elseif parsedPath.type == "web" then
            -- append the download to the queue
            self.downloadQueue = self.downloadQueue:next(function()
                -- create our download promise for async reaction
                local downloadPromise = Promise.new()

                -- throttle downloads to to 1 per 100ms
                network.http.client(parsedPath.host, 80):wait(50, function() end):get(parsedPath.path, function(res)
                    if res.status == 200 then
                        -- construct an understandable moduleAddress for our error messages
                        local moduleAddress = fullPath
                        if(moduleAddress:len() > 48) then
                            moduleAddress = "..." .. moduleAddress:sub(moduleAddress:len() - 45)
                        end

                        -- parse the content
                        local loader, err = load(res.body, moduleAddress)
                        if err then
                            self.registry[fullPath] = {success = false, result = err}
                        else
                            self.registry[fullPath] = {success = true, result = Module(fullPath, loader)}
                        end

                        -- return our promise
                        return self.registry[fullPath].success and downloadPromise:resolve(self.registry[fullPath].result) or downloadPromise:reject(self.registry[fullPath].result)
                    else
                        downloadPromise:reject("error " .. res.status .. " while retrieving script from \"" .. fullPath .. "\":\n" .. res.body)
                    end
                end)

                -- resolve promise chain
                return downloadPromise:next(function(module) promise:resolve(module) end, function(err) promise:reject(err) end)
            end)