diff --git a/net b/net
index f410b0e..3b7f1bf 100644
--- a/net
+++ b/net
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # network activity related aliases
 
+alias dl='curl -sSLO'
+
 # itty-bitty-siting
 defalias ibs 'cat $* | lzma -9 | base64 -w0 | xargs -0 printf "https://itty.bitty.site/#/%s\n"'