diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ecd050..a628cdc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
 # Project-local glide cache, RE: https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/issues/736
 .glide/
 
-covprofile
\ No newline at end of file
+covprofile
+
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datapackage/package.go b/datapackage/package.go
index 2ac1316..c30dba3 100644
--- a/datapackage/package.go
+++ b/datapackage/package.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (p *Package) Zip(path string) error {
 	fPaths := []string{descriptorPath}
 	for _, r := range p.resources {
 		for _, p := range r.path {
-			c, err := read(filepath.Join(r.basePath, p))
+			_, c, err := read(filepath.Join(r.basePath, p))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func FromString(in string, basePath string, loaders ...validator.RegistryLoader)
 // Load the data package descriptor from the specified URL or file path.
 // If path has the ".zip" extension, it will be saved in local filesystem and decompressed before loading.
 func Load(path string, loaders ...validator.RegistryLoader) (*Package, error) {
-	contents, err := read(path)
+	localPath, contents, err := read(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading path contents (%s): %w", path, err)
 	}
@@ -305,34 +305,47 @@ func Load(path string, loaders ...validator.RegistryLoader) (*Package, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating temporary directory: %w", err)
 	}
-	fNames, err := unzip(path, dir)
+	fNames, err := unzip(localPath, dir)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unzipping path contents (%s): %w", path, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unzipping path contents (%s): %w", localPath, err)
 	}
 	if _, ok := fNames[descriptorFileNameWithinZip]; ok {
 		return Load(filepath.Join(dir, descriptorFileNameWithinZip), loaders...)
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("zip file %s does not contain a file called %s", path, descriptorFileNameWithinZip)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("zip file %s does not contain a file called %s", localPath, descriptorFileNameWithinZip)
 }
 
-func read(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+func read(path string) (string, []byte, error) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "http") {
 		resp, err := http.Get(path)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error performing HTTP GET(%s): %w", path, err)
+			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("error performing HTTP GET(%s): %w", path, err)
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 		buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response body contents (%s): %w", path, err)
+			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response body contents (%s): %w", path, err)
 		}
-		return buf, nil
+		// Making sure zip file is materialized.
+		// This makes debugging easier.
+		localPath, err := func() (string, error) {
+			f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "*.zip")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("error creating temp file to save zip (dir:%s): %w", os.TempDir(), err)
+			}
+			defer f.Close()
+			if _, err := f.Write(buf); err != nil {
+				return f.Name(), fmt.Errorf("error writing temp file to save zip (%s): %w", f.Name(), err)
+			}
+			return f.Name(), nil
+		}()
+		return localPath, buf, err
 	}
 	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading local file contents (%s): %w", path, err)
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading local file contents (%s): %w", path, err)
 	}
-	return buf, nil
+	return path, buf, nil
 }
 
 func unzip(archive, basePath string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
diff --git a/datapackage/package_test.go b/datapackage/package_test.go
index 989403c..9ec1f42 100644
--- a/datapackage/package_test.go
+++ b/datapackage/package_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -456,26 +457,11 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	t.Run("LocalZip", func(t *testing.T) {
 		is := is.New(t)
-		// Creating a zip file.
-		fName := filepath.Join(dir, "pkg.zip")
-		zipFile, err := os.Create(fName)
+		pkg, err := Load("test_package.zip", validator.InMemoryLoader())
 		is.NoErr(err)
-		defer zipFile.Close()
-
-		// Adding a datapackage.json file to the zip with proper contents.
-		w := zip.NewWriter(zipFile)
-		f, err := w.Create("datapackage.json")
-		is.NoErr(err)
-		_, err = f.Write([]byte(r1Str))
-		is.NoErr(err)
-		is.NoErr(w.Close())
-
-		// Load and check package.
-		pkg, err := Load(fName, validator.InMemoryLoader())
-		is.NoErr(err)
-		res := pkg.GetResource("res1")
-		is.Equal(res.name, "res1")
-		is.Equal(res.path, []string{"foo.csv"})
+		res := pkg.GetResource("books")
+		is.Equal(res.name, "books")
+		is.Equal(res.path, []string{"data.csv"})
 	})
 	t.Run("LocalZipWithSubdirs", func(t *testing.T) {
 		is := is.New(t)
@@ -549,6 +535,26 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	})
+	t.Run("RemoteZip", func(t *testing.T) {
+		is := is.New(t)
+		ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			f, err := os.Open("test_package.zip")
+			is.NoErr(err)
+			defer f.Close()
+
+			stat, err := f.Stat()
+			is.NoErr(err)
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(stat.Size(), 10)) //Get file size as a string
+			io.Copy(w, f)
+		}))
+		defer ts.Close()
+		pkg, err := Load(ts.URL+"/package.zip", validator.InMemoryLoader())
+		is.NoErr(err)
+		res := pkg.GetResource("books")
+		is.Equal(res.name, "books")
+		is.Equal(res.path, []string{"data.csv"})
+	})
 	t.Run("InvalidPath", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := Load("foobar", validator.InMemoryLoader())
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/datapackage/test_package.zip b/datapackage/test_package.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed429d6
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