diff --git a/frontend/app.py b/frontend/app.py
index 7975776..b610df8 100644
--- a/frontend/app.py
+++ b/frontend/app.py
@@ -194,6 +194,57 @@ def session_upload(
             "vmid": vmid,
             "vm_name": vm_name,
             "file_size_gb": file_size_gb,
+         })
+
+    else:
+        # ── Download ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        url = (source_url or "").strip()
+        if not url:
+            return JSONResponse({"phase": "error", "error": "No URL provided."}, status_code=400)
+
+        filename = Path(url).name or f"download_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+        dest = STAGING / filename
+
+        _active_downloads.pop(filename, None)
+
+        usage = shutil.disk_usage(STAGING)
+        free_gb = usage.free / (1024**3)
+        if free_gb < 50:
+            logger.warning("Low disk: %.1f GB free — download may fail", free_gb)
+
+        logger.info("Starting background download: %s → %s", url, dest)
+        try:
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(
+                ["wget", "--progress=dot:giga", "-O", str(dest), url],
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return JSONResponse({"phase": "error", "error": f"Failed to start download: {exc}"}, status_code=500)
+
+        _active_downloads[filename] = {
+            "proc": proc, "dest": dest, "vmid": vmid, "vm_name": vm_name,
+            "start_time": time.time(), "content_length": 0, "_last_logged_bytes": 0,
+        }
+
+        content_length = 0
+        def _fetch_cl():
+            nonlocal content_length
+            try:
+                hr = http_requests.head(url, timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
+                cl = hr.headers.get("Content-Length")
+                if cl:
+                    content_length = int(cl)
+                    if filename in _active_downloads:
+                        _active_downloads[filename]["content_length"] = int(cl)
+                    logger.info("Download size: %.1f GiB", int(cl) / (1024**3))
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        threading.Thread(target=_fetch_cl, daemon=True).start()
+
+        return JSONResponse({
+            "phase": "downloading",
+            "filename": filename, "vmid": vmid, "vm_name": vm_name,
+            "content_length_gb": round(content_length / (1024**3), 1) if content_length else None,
         })
 
 
@@ -247,63 +298,6 @@ async def upload_raw(request: Request):
     })
 
 
-    # ── Download ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    url = (source_url or "").strip()
-    if not url:
-        return JSONResponse({"phase": "error", "error": "No URL provided."}, status_code=400)
-
-    filename = Path(url).name or f"download_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
-    dest = STAGING / filename
-
-    # Clean up any stale download with same name
-    _active_downloads.pop(filename, None)
-
-    usage = shutil.disk_usage(STAGING)
-    free_gb = usage.free / (1024**3)
-    if free_gb < 50:
-        logger.warning("Low disk: %.1f GB free — download may fail", free_gb)
-
-    # Start wget immediately (HEAD request for size happens in background)
-    logger.info("Starting background download: %s → %s", url, dest)
-    try:
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(
-            ["wget", "--progress=dot:giga", "-O", str(dest), url],
-            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-        )
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return JSONResponse({"phase": "error", "error": f"Failed to start download: {exc}"}, status_code=500)
-
-    _active_downloads[filename] = {
-        "proc": proc,
-        "dest": dest,
-        "vmid": vmid,
-        "vm_name": vm_name,
-        "start_time": time.time(),
-        "content_length": 0,
-        "_last_logged_bytes": 0,
-    }
-
-    # Fire-and-forget HEAD request to get file size for ETA (non-blocking)
-    def _fetch_content_length():
-        try:
-            head_resp = http_requests.head(url, timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
-            cl = head_resp.headers.get("Content-Length")
-            if cl and filename in _active_downloads:
-                _active_downloads[filename]["content_length"] = int(cl)
-                logger.info("Download size from HEAD: %.1f GiB", int(cl) / (1024**3))
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    threading.Thread(target=_fetch_content_length, daemon=True).start()
-
-    return JSONResponse({
-        "phase": "downloading",
-        "filename": filename,
-        "vmid": vmid,
-        "vm_name": vm_name,
-        "content_length_gb": round(content_length / (1024**3), 1) if content_length else None,
-    })
-
-
 @app.get("/session/progress/{filename}")
 async def session_progress(filename: str):
     """Poll download progress — returns current file size and phase."""