diff --git a/kfg b/kfg
index f413d15..9bdd4a1 100644
--- a/kfg
+++ b/kfg
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ function download {
   fi
 
   case "${_dld}" in
-    curl) _result="$(curl $_args "${_url}")" || err "curl: failed to download ${_url}" ;;
-    wget) _result="$(wget $_args "${_url}")" || err "wget: failed to download ${_url}" ;;
+    curl) _result="$(curl $_args "${_url}")" || _result="$(sudo curl $_args "${_url}")" || err "curl: failed to download ${_url}" ;;
+    wget) _result="$(wget $_args "${_url}")" || _result="$(sudo wget $_args "${_url}")" || err "wget: failed to download ${_url}" ;;
     *) err "unsupported downloader: ${_dld}" ;;
   esac
 
@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ function git_clone {
 function install_binary {
   local _app=$1
   local _path=$2
-  if [ -z "$P_BINARY" ]; then return 0; fi
-  #log_info "Downloading $2 to $BINARY_PATH ..."
-  #sudo wget -O $BINARY_PATH/$1 $2 > /dev/null 2>&1
   log_debug $_path
   log_debug $BINARY_PATH/$_app
   sudo cp $_path $BINARY_PATH/$_app