diff --git a/packages/artifact/README.md b/packages/artifact/README.md
index 8a94a911..22984913 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/README.md
+++ b/packages/artifact/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
-You can use this package to interact with the actions artifact service to upload and download artifacts.
+You can use this package to interact with the actions artifacts.
 - [Upload an Artifact](##Upload-an-Artifact)
 - [Download a Single Artifact](##Download-a-Single-Artifact)
 - [Download All Artifacts](##Download-all-Artifacts)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const files = [
     'dir/file3.txt'
 ]
 
-const rootDirectory = '.' // Also possible to specify __dirname if using node
+const rootDirectory = '.' // Also possible to specify __dirname
 const options = {
     continueOnError: false
 }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal-artifact-client.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal-artifact-client.ts
index c2d80b13..2e2433b4 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal-artifact-client.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal-artifact-client.ts
@@ -217,12 +217,13 @@ export class DefaultArtifactClient implements ArtifactClient {
       await Promise.all(
         parallelDownloads.map(async () => {
           while (downloadedArtifacts < artifacts.count) {
-            const currentArtifactToUpload = artifacts.value[downloadedArtifacts]
+            const currentArtifactToDownload =
+              artifacts.value[downloadedArtifacts]
             downloadedArtifacts += 1
 
             // Promise.All is not correctly inferring that 'path' is no longer possibly undefined: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/34925
             const downloadSpecification = getDownloadSpecification(
-              currentArtifactToUpload.name,
+              currentArtifactToDownload.name,
               items.value,
               path!, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
               true
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ export class DefaultArtifactClient implements ArtifactClient {
             await downloadSingleArtifact(downloadSpecification.filesToDownload)
 
             response.push({
-              artifactName: currentArtifactToUpload.name,
+              artifactName: currentArtifactToDownload.name,
               downloadPath: downloadSpecification.rootDownloadLocation
             })
           }
diff --git a/packages/artifact/src/internal-download-specification.ts b/packages/artifact/src/internal-download-specification.ts
index 8d6291ec..56e2003e 100644
--- a/packages/artifact/src/internal-download-specification.ts
+++ b/packages/artifact/src/internal-download-specification.ts
@@ -53,21 +53,16 @@ export function getDownloadSpecification(
         includeRootDirectory ? entry.path : entry.path.replace(artifactName, '')
       )
 
+      // Case insensitive folder structure maintained in the backend, not every folder is created so the 'folder'
+      // itemType cannot be relied upon. The file must be used to determine the directory structure
       if (entry.itemType === 'file') {
-        // get the directories that we need to create from the filePath for each individual file
+        // Get the directories that we need to create from the filePath for each individual file
         directories.add(path.dirname(filePath))
 
         specifications.filesToDownload.push({
           sourceLocation: entry.contentLocation,
           targetPath: filePath
         })
-      } else if (entry.itemType === 'folder') {
-        // case insensitive folder structure maintained in the backend, not every folder is created so the
-        // path for the file must be used to determine the directory structure
-      } else {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.log(entry)
-        throw new Error(`Unsupported item type: ${entry.itemType}`)
       }
     }
   }