diff --git a/cads_api_client/processing.py b/cads_api_client/processing.py
index e8bf359..5f78130 100644
--- a/cads_api_client/processing.py
+++ b/cads_api_client/processing.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import time
-import urllib
+import urllib.parse
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, TypeVar
 
 try:
@@ -336,14 +336,18 @@ def get_result_size(self) -> Optional[int]:
         size = asset["file:size"]
         return int(size)
 
+    @property
+    def location(self) -> str:
+        result_href = self.get_result_href()
+        return urllib.parse.urljoin(self.response.url, result_href)
+
     def download(
         self,
         target: Optional[str] = None,
         timeout: int = 60,
         retry_options: Dict[str, Any] = {},
     ) -> str:
-        result_href = self.get_result_href()
-        url = urllib.parse.urljoin(self.response.url, result_href)
+        url = self.location
         if target is None:
             parts = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
             target = parts.path.strip("/").split("/")[-1]
diff --git a/tests/integration_test_50_legacy_api_client.py b/tests/integration_test_50_legacy_api_client.py
index 81d4477..e90af1e 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test_50_legacy_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test_50_legacy_api_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pathlib
 
 import pytest
+import requests
 
 from cads_api_client import legacy_api_client
 
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ def test_retrieve(tmp_path: pathlib.Path, api_root_url: str, api_key: str) -> No
     assert str(target) == actual_target
     assert target.stat().st_size == 1
 
+    response = requests.head(result.location)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("quiet", [True, False])
 def test_quiet(