diff --git a/resources/utilities.py b/resources/utilities.py
index f2a63eb06..97c5f8673 100644
--- a/resources/utilities.py
+++ b/resources/utilities.py
@@ -407,12 +407,15 @@ def download_file(link, location, is_gui=None, verify_checksum=False):
         dl = 0
         total_downloaded_string = ""
         global clear
+        checksum = hashlib.sha256() if verify_checksum else None
         with location.open("wb") as file:
             count = 0
             start = time.perf_counter()
             for chunk in response.iter_content(1024 * 1024 * 4):
                 dl += len(chunk)
                 file.write(chunk)
+                if checksum:
+                    checksum.update(chunk)
                 count += len(chunk)
                 if is_gui is None:
                     if clear:
@@ -425,19 +428,8 @@ def download_file(link, location, is_gui=None, verify_checksum=False):
                     total_downloaded_string = f" ({round(float(dl / total_file_size * 100), 2)}%)"
                 print(f"{round(count / 1024 / 1024, 2)}MB Downloaded{file_size_string}{total_downloaded_string}\nAverage Download Speed: {round(dl//(time.perf_counter() - start) / 100000 / 8, 2)} MB/s")
 
-        if verify_checksum is True:
-            # Verify checksum
-            # Note that this can be quite taxing on slower Macs
-            checksum = hashlib.sha256()
-            with location.open("rb") as file:
-                chunk = file.read(1024 * 1024 * 16)
-                while chunk:
-                    checksum.update(chunk)
-                    chunk = file.read(1024 * 1024 * 16)
-            enable_sleep_after_running()
-            return checksum
         enable_sleep_after_running()
-        return True
+        return checksum.hexdigest() if checksum else True
     else:
         cls()
         header = "# Could not establish Network Connection with provided link! #"