diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/stormux-user-dirs.service b/etc/systemd/system/stormux-user-dirs.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4ffe01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/stormux-user-dirs.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Create Stormux user directories
+RequiresMountsFor=/home/stormux
+After=local-fs.target user@1000.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User=stormux
+Environment=HOME=/home/stormux
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/home/stormux/.local/.functions/download.sh b/home/stormux/.local/.functions/download.sh
index 75dd19a..6734eaa 100755
--- a/home/stormux/.local/.functions/download.sh
+++ b/home/stormux/.local/.functions/download.sh
@@ -5,31 +5,47 @@ download_with_fallback() {
     local outputPath="$1"
     local sourceUrl="$2"
     local errorFile=""
+    local curlArgs=(
+        --fail
+        --show-error
+        --location
+        --connect-timeout 20
+        --speed-limit 1024
+        --speed-time 30
+        --retry 3
+        --retry-connrefused
+        --retry-delay 2
+    )
     local curlExitCode=0
     local retryExitCode=0
     local fallbackExitCode=0
     local wgetExitCode=0
+    local totalBytes=0
 
     downloadAttemptExitCodes=""
     downloadErrorLog=""
 
     errorFile="$(mktemp)" || return 1
+    totalBytes="$(get_remote_file_size "${sourceUrl}")"
 
-    if curl -L4 -C - --retry 10 --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}" 2> "${errorFile}"; then
+    printf 'Trying curl with resume support: %s\n' "${sourceUrl}" >&2
+    if run_download_command "${outputPath}" "${totalBytes}" "${errorFile}" curl -4 -C - "${curlArgs[@]}" --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}"; then
         rm -f "${errorFile}"
         return 0
     fi
     curlExitCode=$?
 
     rm -f "${outputPath}"
-    if curl -L4 --retry 10 --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}" 2>> "${errorFile}"; then
+    printf 'Trying fresh IPv4 curl download: %s\n' "${sourceUrl}" >&2
+    if run_download_command "${outputPath}" "${totalBytes}" "${errorFile}" curl -4 "${curlArgs[@]}" --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}"; then
         rm -f "${errorFile}"
         return 0
     fi
     retryExitCode=$?
 
     rm -f "${outputPath}"
-    if curl -L --retry 10 --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}" 2>> "${errorFile}"; then
+    printf 'Trying fresh curl download with any address family: %s\n' "${sourceUrl}" >&2
+    if run_download_command "${outputPath}" "${totalBytes}" "${errorFile}" curl "${curlArgs[@]}" --output "${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}"; then
         rm -f "${errorFile}"
         return 0
     fi
@@ -37,7 +53,8 @@ download_with_fallback() {
 
     if command -v wget > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         rm -f "${outputPath}"
-        if wget --tries=10 --output-document="${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}" 2>> "${errorFile}"; then
+        printf 'Trying wget fallback: %s\n' "${sourceUrl}" >&2
+        if run_download_command "${outputPath}" "${totalBytes}" "${errorFile}" wget --tries=3 --timeout=20 --read-timeout=30 --output-document="${outputPath}" "${sourceUrl}"; then
             rm -f "${errorFile}"
             return 0
         fi
@@ -58,6 +75,102 @@ download_with_fallback() {
     return 1
 }
 
+get_remote_file_size() {
+    local sourceUrl="$1"
+    local headerOutput
+
+    headerOutput="$(curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --head --max-redirs 10 --max-time 20 "${sourceUrl}" 2> /dev/null || true)"
+    awk '
+        BEGIN { IGNORECASE = 1 }
+        /^content-length:/ {
+            gsub("\r", "", $2)
+            if ($2 ~ /^[0-9]+$/) {
+                contentLength = $2
+            }
+        }
+        END {
+            if (contentLength != "") {
+                print contentLength
+            } else {
+                print 0
+            }
+        }
+    ' <<< "${headerOutput}"
+}
+
+beep_download_progress() {
+    local percent="$1"
+    local frequency
+
+    [[ "${STORMUX_DOWNLOAD_BEEPS:-1}" == "1" ]] || return 0
+    command -v play > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
+
+    frequency="$((220 + (percent * 7)))"
+    play -q -n synth 0.06 sine "${frequency}" vol 0.12 > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+}
+
+monitor_download_progress() {
+    local outputPath="$1"
+    local totalBytes="$2"
+    local doneFile="$3"
+    local currentBytes=0
+    local percent=0
+    local lastAnnouncedPercent=-10
+    local tickCount=0
+
+    while [[ ! -e "$doneFile" ]]; do
+        if [[ -f "$outputPath" ]]; then
+            currentBytes="$(stat -c '%s' "$outputPath" 2> /dev/null || printf '0')"
+        else
+            currentBytes=0
+        fi
+
+        if [[ "$totalBytes" -gt 0 ]]; then
+            percent="$(((currentBytes * 100) / totalBytes))"
+            if [[ "$percent" -gt 100 ]]; then
+                percent=100
+            fi
+            if [[ "$percent" -ge $((lastAnnouncedPercent + 10)) ]]; then
+                printf 'Downloaded %s%% (%s/%s bytes)\n' "$percent" "$currentBytes" "$totalBytes" >&2
+                beep_download_progress "$percent"
+                lastAnnouncedPercent="$percent"
+            fi
+        else
+            tickCount="$((tickCount + 1))"
+            if [[ "$tickCount" -ge 5 ]]; then
+                printf 'Downloaded %s bytes\n' "$currentBytes" >&2
+                beep_download_progress 50
+                tickCount=0
+            fi
+        fi
+        sleep 2
+    done
+}
+
+run_download_command() {
+    local outputPath="$1"
+    local totalBytes="$2"
+    local errorFile="$3"
+    local doneFile
+    local monitorPid
+    local commandStatus=0
+    shift 3
+
+    doneFile="$(mktemp)" || return 1
+    rm -f "$doneFile"
+    monitor_download_progress "$outputPath" "$totalBytes" "$doneFile" &
+    monitorPid="$!"
+
+    "$@" 2> >(tee -a "$errorFile" >&2)
+    commandStatus="$?"
+
+    touch "$doneFile"
+    wait "$monitorPid" 2> /dev/null || true
+    rm -f "$doneFile"
+
+    return "$commandStatus"
+}
+
 validate_downloaded_cache_file() {
     local dest="$1"
     local downloadError=0
diff --git a/home/stormux/.local/bin/game_launcher.py b/home/stormux/.local/bin/game_launcher.py
index dba7567..7d15e30 100755
--- a/home/stormux/.local/bin/game_launcher.py
+++ b/home/stormux/.local/bin/game_launcher.py
@@ -583,11 +583,13 @@ class VoicedMenu:
         # Add the appropriate items based on current status for each service
         for friendlyName, serviceName in self.systemMenuServices.items():
             isActive = self.check_service_status(serviceName)
+            startLabel = "Start" if friendlyName == "Fenrir Screen Reader" else "Enable"
+            stopLabel = "Stop" if friendlyName == "Fenrir Screen Reader" else "Disable"
             if isActive:
-                self.add_item("System", f"Disable {friendlyName}", 
+                self.add_item("System", f"{stopLabel} {friendlyName}",
                              lambda fn=friendlyName: self.toggle_service(fn))
             else:
-                self.add_item("System", f"Enable {friendlyName}", 
+                self.add_item("System", f"{startLabel} {friendlyName}",
                              lambda fn=friendlyName: self.toggle_service(fn))
 
     def install_and_launch(self, executable_name, launch_mode="gui"):