diff --git a/modules/julia/samples/chessboard_corners.jl b/modules/julia/samples/chessboard_corners.jl
index cc9a1e7b8..ca9111d9c 100644
--- a/modules/julia/samples/chessboard_corners.jl
+++ b/modules/julia/samples/chessboard_corners.jl
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ using OpenCV
 
 const cv = OpenCV
 
-
-# chess1.png is at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencv/opencv_extra/master/testdata/cv/cameracalibration/chess1.png
-img = cv.imread("chess1.png",cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+file = download("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencv/opencv_extra/master/testdata/cv/cameracalibration/chess1.png")
+img = cv.imread(file,cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
 climg = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
 
 # Find the chess board corners