diff --git a/manifests/media/jdownloader.yaml b/manifests/media/jdownloader.yaml
index 4b7fcf0..08d41e5 100644
--- a/manifests/media/jdownloader.yaml
+++ b/manifests/media/jdownloader.yaml
@@ -122,13 +122,16 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config
               mountPath: /config
+            - name: dl
+              mountPath: /output
           command:
             - python3
             - -c
             - |
-              import http.server, urllib.parse, os, time
+              import http.server, urllib.parse, urllib.request, os, time
 
               WATCH_DIR = '/config/folderwatch'
+              TORRENT_DIR = '/output'
               os.makedirs(WATCH_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 
               class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -143,6 +146,27 @@ spec:
                           self.send_response(400); self.end_headers(); return
                       url = urls[0]
                       basename = urllib.parse.unquote(urllib.parse.urlparse(url).path.rsplit('/', 1)[-1])
+
+                      # .torrent files aren't handled by JDownloader's crawler (no BT
+                      # plugin), so fetch the raw file ourselves instead of writing a
+                      # crawljob. This container shares gluetun's netns, so the fetch
+                      # is still VPN-routed same as JDownloader's own downloads.
+                      if basename.lower().endswith('.torrent'):
+                          safe_name = basename.replace('/', '_').replace('\\', '_')
+                          try:
+                              req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
+                              with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+                                  data = resp.read()
+                              with open(f'{TORRENT_DIR}/{safe_name}', 'wb') as f:
+                                  f.write(data)
+                          except Exception as e:
+                              self.send_response(502); self.end_headers()
+                              self.wfile.write(str(e).encode())
+                              return
+                          self.send_response(200); self.end_headers()
+                          self.wfile.write(b'Ok.')
+                          return
+
                       package_name = basename.split('.', 1)[0] or 'subyshare'
                       fname = f'{WATCH_DIR}/{int(time.time()*1000)}.crawljob'
                       with open(fname, 'w') as f: