diff --git a/cfg_checker/common/file_utils.py b/cfg_checker/common/file_utils.py
index d508121..684fc30 100644
--- a/cfg_checker/common/file_utils.py
+++ b/cfg_checker/common/file_utils.py
@@ -82,3 +82,14 @@
     }
 
     return _dict
+
+
+def get_gzipped_file(url):
+    # imports
+    from io import BytesIO
+    from requests import get
+    import gzip
+    # download a file
+    _bytes = BytesIO(get(url).content)
+    with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=_bytes) as gz:
+        return gz.read()