diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index 9c5a0af..da2c060 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 ## Feeds (temp)
 - Feed page doesn't update automatically if you add a feed by bottom bar URL while already on the feed page
 - TODO: remove all logger lines
-  
+
 ## Issues
 - URL for each tab should not be stored as a string - in the current code there's lots of reparsing the URL
 
-## Regressions
-
-
 ## Upstream Bugs
 - Wrapping messes up on brackets
   - Filed [issue 23](https://gitlab.com/tslocum/cview/-/issues/23)
diff --git a/display/feeds.go b/display/feeds.go
index 3478a32..aacd1b7 100644
--- a/display/feeds.go
+++ b/display/feeds.go
@@ -158,10 +158,12 @@ func getFeedFromPage(p *structs.Page) (*gofeed.Feed, bool) {
 
 // addFeedDirect is only for adding feeds, not pages.
 // It's for when you already have a feed and know if it's tracked.
-// Use mainly by handleURL because it already did a lot of the work.
+// Used mainly by handleURL because it already did a lot of the work.
+// It returns a bool indicating whether the user actually wanted to
+// add the feed or not.
 //
 // Like addFeed, it should be called in a goroutine.
-func addFeedDirect(u string, feed *gofeed.Feed, tracked bool) {
+func addFeedDirect(u string, feed *gofeed.Feed, tracked bool) bool {
 	logger.Log.Println("display.addFeedDirect called")
 
 	if openFeedModal(true, tracked) {
@@ -169,7 +171,9 @@ func addFeedDirect(u string, feed *gofeed.Feed, tracked bool) {
 		if err != nil {
 			Error("Feed Error", err.Error())
 		}
+		return true
 	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // addFeed goes through the process of tracking the current page/feed.
diff --git a/display/private.go b/display/private.go
index 69b5200..3ebe5f8 100644
--- a/display/private.go
+++ b/display/private.go
@@ -593,7 +593,13 @@ func handleURL(t *tab, u string, numRedirects int) (string, bool) {
 	mediatype, _, _ := mime.ParseMediaType(res.Meta)
 	feed, ok := feeds.GetFeed(mediatype, filename, res.Body)
 	if ok {
-		go addFeedDirect(u, feed, feeds.IsTracked(u))
+		go func() {
+			added := addFeedDirect(u, feed, feeds.IsTracked(u))
+			if !added {
+				// Otherwise offer download choices
+				go dlChoice("That file could not be displayed. What would you like to do?", u, res)
+			}
+		}()
 		return ret("", false)
 	}