diff --git a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/nio/QuiltFileSystemProviderTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/nio/QuiltFileSystemProviderTest.groovy
index b9e02856..6344c463 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/nio/QuiltFileSystemProviderTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-quilt/src/test/nextflow/quilt/nio/QuiltFileSystemProviderTest.groovy
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import groovy.transform.CompileDynamic
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.CopyOption
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 
@@ -45,4 +47,18 @@ class QuiltFileSystemProviderTest extends QuiltSpecification {
         Files.size(tempFile) > 0
     }
 
+    void 'should download folders from remote to local destination'() {
+        given:
+        QuiltFileSystemProvider provider = new QuiltFileSystemProvider()
+        Path remoteFolder = Paths.get('quilt+s3://quilt-example#package=examples%2fhurdat2')
+        Path tempFolder = Files.createTempDirectory('quilt')
+        CopyOption opt = StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING
+        when:
+        provider.download(remoteFolder, tempFolder, opt)
+
+        then:
+        Files.exists(tempFolder)
+        Files.list(tempFolder).count() > 0
+    }
+
 }