diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 78ace5cf..96a18041 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ build_script:
   - set
   - set PATH=C:\msys64\%MSYSTEM%\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
   - set CHERE_INVOKING=yes
-  - wget https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/dl/notifu-src-1.6.1.zip
-  - bash -lc 'exec test $(sha256sum notifu-src-1.6.1.zip | cut -d " " -f0) eq 0fdcd08d3e12d87af76cdaafbf1278c4fcf1baf5d6447cce1a676b8d78a4d8c3'
-  - unzip notifu-src-1.6.1.zip
+  - bash -lc "bash .appveyor/get_notifu.sh"
   - MSBuild.exe .\notifu.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=WIN32
   - bash -lc "cp Debug/notifu.exe tools/win_installer/misc"
   - bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm --ask 20 -Suy"
diff --git a/.appveyor/get_notifu.sh b/.appveyor/get_notifu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42642c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.appveyor/get_notifu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+src=notifu-src-1.6.1.zip
+wget https://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/dl/$src
+checksum=$(sha256sum $src | cut -d " " -f0)
+if [ "$checksum" -ne "0fdcd08d3e12d87af76cdaafbf1278c4fcf1baf5d6447cce1a676b8d78a4d8c3" ]; then
+	echo "$src checksum OK"
+else
+	echo "$src checksum KO: got $checksum"
+	exit 1
+fi
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