diff --git a/src/libpostal_data b/src/libpostal_data
index 558b589f..1b15c292 100755
--- a/src/libpostal_data
+++ b/src/libpostal_data
@@ -169,21 +169,27 @@ if [ $COMMAND = "download" ]; then
     release_id=$(curl -s $LIBPOSTAL_RELEASE_API_URL/tags/$LIBPOSTAL_RELEASE_VERSION_STRING | grep "\"id\"" | head -n1 | grep -o '[0-9][0-9]*')
     release_assets="$(curl -s $LIBPOSTAL_RELEASE_API_URL/$release_id/assets)"
 
-    asset_names=($(echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"'))
-    asset_metadata_urls=($(echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"url": *"[^"]*/releases/assets/[0-9]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"'))
-    asset_urls=($(echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"browser_download_url": *"[^"]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"'))
+    asset_names_tempfile="asset_names.tmp"
+    echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"' > $asset_names_file
+    asset_metadata_tempfile="asset_metadata.tmp"
+    echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"url": *"[^"]*/releases/assets/[0-9]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"' > $asset_metadata_tempfile
+    asset_urls_tempfile="asset_urls.tmp"
+    echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"browser_download_url": *"[^"]*"' | grep -o '"[^"]*"$' | tr -d '"' > $asset_urls_tempfile
+    asset_sizes_tempfile="asset_sizes.tmp"
+    echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"size": *[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*$' > $asset_sizes_tempfile
 
-    num_assets=${#asset_names[*]}
+    assets_tempfile="assets.tmp"
+    paste -d' ' $asset_names_tempfile $asset_metadata_tempfile $asset_urls_tempfile $asset_sizes_tempfile > $assets_tempfile
 
-    asset_sizes=($(echo "$release_assets" | grep -o '"size": *[0-9]*' | grep -o '[0-9]*$'))
+    rm $asset_names_tempfile $asset_metadata_tempfile $asset_urls_tempfile $asset_sizes_tempfile
 
-    for i in $(seq 0 $((num_assets - 1))); do
-        asset=${asset_names[i]};
-        asset_metadata_url=${asset_metadata_urls[i]};
-        asset_url=${asset_urls[i]};
-        asset_size=${asset_sizes[i]};
+    while read -r line; do
+        asset=$(echo "$line" | cut -f1 -d' ')
+        asset_metadata_url=$(echo "$line" | cut -f2 -d' ')
+        asset_url=$(echo "$line" | cut -f3 -d' ')
+        asset_size=$(echo "$line" | cut -f4 -d' ')
 
-        if [ $asset = $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_FILE ] && ([ $FILE = "base" ] || [ $FILE == "all" ]); then
+        if [ $asset = $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_FILE ] && ([ $FILE = "base" ] || [ $FILE = "all" ]); then
             download_file $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_UPDATED_PATH $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR $asset_metadata_url $asset_url $asset_size $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_FILE "data file" $BASIC_MODULE_DIRS
         fi
         if [ $asset = $LIBPOSTAL_PARSER_FILE ] && ([ $FILE = "parser" ] || [ $FILE = "all" ]); then
@@ -196,7 +202,8 @@ if [ $COMMAND = "download" ]; then
         if [ "$LIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR_VERSION" != "$LIBPOSTAL_VERSION_STRING" ]; then
             echo $LIBPOSTAL_VERSION_STRING > $LIBPOSTAL_DATA_VERSION_FILE;
         fi
-    done
+    done < $assets_tempfile;
+    rm $assets_tempfile
 
 elif [ $COMMAND = "upload" ]; then
     echo "upload not implemented yet"