diff --git a/app/models/Document.js b/app/models/Document.js
index 9b240c0b..0336d2f7 100644
--- a/app/models/Document.js
+++ b/app/models/Document.js
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ class Document extends BaseModel {
     const blob = new Blob([unescape(this.text)], { type: 'text/markdown' });
     const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
     const a = document.createElement('a');
+
+    // Firefox support requires the anchor tag be in the DOM to trigger the dl
+    if (document.body) document.body.appendChild(a);
     a.href = url;
     a.download = `${this.title}.md`;
     a.click();