
+      "yolov5-wb9i5i\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "print(release_one.model_id)\n",
     "print(model.model_id)\n",
@@ -291,6 +333,35 @@
     "    release_one.upload(\"demo_file.txt\", f)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "attachments": {},
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Downloading files from release\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Similarly you can also download files from release using a response object. Using the same release you can view the contents of **demo_file** as follows."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 9,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "b'This is a demo file.\\n'\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "res = release_one.download(\"demo_file.txt\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(res.content)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "attachments": {},
    "cell_type": "markdown",
@@ -309,9 +380,17 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "execution_count": 10,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "Successfully retrieved identical releases!\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "release_latest = model.get_latest_release()\n",
     "release_one = model.get_release(version='1.0.0')\n",
diff --git a/lib/python-beta/src/bailo/helper/release.py b/lib/python-beta/src/bailo/helper/release.py
index a4ac76dda..77e5427b7 100644
--- a/lib/python-beta/src/bailo/helper/release.py
+++ b/lib/python-beta/src/bailo/helper/release.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def from_version(cls, client: Client, model_id: str, version: Version | str) ->
             draft,
         )
 
-    def download(self, filename: str) -> str:
+    def download(self, filename: str) -> Any:
         """Give returns a Reading object given the file id.
 
         :param filename: The name of the file to retrieve