diff --git a/ios/RNBackgroundDownloader.m b/ios/RNBackgroundDownloader.m
index 7fd79129..fe971364 100644
--- a/ios/RNBackgroundDownloader.m
+++ b/ios/RNBackgroundDownloader.m
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ + (void)setCompletionHandlerWithIdentifier: (NSString *)identifier completionHan
     }
 }
 
+- (NSError *)getServerError: (nonnull NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask {
+  NSError *serverError;
+  NSInteger httpStatusCode = [((NSHTTPURLResponse *)downloadTask.response) statusCode];
+  if(httpStatusCode != 200) {
+      serverError = [NSError errorWithDomain:NSURLErrorDomain
+                                        code:httpStatusCode
+                                    userInfo:@{NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: [NSHTTPURLResponse localizedStringForStatusCode: httpStatusCode]}];
+  }
+  return serverError;
+}
+
+- (BOOL)saveDownloadedFile: (nonnull RNBGDTaskConfig *) taskConfig downloadURL:(nonnull NSURL *)location error:(NSError **)saveError {
+  NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
+  NSURL *destURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:taskConfig.destination];
+  [fileManager createDirectoryAtURL:[destURL URLByDeletingLastPathComponent] withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
+  [fileManager removeItemAtURL:destURL error:nil];
+
+  return [fileManager moveItemAtURL:location toURL:destURL error:saveError];
+}
 
 #pragma mark - JS exported methods
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(download: (NSDictionary *) options) {
@@ -208,19 +227,17 @@ + (void)setCompletionHandlerWithIdentifier: (NSString *)identifier completionHan
 #pragma mark - NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate methods
 - (void)URLSession:(nonnull NSURLSession *)session downloadTask:(nonnull NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask didFinishDownloadingToURL:(nonnull NSURL *)location {
     @synchronized (sharedLock) {
-        RNBGDTaskConfig *taskCofig = taskToConfigMap[@(downloadTask.taskIdentifier)];
-        if (taskCofig != nil) {
-            NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
-            NSURL *destURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:taskCofig.destination];
-            [fileManager createDirectoryAtURL:[destURL URLByDeletingLastPathComponent] withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
-            [fileManager removeItemAtURL:destURL error:nil];
-            NSError *moveError;
-            BOOL moved = [fileManager moveItemAtURL:location toURL:destURL error:&moveError];
+        RNBGDTaskConfig *taskConfig = taskToConfigMap[@(downloadTask.taskIdentifier)];
+        if (taskConfig != nil) {
+            NSError *error = [self getServerError:downloadTask];
+            if (error == nil) {
+                [self saveDownloadedFile:taskConfig downloadURL:location error:&error];
+            }
             if (self.bridge) {
-                if (moved) {
-                    [self sendEventWithName:@"downloadComplete" body:@{@"id": taskCofig.id}];
+                if (error == nil) {
+                    [self sendEventWithName:@"downloadComplete" body:@{@"id": taskConfig.id}];
                 } else {
-                    [self sendEventWithName:@"downloadFailed" body:@{@"id": taskCofig.id, @"error": [moveError localizedDescription]}];
+                    [self sendEventWithName:@"downloadFailed" body:@{@"id": taskConfig.id, @"error": [error localizedDescription]}];
                 }
             }
             [self removeTaskFromMap:downloadTask];