# psychJS.downloadResources is not blocking

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychjs-downloadresources-is-not-blocking/12600>\
**Category:** Online experiments\
**Tags:** online, blocking, resources, pavlovia\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychjs-downloadresources-is-not-blocking/12600 "2020-04-21T04:21:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychjs-downloadresources-is-not-blocking/12600/7 "2020-06-02T01:11:07Z")

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It may be as simple as

```auto
if(testFile.exists()){
  continueRoutine=false;
}

```

where testFile is the final file to be downloaded (or the one needed most urgently)

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