diff --git a/usr/lib/python3.6/vmmgr/pkgmgr.py b/usr/lib/python3.6/vmmgr/pkgmgr.py
index b637fd0..fa1c57f 100644
--- a/usr/lib/python3.6/vmmgr/pkgmgr.py
+++ b/usr/lib/python3.6/vmmgr/pkgmgr.py
@@ -79,20 +79,28 @@ class PkgMgr:
 
     def download_package(self, name, item):
         # Download tar.xz package and verify its hash. Can raise InvalidSignature
-        pkg_filename = '{}_{}-{}.tar.xz'.format(name, self.online_packages[name]['version'], self.online_packages[name]['release'])
-        res = self.get_repo_resource(pkg_filename, True)
-        tmp_archive = os.path.join('/tmp', pkg_filename)
-        with open(tmp_archive, 'wb') as f:
+        pkg_archive = '{}_{}-{}.tar.xz'.format(name, self.online_packages[name]['version'], self.online_packages[name]['release'])
+        tmp_archive = os.path.join('/tmp', pkg_archive)
+        # If the archive already exists in temp (presumably because the previous installation was interrupted), it was already verified and can be reused
+        if os.path.exists(tmp_archive):
+            item.bytes_downloaded += os.path.getsize(tmp_archive)
+            return
+        # Download the archive
+        partial_archive = '{}.partial'.format(tmp_archive)
+        res = self.get_repo_resource(pkg_archive, True)
+        with open(partial_archive, 'wb') as f:
             for chunk in res.iter_content(chunk_size=65536):
                 if chunk:
                     item.bytes_downloaded += f.write(chunk)
         # Verify hash
-        crypto.verify_hash(tmp_archive, self.online_packages[name]['sha512'])
+        crypto.verify_hash(partial_archive, self.online_packages[name]['sha512'])
+        # Remove ".partial" extension
+        os.rename(partial_archive, tmp_archive)
 
     def unpack_package(self, name):
         # Unpack archive
-        pkg_filename = '{}_{}-{}.tar.xz'.format(name, self.online_packages[name]['version'], self.online_packages[name]['release'])
-        tmp_archive = os.path.join('/tmp', pkg_filename)
+        pkg_archive = '{}_{}-{}.tar.xz'.format(name, self.online_packages[name]['version'], self.online_packages[name]['release'])
+        tmp_archive = os.path.join('/tmp', pkg_archive)
         subprocess.run(['tar', 'xJf', tmp_archive], cwd='/', check=True)
         os.unlink(tmp_archive)