diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/downloads/component.tsx b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/component.tsx
index 54a602507..e84544f92 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/downloads/component.tsx
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/component.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export default function DownloadClientsWidget({
   );
   const utils = clientApi.useUtils();
 
-  //Translations
   const t = useScopedI18n("widget.downloads");
   const tCommon = useScopedI18n("common");
 
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/downloads/index.ts b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/index.ts
index c00044aa9..36979083b 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/downloads/index.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const columnsList = [
 ] as const satisfies (keyof ExtendedDownloadClientItem)[];
 const sortingExclusion = ["actions", "id", "state"] as const satisfies readonly (typeof columnsList)[number][];
 const columnsSort = columnsList.filter((column) =>
-  sortingExclusion.some((exclusion) => exclusion !== column),
+  sortingExclusion.every((exclusion) => exclusion !== column),
 ) as Exclude<typeof columnsList, (typeof sortingExclusion)[number]>;
 
 export const { definition, componentLoader } = createWidgetDefinition("downloads", {
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/downloads/prefetch.ts b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/prefetch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4eb073c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/downloads/prefetch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { api, trpc } from "@homarr/api/server";
+import { createLogger } from "@homarr/core/infrastructure/logs";
+
+import type { Prefetch } from "../definition";
+
+const logger = createLogger({ module: "downloadsWidgetPrefetch" });
+
+const prefetchAllAsync: Prefetch<"downloads"> = async (queryClient, items) => {
+  await Promise.all(
+    items.map(async (item) => {
+      if (item.integrationIds.length === 0) return;
+
+      const input = {
+        integrationIds: item.integrationIds,
+        limitPerIntegration: Number(item.options.limitPerIntegration) || 50,
+      };
+
+      try {
+        const data = await api.widget.downloads.getJobsAndStatuses(input);
+        queryClient.setQueryData(trpc.widget.downloads.getJobsAndStatuses.queryKey(input), data);
+        logger.info("Prefetched downloads widget data", { integrations: item.integrationIds.length });
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.warn("Failed to prefetch downloads widget data", { error });
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+};
+
+export default prefetchAllAsync;
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/prefetch.ts b/packages/widgets/src/prefetch.ts
index 590237cc9..c0e3d03c4 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/prefetch.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/prefetch.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { createSettings } from "@homarr/settings/creator";
 import { reduceWidgetOptionsWithDefaultValues } from ".";
 import prefetchForApps from "./app/prefetch";
 import prefetchForBookmarks from "./bookmarks/prefetch";
+import prefetchForDownloads from "./downloads/prefetch";
 import type { Prefetch, WidgetOptionsRecordOf } from "./definition";
 import type { inferOptionsFromCreator } from "./options";
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const prefetchCallbacks: Partial<{
 }> = {
   bookmarks: prefetchForBookmarks,
   app: prefetchForApps,
+  downloads: prefetchForDownloads,
 };
 
 export const prefetchForKindAsync = async <TKind extends WidgetKind>(