diff --git a/handbook/essentials.html b/handbook/essentials.html
index a86464726..f97abf55a 100644
--- a/handbook/essentials.html
+++ b/handbook/essentials.html
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS).
   <table style="width: 100%;">
   <tr><th>GPX format</th> <th>KML format</th> <th>ZIP of both</th> </tr>
     <tr>
-      <td><a href="essentials-quick.gpx">essentials-quick.gpx</a></td> 
-      <td><a href=""essentials-quick.gpx""></a>-</td> 
-      <td><a href=""essentials-quick.gpx""></a>-</td> 
+      <td><a download href="essentials-quick.gpx">essentials-quick.gpx</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href=""essentials-quick.gpx""></a>-</td> 
+      <td><a download href=""essentials-quick.gpx""></a>-</td> 
     </tr>    
     <tr>
-      <td><a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials.gpx</a></td> 
-      <td><a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.kml">essentials.kml</a></td> 
-      <td><a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.zip">essentials.zip</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.gpx">essentials.gpx</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.kml">essentials.kml</a></td> 
+      <td><a download href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/essentials.zip">essentials.zip</a></td> 
     </tr>
 </table>