diff --git a/src/DataWrangling/ecco_metadata.jl b/src/DataWrangling/ecco_metadata.jl
index ceb1d30c..484e8f18 100644
--- a/src/DataWrangling/ecco_metadata.jl
+++ b/src/DataWrangling/ecco_metadata.jl
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ function download_dataset!(metadata::ECCOMetadata;
                 fileurl = joinpath(url, shortname, year, filename)
             end
 
+            # Here add a method to download the file on windows where we can specify a password and a username
+
             cmd = `wget --http-user=$(username) --http-passwd=$(password) $(fileurl)`
         
             run(cmd)
diff --git a/test/test_downloading.jl b/test/test_downloading.jl
index 7bc53331..21680dd3 100644
--- a/test/test_downloading.jl
+++ b/test/test_downloading.jl
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ include("runtests_setup.jl")
         fts = ClimaOcean.JRA55.JRA55_field_time_series(name; time_indices=2:3)
     end
 end
+
+@testset "Availability of ECCO data" begin
+    @info "Testing that we can download ECCO data..."
+    for variable in (:temperature, :salinity, :u_velocity, :v_velocity, :sea_ice_thickness, :sea_ice_area_fraction)
+        metadata = ECCOMetadata(variable)
+        ECCO.download_dataset!(metadata)
+    end
+end