diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16099b5f..96f9edcf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "email-lib"
 version = "0.26.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "http-lib"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "keyring-lib"
 version = "1.0.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "keyring",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "mml-lib"
 version = "1.1.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "chumsky",
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "oauth-lib"
 version = "2.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "http-lib",
  "oauth2",
@@ -3097,7 +3097,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "pgp-lib"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "futures",
@@ -3284,7 +3284,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "process-lib"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "secret-lib"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#145f89686fc6ef7b41523e62802a7133e1461100"
+source = "git+https://github.com/pimalaya/core#839bc44905570a17a86554d49b7d081b1e15c1a8"
 dependencies = [
  "keyring-lib",
  "process-lib",
diff --git a/src/email/message/attachment/command/download.rs b/src/email/message/attachment/command/download.rs
index 65ffc83f..774e638a 100644
--- a/src/email/message/attachment/command/download.rs
+++ b/src/email/message/attachment/command/download.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use tracing::info;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
-    account::arg::name::AccountNameFlag, config::TomlConfig, envelope::arg::ids::EnvelopeIdsArgs,
-    folder::arg::name::FolderNameOptionalFlag,
+    account::arg::name::AccountNameFlag, config::TomlConfig, dir_parser,
+    envelope::arg::ids::EnvelopeIdsArgs, folder::arg::name::FolderNameOptionalFlag,
 };
 
 /// Download all attachments found in the given message.
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ pub struct AttachmentDownloadCommand {
 
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub account: AccountNameFlag,
+
+    /// Override the download directory.
+    ///
+    /// If omitted, it uses the downloads directory from the config,
+    /// or `XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR`.
+    #[arg(short = 'd', long, value_name = "PATH", value_parser = dir_parser)]
+    pub downloads_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl AttachmentDownloadCommand {
@@ -85,7 +92,8 @@ impl AttachmentDownloadCommand {
                     .filename
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| Uuid::new_v4().to_string())
                     .into();
-                let filepath = account_config.get_download_file_path(&filename)?;
+                let filepath = account_config
+                    .get_download_file_path(self.downloads_dir.as_deref(), &filename)?;
                 printer.log(format!("Downloading {:?}…\n", filepath))?;
                 fs::write(&filepath, &attachment.body)
                     .with_context(|| format!("cannot save attachment at {filepath:?}"))?;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0f796718..4f08591f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,19 @@ pub mod email;
 pub mod folder;
 pub mod manual;
 
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use shellexpand_utils::{canonicalize, expand};
+
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::email::{envelope, flag, message};
+
+/// Parse the given [`str`] as [`PathBuf`].
+///
+/// The path is first shell expanded, then canonicalized (if
+/// applicable).
+fn dir_parser(path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    expand::try_path(path)
+        .map(canonicalize::path)
+        .map_err(|err| err.to_string())
+}
diff --git a/src/manual/command.rs b/src/manual/command.rs
index 66a59f3e..2857efb2 100644
--- a/src/manual/command.rs
+++ b/src/manual/command.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ use clap::{CommandFactory, Parser};
 use clap_mangen::Man;
 use color_eyre::Result;
 use pimalaya_tui::terminal::cli::printer::Printer;
-use shellexpand_utils::{canonicalize, expand};
 use tracing::info;
 
-use crate::cli::Cli;
+use crate::{cli::Cli, dir_parser};
 
 /// Generate manual pages to the given directory.
 ///
@@ -61,13 +60,3 @@ impl ManualGenerateCommand {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
-
-/// Parse the given [`str`] as [`PathBuf`].
-///
-/// The path is first shell expanded, then canonicalized (if
-/// applicable).
-fn dir_parser(path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
-    expand::try_path(path)
-        .map(canonicalize::path)
-        .map_err(|err| err.to_string())
-}