diff --git a/api/backends/entities.py b/api/backends/entities.py
index a6b11ea..a47129e 100644
--- a/api/backends/entities.py
+++ b/api/backends/entities.py
@@ -49,14 +49,22 @@ class Asset(dict):
     Attributes:
         - name (str): The name of the asset.
         - content_type (str): The MIME type of the asset content.
+        - download_count (int): The number of times the asset has been downloaded.
         - download_url (str): The URL to download the asset.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name: str, content_type: str, browser_download_url: str):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        content_type: str,
+        download_count: int,
+        browser_download_url: str,
+    ):
         dict.__init__(
             self,
             name=name,
             content_type=content_type,
+            download_count=download_count,
             browser_download_url=browser_download_url,
         )
 
diff --git a/api/backends/github.py b/api/backends/github.py
index 3faf303..b7bb875 100644
--- a/api/backends/github.py
+++ b/api/backends/github.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class Github(Backend):
     async def __assemble_release(release: dict) -> Release:
         async def __assemble_asset(asset: dict) -> Asset:
             asset_data: dict = keyfilter(
-                lambda key: key in {"name", "content_type", "browser_download_url"},
+                lambda key: key
+                in {"name", "content_type", "download_count", "browser_download_url"},
                 asset,
             )
             return Asset(**asset_data)
diff --git a/api/models/github.py b/api/models/github.py
index b6f696a..e2f246a 100644
--- a/api/models/github.py
+++ b/api/models/github.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class AssetFields(BaseModel):
 
     name: str
     content_type: str
+    download_count: int
     browser_download_url: str
 
 
diff --git a/persistence/.gitkeep b/persistence/.gitkeep
index d3f5a12..e69de29 100644
--- a/persistence/.gitkeep
+++ b/persistence/.gitkeep
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-