diff --git a/modules/speedtestv2/files/Speed-Test-main/downloading b/modules/speedtestv2/files/Speed-Test-main/downloading
deleted file mode 100644
index b78c32fa..00000000
Binary files a/modules/speedtestv2/files/Speed-Test-main/downloading and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/modules/speedtestv2/manifests/init.pp b/modules/speedtestv2/manifests/init.pp
index f018c46d..39f63ebd 100644
--- a/modules/speedtestv2/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/speedtestv2/manifests/init.pp
@@ -78,10 +78,22 @@
     ensure  => directory,
     recurse => true,
     purge   => true,
+    ignore  => ['downloading'],
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
     mode    => '0644',
     source  => 'puppet:///modules/speedtestv2/Speed-Test-main/',
     require => Package['nginx'], #Make sure that apt install has been run
   }
+
+  # Generate the random download file used by OpenSpeedTest. The file is only
+  # created once and is ignored by the managed web root so Puppet doesn't remove
+  # it on subsequent runs.
+  exec { 'generate-speedtest-download-file':
+    command => '/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/usr/share/nginx/html/downloading bs=1M count=30',
+    creates => '/usr/share/nginx/html/downloading',
+    path    => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
+    require => File['/usr/share/nginx/html'],
+  }
+
 }