diff --git a/pkg/download/buffer.go b/pkg/download/buffer.go
index 7633d3b..d6cd492 100644
--- a/pkg/download/buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/download/buffer.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func (m *BufferMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, url string) (io.Reader, int64, e
 			defer br.done()
 			firstChunkResp, err := m.DoRequest(ctx, 0, m.chunkSize()-1, url)
 			if err != nil {
-				br.err = err
 				firstReqResultCh <- firstReqResult{err: err}
 				return err
 			}
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ func (m *BufferMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, url string) (io.Reader, int64, e
 				defer br.done()
 				resp, err := m.DoRequest(ctx, start, end, trueURL)
 				if err != nil {
-					br.err = err
 					return err
 				}
 				defer resp.Body.Close()
@@ -157,6 +155,10 @@ func (m *BufferMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, url string) (io.Reader, int64, e
 	return newChanMultiReader(readersCh), fileSize, nil
 }
 
+func (m *BufferMode) Wait() error {
+	return m.sem.Wait()
+}
+
 func (m *BufferMode) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, start, end int64, trueURL string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", trueURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/download/buffer_unit_test.go b/pkg/download/buffer_unit_test.go
index 6ff4c78..3e778e3 100644
--- a/pkg/download/buffer_unit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/download/buffer_unit_test.go
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ package download
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
 
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+	"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -42,8 +45,6 @@ func newTestServer(t *testing.T, content []byte) *httptest.Server {
 	return server
 }
 
-// TODO: Implement the test
-// func TestGetFileSizeFromContentRange(t *testing.T) {}
 func TestFileToBufferChunkCountExceedsMaxChunks(t *testing.T) {
 	contentSize := int64(humanize.KiByte)
 	content := generateTestContent(contentSize)
@@ -116,9 +117,51 @@ func TestFileToBufferChunkCountExceedsMaxChunks(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			data, err := io.ReadAll(download)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = bufferMode.Wait()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, contentSize, size)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(content), len(data))
 			assert.Equal(t, content, data)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWaitReturnsErrorWhenRequestFails(t *testing.T) {
+	mockTransport := httpmock.NewMockTransport()
+	opts := Options{
+		Client:    client.Options{Transport: mockTransport},
+		ChunkSize: 2,
+	}
+	expectedErr := fmt.Errorf("Expected error in chunk 3")
+	mockTransport.RegisterResponder("GET", "http://test.example/hello.txt",
+		func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+			rangeHeader := req.Header.Get("Range")
+			var body string
+			switch rangeHeader {
+			case "bytes=0-1":
+				body = "he"
+			case "bytes=2-3":
+				body = "ll"
+			case "bytes=4-5":
+				body = "o "
+			case "bytes=6-7":
+				return nil, expectedErr
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("should't see this error")
+			}
+			resp := httpmock.NewStringResponse(http.StatusPartialContent, body)
+			resp.Request = req
+			resp.Header.Add("Content-Range", strings.Replace(rangeHeader, "=", " ", 1)+"/8")
+			resp.ContentLength = 2
+			resp.Header.Add("Content-Length", "2")
+			return resp, nil
+		})
+	bufferMode := GetBufferMode(opts)
+	download, _, err := bufferMode.Fetch(context.Background(), "http://test.example/hello.txt")
+	// No error here, because the first chunk was fetched successfully
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// the read might or might not return an error
+	_, _ = io.ReadAll(download)
+	err = bufferMode.Wait()
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, expectedErr)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/download/buffered_reader.go b/pkg/download/buffered_reader.go
index 6994ea0..d57c080 100644
--- a/pkg/download/buffered_reader.go
+++ b/pkg/download/buffered_reader.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type bufferedReader struct {
 	// ready channel is closed when we're ready to read
 	ready chan struct{}
 	buf   *bytes.Buffer
-	err   error
 	pool  *bufferPool
 }
 
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ func newBufferedReader(pool *bufferPool) *bufferedReader {
 // pool.
 func (b *bufferedReader) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	<-b.ready
-	if b.err != nil {
-		return 0, b.err
-	}
 	n, err := b.buf.Read(buf)
 	// If we've read all the data,
 	if b.buf.Len() == 0 && b.buf != emptyBuffer {
@@ -59,17 +55,14 @@ func (b *bufferedReader) downloadBody(resp *http.Response) error {
 	expectedBytes := resp.ContentLength
 
 	if expectedBytes > int64(b.buf.Cap()) {
-		b.err = fmt.Errorf("Tried to download 0x%x bytes to a 0x%x-sized buffer", expectedBytes, b.buf.Cap())
-		return b.err
+		return fmt.Errorf("Tried to download 0x%x bytes to a 0x%x-sized buffer", expectedBytes, b.buf.Cap())
 	}
 	n, err := b.buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
-		b.err = fmt.Errorf("error reading response for %s: %w", resp.Request.URL.String(), err)
-		return b.err
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading response for %s: %w", resp.Request.URL.String(), err)
 	}
 	if n != expectedBytes {
-		b.err = fmt.Errorf("downloaded %d bytes instead of %d for %s", n, expectedBytes, resp.Request.URL.String())
-		return b.err
+		return fmt.Errorf("downloaded %d bytes instead of %d for %s", n, expectedBytes, resp.Request.URL.String())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/download/consistent_hashing.go b/pkg/download/consistent_hashing.go
index d353361..0f9cf54 100644
--- a/pkg/download/consistent_hashing.go
+++ b/pkg/download/consistent_hashing.go
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ func (m *ConsistentHashingMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, urlString string) (io
 			defer br.done()
 			firstChunkResp, err := m.DoRequest(ctx, 0, m.chunkSize()-1, urlString)
 			if err != nil {
-				br.err = err
 				firstReqResultCh <- firstReqResult{err: err}
-				return err
+				// The error will be handled by the firstReqResultCh consumer,
+				// and may be recoverable; so we return nil to the errGroup
+				return nil
 			}
 			defer firstChunkResp.Body.Close()
 
@@ -217,7 +218,6 @@ func (m *ConsistentHashingMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, urlString string) (io
 							resp, err = m.FallbackStrategy.DoRequest(ctx, chunkStart, chunkEnd, urlString)
 						}
 						if err != nil {
-							br.err = err
 							return err
 						}
 					}
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ func (m *ConsistentHashingMode) Fetch(ctx context.Context, urlString string) (io
 	return newChanMultiReader(readersCh), fileSize, nil
 }
 
+func (m *ConsistentHashingMode) Wait() error {
+	return m.sem.Wait()
+}
+
 func (m *ConsistentHashingMode) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, start, end int64, urlString string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	chContext := context.WithValue(ctx, config.ConsistentHashingStrategyKey, true)
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(chContext, "GET", urlString, nil)
diff --git a/pkg/download/consistent_hashing_test.go b/pkg/download/consistent_hashing_test.go
index 2751971..2ac80a2 100644
--- a/pkg/download/consistent_hashing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/download/consistent_hashing_test.go
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashing(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = strategy.Wait()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedOutput, string(bytes))
 		})
@@ -321,6 +323,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashingPathBased(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = strategy.Wait()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedOutput, string(bytes))
 		})
@@ -352,6 +356,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = strategy.Wait()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// with a functional hostnames[0], we'd see 0344760706165500, but instead we
 	// should fall back to this. Note that each 0 value has been changed to a
@@ -387,6 +393,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashRetriesMissingHostname(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = strategy.Wait()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// with a functional hostnames[0], we'd see 0344760706165500, but instead we
 	// should fall back to this. Note that each 0 value has been changed to a
@@ -421,6 +429,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashRetriesTwoHosts(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = strategy.Wait()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "0000000000000000", string(bytes))
 }
@@ -448,6 +458,8 @@ func TestConsistentHashingHasFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = strategy.Wait()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "0000000000000000", string(bytes))
 }
@@ -476,6 +488,10 @@ func (s *testStrategy) Fetch(ctx context.Context, url string) (io.Reader, int64,
 	return io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("00")), -1, nil
 }
 
+func (s *testStrategy) Wait() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *testStrategy) DoRequest(ctx context.Context, start, end int64, url string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	s.mut.Lock()
 	s.doRequestCalledCount++
diff --git a/pkg/download/strategy.go b/pkg/download/strategy.go
index a430dd2..e716363 100644
--- a/pkg/download/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/download/strategy.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ type Strategy interface {
 	// This is the primary method that should be called to initiate a download of a file.
 	Fetch(ctx context.Context, url string) (result io.Reader, fileSize int64, err error)
 
+	// Wait waits until all requests have completed, and returns the first error encountered, if any.
+	Wait() error
+
 	// DoRequest sends an HTTP GET request with a specified range of bytes to the given URL using the provided context.
 	// It returns the HTTP response and any error encountered during the request. It is intended that Fetch calls DoRequest
 	// and that each chunk is downloaded with a call to DoRequest. DoRequest is exposed so that consistent-hashing can
diff --git a/pkg/pget.go b/pkg/pget.go
index 3267174..84b0e03 100644
--- a/pkg/pget.go
+++ b/pkg/pget.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func (g *Getter) DownloadFile(ctx context.Context, url string, dest string) (int
 	if err != nil {
 		return fileSize, 0, fmt.Errorf("error writing file: %w", err)
 	}
+	err = g.Downloader.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fileSize, 0, err
+	}
+
 	// writeElapsed := time.Since(writeStartTime)
 	totalElapsed := time.Since(downloadStartTime)