diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 828c605..b5e4c55 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Imports:
     scales,
     utils
 Suggests: 
+    blastula,
     knitr,
     rmarkdown,
     spelling,
diff --git a/R/get_and_save.R b/R/get_and_save.R
index c305f3b..66d064c 100644
--- a/R/get_and_save.R
+++ b/R/get_and_save.R
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #' them again and overwrite. However you can also specify 'ignore' in which case those
 #' files will be ignored. You can also investigate duplicates yourself using
 #' heapsofpapers::check_for_existence().
+#' @param notify a character vector of emails to notify to.
+#' @param email_usr,email_pwd,email_host,email_port strings to indicate the
+#' names of the environment variables containing the required parameters to send
+#' an email (e.g. variables containing something such as 'mail@outlook.com',
+#' 'confidentialandsecure', 'smtp.office365.com', 587)
 #'
 #' @return A print statement in the console about whether each of the `links` was
 #' saved (if not turned off by the user), and notification that the function has
@@ -50,7 +55,11 @@
 #'}
 #' @importFrom rlang .data
 get_and_save <-
-  function(data, links = "links", save_names = "save_names", dir = "heaps_of", bucket = NULL, delay = 5, print_every = 1, dupe_strategy = "overwrite"){
+  function(data, links = "links", save_names = "save_names", dir = "heaps_of",
+           bucket = NULL, delay = 5, print_every = 1, dupe_strategy = "overwrite",
+           notify = NULL, email_usr = "HEAPS_SMTP_USER", email_pwd = "HEAPS_SMTP_PASSWORD",
+           email_host = "HEAPS_SMTP_HOST",
+           email_port = "HEAPS_SMTP_PORT"){
 
     if (isFALSE(curl::has_internet())) {
       stop("The function get_and_save() needs the internet, but isn't able to find a connection right now.")
@@ -160,5 +169,30 @@ get_and_save <-
         }
     }
 
+    if (!is.null(notify)) {
+      if (isFALSE(requireNamespace("blastula", quietly = TRUE))) {
+        stop("heapsofpapers requires blastula to send emails.")
+      }
+
+      email <- blastula::compose_email(
+        body = blastula::md("Hello. The download was completed. Have a good day!"),
+        footer = blastula::md("This is an automated email created with the heapsofpapers R package.")
+      )
+
+      email %>%
+        blastula::smtp_send(
+          to = notify,
+          from = Sys.getenv(email_usr, unset = NA),
+          subject = "heapsofpapers: The download was completed",
+          credentials = blastula::creds_envvar(
+            user = Sys.getenv(email_usr, unset = NA),
+            pass_envvar = email_pwd,
+            host = Sys.getenv(email_host, unset = NA),
+            port = Sys.getenv(email_port, unset = NA),
+            use_ssl = TRUE
+          )
+        )
+    }
+
   }
 
diff --git a/man/get_and_save.Rd b/man/get_and_save.Rd
index 1f0b66d..468ab44 100644
--- a/man/get_and_save.Rd
+++ b/man/get_and_save.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ get_and_save(
   bucket = NULL,
   delay = 5,
   print_every = 1,
-  dupe_strategy = "overwrite"
+  dupe_strategy = "overwrite",
+  notify = NULL,
+  email_usr = "HEAPS_SMTP_USER",
+  email_pwd = "HEAPS_SMTP_PASSWORD",
+  email_host = "HEAPS_SMTP_HOST",
+  email_port = "HEAPS_SMTP_PORT"
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -42,6 +47,13 @@ you already have some of the files downloaded. By default the function will just
 them again and overwrite. However you can also specify 'ignore' in which case those
 files will be ignored. You can also investigate duplicates yourself using
 heapsofpapers::check_for_existence().}
+
+\item{notify}{a character vector of emails to notify to.}
+
+\item{email_usr, email_pwd, email_host, email_port}{strings to indicate the
+names of the environment variables containing the required parameters to send
+an email (e.g. variables containing something such as 'mail@outlook.com',
+'confidentialandsecure', 'smtp.office365.com', 587)}
 }
 \value{
 A print statement in the console about whether each of the \code{links} was