diff --git a/scripts/save_visual_assets.py b/scripts/save_visual_assets.py
index f160796..05ceec0 100755
--- a/scripts/save_visual_assets.py
+++ b/scripts/save_visual_assets.py
@@ -250,33 +250,33 @@ def main():
 
         result = None
         if not dest.exists():
-            if is_protected_komodo_asset(url):
+            try:
+                result = download(url, dest)
+            except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
+                result = {
+                    "ok": False,
+                    "status": str(err.code),
+                    "content_type": getattr(err, "headers", {}).get_content_type() if getattr(err, "headers", None) else "",
+                    "detected": "http_error",
+                    "expected": expected_family(url),
+                }
+            except Exception as err:
+                result = {
+                    "ok": False,
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "content_type": "",
+                    "detected": type(err).__name__,
+                    "expected": expected_family(url),
+                }
+
+            if not result["ok"] and is_protected_komodo_asset(url):
                 result = {
                     "ok": False,
                     "status": "session_required",
-                    "content_type": unique[url]["mime"],
-                    "detected": "protected_komodo_asset",
-                    "expected": expected_family(url),
+                    "content_type": result["content_type"],
+                    "detected": result["detected"],
+                    "expected": result["expected"],
                 }
-            else:
-                try:
-                    result = download(url, dest)
-                except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
-                    result = {
-                        "ok": False,
-                        "status": str(err.code),
-                        "content_type": getattr(err, "headers", {}).get_content_type() if getattr(err, "headers", None) else "",
-                        "detected": "http_error",
-                        "expected": expected_family(url),
-                    }
-                except Exception as err:
-                    result = {
-                        "ok": False,
-                        "status": "error",
-                        "content_type": "",
-                        "detected": type(err).__name__,
-                        "expected": expected_family(url),
-                    }
         else:
             result = {
                 "ok": True,
diff --git a/tests/test_save_visual_assets.py b/tests/test_save_visual_assets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8850082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_save_visual_assets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "save_visual_assets", ROOT / "scripts" / "save_visual_assets.py"
+)
+save_visual_assets = importlib.util.module_from_spec(SPEC)
+assert SPEC.loader is not None
+SPEC.loader.exec_module(save_visual_assets)
+
+
+class FakeHeaders:
+    def __init__(self, content_type):
+        self._content_type = content_type
+
+    def get_content_type(self):
+        return self._content_type
+
+
+class FakeResponse:
+    status = 200
+
+    def __init__(self, content_type, data):
+        self.headers = FakeHeaders(content_type)
+        self._data = data
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        return False
+
+    def read(self):
+        return self._data
+
+
+class SaveVisualAssetsTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_downloads_fetchable_komodo_avif_assets(self):
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            run_dir = Path(tmp) / "2026-04-26"
+            api_dir = run_dir / "api" / "komodo"
+            api_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+            asset_url = (
+                "https://komodostation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/example.avif"
+            )
+            (api_dir / "media.json").write_text(
+                json.dumps([{"source_url": asset_url, "mime_type": "image/avif"}]),
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            avif_bytes = b"\x00\x00\x00\x18ftypavif\x00\x00\x00\x00mif1avif"
+
+            with patch.object(
+                sys,
+                "argv",
+                [
+                    "save_visual_assets.py",
+                    "--run-dir",
+                    str(run_dir),
+                    "--base-dir",
+                    str(Path(tmp)),
+                ],
+            ), patch(
+                "urllib.request.urlopen",
+                return_value=FakeResponse("image/avif", avif_bytes),
+            ) as urlopen:
+                save_visual_assets.main()
+
+            retrieved = run_dir / "reports" / "retrieved-visual-assets.tsv"
+            blocked = run_dir / "reports" / "blocked-visual-assets.tsv"
+            saved = (
+                run_dir
+                / "assets"
+                / "discovered"
+                / "komodostation.com"
+                / "wp-content"
+                / "uploads"
+                / "2026"
+                / "04"
+                / "example.avif"
+            )
+            self.assertIn(asset_url, retrieved.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            self.assertEqual("", blocked.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            self.assertEqual(avif_bytes, saved.read_bytes())
+            self.assertEqual(1, urlopen.call_count)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()