diff --git a/src-tauri/src/download_manager/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/mod.rs
index 0d664dd..b5bc6b0 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/download_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/mod.rs
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ pub mod downloadable;
 pub mod downloadable_metadata;
 pub mod progress_object;
 pub mod queue;
+pub mod rolling_progress_updates;
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/download_manager/progress_object.rs b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/progress_object.rs
index 5d65207..262269b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/download_manager/progress_object.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/progress_object.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl ProgressObject {
         if current_amount >= to_update {
             self.points_towards_update
                 .fetch_sub(to_update, Ordering::Relaxed);
-            update_queue(&self);
+            update_queue(self);
         }
 
         let last_update = self.last_update.read().unwrap();
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl ProgressObject {
             let remaining = max - current_amount; // bytes
             let time_remaining = (remaining / 1000) / kilobytes_per_second.max(1);
 
-            update_ui(&self, kilobytes_per_second, time_remaining);
+            update_ui(self, kilobytes_per_second, time_remaining);
         }
     }
 
@@ -156,4 +156,3 @@ fn update_queue(progress: &ProgressObject) {
         .send(DownloadManagerSignal::UpdateUIQueue)
         .unwrap();
 }
-
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/download_manager/rolling_progress_updates.rs b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/rolling_progress_updates.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99e8773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/download_manager/rolling_progress_updates.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    Arc,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct RollingProgressWindow<const S: usize> {
+    window: Arc<[AtomicUsize; S]>,
+    current: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+}
+impl<const S: usize> RollingProgressWindow<S> {
+    pub fn update(&self, kilobytes_per_second: usize) {
+        let index = self.current.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        let current = &self.window[index % S];
+        current.store(kilobytes_per_second, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+    pub fn get_average(&self) -> usize {
+        self.window.iter().map(|x| x.load(Ordering::Relaxed)).sum()
+    }
+}