diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adb7157..3f8223e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Creates a new instance with the given options. The following options are support
     - `irq`: system IRQs, 1-16 ranges must be specified
     - `port`: tcp port for vMMIO usage
 
-Example:
+#### Example:
 
 ```javascript=
 // create instance
@@ -282,6 +282,24 @@ let instance = await project.createInstance({
 await instance.finishRestore();
 ```
 
+#### Example: Handling Firmware Assets
+
+```
+❯ node myscript.js
+Error: This instance requires additional firmware assets. To automatically download firmware assets and associate them
+with your domain, set the environment variable FETCH_FIRMWARE_ASSETS=1
+```
+
+Some recent firmwares require additional files that must be downloaded by the api client and associated with your domain.
+The Corellium API can download these resources and associated them with your domain. To enable automatic download, set
+the environment variable `FETCH_FIRMWARE_ASSETS=1`.
+
+```
+❯ env FETCH_FIRMWARE_ASSETS=1 node myscript.js
+Creating ios device...
+Created 741d5b9c-01dd-4878-b16f-8d6aa513c9c4
+```
+
 ## class Instance
 
 **Note:** instances of class `Instance` are only supposed to be retrieved by `Project#instances()`, `Project#getInstance()`, or `Project#createInstance`.
diff --git a/examples/create-device-with-firmware-asset.js b/examples/create-device-with-firmware-asset.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aafeeec..82ddfc6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@corellium/corellium-api",
-  "version": "1.6.4",
+  "version": "1.7.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6bb9e4..139fce2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@corellium/corellium-api",
-  "version": "1.7.6",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "description": "Supported nodejs library for interacting with the Corellium service and VMs",
   "main": "src/corellium.js",
   "husky": {
diff --git a/src/project.js b/src/project.js
index 47bd821..a61951b 100644
--- a/src/project.js
+++ b/src/project.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid')
 const util = require('util')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const { compress, uploadFile } = require('./images')
+const path = require('path')
+const os = require('os')
+const { fetch } = require('./util/fetch')
 
 /**
  * @typedef {object} ProjectKey
@@ -138,11 +141,42 @@ class Project {
    * await instance.finishRestore();
    */
   async createInstance (options) {
-    const { id } = await fetchApi(this, '/instances', {
-      method: 'POST',
-      json: Object.assign({}, options, { project: this.id })
-    })
-    return await this.getInstance(id)
+    try {
+      const { id } = await fetchApi(this, '/instances', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        json: Object.assign({}, options, { project: this.id })
+      })
+      return await this.getInstance(id)
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.field === 'firmware_asset') {
+        if (process.env.FETCH_FIRMWARE_ASSETS !== '1') {
+          throw new Error('This instance requires additional firmware assets. To automatically download firmware assets and associate them with your domain, set the environment variable FETCH_FIRMWARE_ASSETS=1')
+        }
+        if (err.originalError.missingFwAssets && err.originalError.missingFwAssets.length > 0) {
+          for (const firmwareAssetUrl of err.originalError.missingFwAssets) {
+            const response = await fetch(firmwareAssetUrl, { response: 'raw' })
+            const fwAssetPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `${uuidv4()}.fwasset`)
+            if (response.ok) {
+              const stream = fs.createWriteStream(fwAssetPath)
+              response.body.pipe(stream)
+
+              await new Promise(resolve => response.body.on('finish', () => {
+                stream.end()
+                resolve()
+              }))
+
+              await new Promise(resolve => stream.on('finish', () => { resolve() }))
+
+              await this.uploadFirmwareAsset(fwAssetPath, encodeURIComponent(firmwareAssetUrl), () => {})
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        return this.createInstance(options)
+      } else {
+        throw err
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -395,6 +429,31 @@ class Project {
     return { id: imageId, name }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add a firmware asset image to a proejct for use in creating new instances.
+   * @param filePath - The path on the local file system to get the firmware asset file
+   * @param name - The name of the file to identify the file on the server, usually the full url
+   * @param progress
+   * @returns {Promise<{name, id: *}>}
+   */
+  async uploadFirmwareAsset (filePath, name, progress) {
+    const imageId = uuidv4()
+    const token = await this.getToken()
+    const url =
+      this.api +
+      '/projects/' +
+      encodeURIComponent(this.id) +
+      '/image-upload/' +
+      encodeURIComponent('fwasset') +
+      '/' +
+      encodeURIComponent(imageId) +
+      '/' +
+      encodeURIComponent(name)
+
+    await uploadFile(token, url, filePath, progress)
+    return { id: imageId, name }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add an image to the project. These images may be removed at any time and are meant to facilitate creating a new Instance with images.
    *
diff --git a/src/util/fetch.js b/src/util/fetch.js
index c9d9f4a..2828209 100644
--- a/src/util/fetch.js
+++ b/src/util/fetch.js
@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@ class CorelliumError extends Error {
     this.name = this.constructor.name
     this.field = error.field
     this.code = code
+    this.originalError = error
   }
 }
 
 async function fetch (url, options) {
-  if (options.headers === undefined) options.headers = {}
+  if (options && options.headers === undefined) options.headers = {}
 
-  if (options.json !== undefined) {
+  if (options && options.json !== undefined) {
     options.body = JSON.stringify(options.json)
     options.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
     delete options.json
   }
-  if (options.token !== undefined) {
+  if (options && options.token !== undefined) {
     options.headers.Authorization = options.token
   }
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ async function fetch (url, options) {
 
     throw new Error(`${options.method || 'GET'} ${url} -- ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
   }
-  if (options.response === 'raw') return res
+  if (options && options.response === 'raw') return res
   return await res.json()
 }