diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/FileUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/FileUtils.java
index f4d2613d..c81b96a3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nutomic/syncthingandroid/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
             }
             if (DOWNLOADS_VOLUME_NAME.equals(volumeId)) {
                 Log.v(TAG, "getVolumePath: isDownloadsVolume");
-                // Reading the environment var avoids hard coding the case of the "downloads" folder.
-                return Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath();
+                return getExternalStorageDownloadsDirectory();
             }
 
             StorageManager mStorageManager =
@@ -237,6 +236,13 @@ public class FileUtils {
         else return File.separator;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reading the environment var avoids hard coding the absolute path of the "/Download" folder.
+     */
+    public static String getExternalStorageDownloadsDirectory() {
+        return Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath();
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     public static String cutTrailingSlash(final String path) {
         if (path.endsWith(File.separator)) {