diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yaml
index 4aa63faa..5224e973 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run unit tests with coverage
       run: |
-        curl.exe -o ffmpeg.zip https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/latest/download/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip
+        curl.exe -L -o ffmpeg.zip https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip
         tar -xf ffmpeg.zip
         ls
         move "ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl\bin\ffmpeg.exe" "ffmpeg.exe"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a129b8bc..bea651dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ jobs:
 
   test-plugins:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: test-build
     permissions:
       contents: read
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a70755e4..5ab3062c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ docker run -d \
 Download and use our latest executable using the command below. For Windows users, use this method in
 [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/). FFmpeg is a required dependency.
 ```commandline
-curl -L https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/releases/latest/download/ytdl-sub > ytdl-sub
+curl -L -o ytdl-sub https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub/releases/latest/download/ytdl-sub
 chmod +x ytdl-sub
 ./ytdl-sub -h
 ```