diff --git a/manimlib/default_config.yml b/manimlib/default_config.yml
index 211ec110..3e38d24a 100644
--- a/manimlib/default_config.yml
+++ b/manimlib/default_config.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ directories:
   vector_images: ""
   # If you want to use sounds, manim will look here to find it.
   sounds: ""
-  temporary_storage: ""
+  downloads: ""
   # For certain object types, especially Tex and Text, manim will save information
   # to file to prevent the need to re-compute, e.g. recompiling the latex. By default,
   # it stores this saved data to whatever directory appdirs.user_cache_dir("manim") returns,
diff --git a/manimlib/utils/directories.py b/manimlib/utils/directories.py
index e4a5358d..e4a2bc03 100644
--- a/manimlib/utils/directories.py
+++ b/manimlib/utils/directories.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def get_temp_dir() -> str:
 
 
 def get_downloads_dir() -> str:
-    return guarantee_existence(os.path.join(get_temp_dir(), "manim_downloads"))
+    return get_directories()["downloads"] or appdirs.user_cache_dir("manim_downloads")
 
 
 def get_output_dir() -> str:
diff --git a/manimlib/utils/file_ops.py b/manimlib/utils/file_ops.py
index 0e436b68..26faa449 100644
--- a/manimlib/utils/file_ops.py
+++ b/manimlib/utils/file_ops.py
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import hashlib
 
 import numpy as np
 import validators
+import urllib.request
+
+import manimlib.utils.directories
+from manimlib.utils.simple_functions import hash_string
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -35,11 +39,9 @@ def find_file(
     # Check if this is a file online first, and if so, download
     # it to a temporary directory
     if validators.url(file_name):
-        import urllib.request
-        from manimlib.utils.directories import get_downloads_dir
         suffix = Path(file_name).suffix
-        file_hash = hashlib.sha256(file_name.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()[:32]
-        folder = get_downloads_dir()
+        file_hash = hash_string(file_name)
+        folder = manimlib.utils.directories.get_downloads_dir()
 
         path = Path(folder, file_hash).with_suffix(suffix)
         urllib.request.urlretrieve(file_name, path)