diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3c30cfe..08862b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install .[test]
       - name: Test package
         run: |
-          python -m pytest -vv tests --reruns 10 --reruns-delay 30 --only-rerun "(?i)OSError|timeout|expired|connection|socket"
+          python -m pytest -vv tests --reruns 10 --reruns-delay 30 --only-rerun "(?i)OSError|FileNotFoundError|timeout|expired|connection|socket"
 
       - name: Run fsspec-xrootd tests from uproot latest release
         run: |
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install ./uproot[test]
           # Install xrootd-fsspec again because it may have been overwritten by uproot
           python -m pip install .[test]
-          python -m pytest -vv -k "xrootd" uproot/tests --reruns 10 --reruns-delay 30 --only-rerun "(?i)OSError|timeout|expired|connection|socket"
+          python -m pytest -vv -k "xrootd" uproot/tests --reruns 10 --reruns-delay 30 --only-rerun "(?i)OSError|FileNotFoundError|timeout|expired|connection|socket"
 
   dist:
     name: Distribution build
diff --git a/src/fsspec_xrootd/xrootd.py b/src/fsspec_xrootd/xrootd.py
index 8d36793..4dea736 100644
--- a/src/fsspec_xrootd/xrootd.py
+++ b/src/fsspec_xrootd/xrootd.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async def _rmdir(self, path: str) -> None:
 
     rmdir = sync_wrapper(_rmdir)
 
-    async def _rm_file(self, path: str) -> None:
+    async def _rm_file(self, path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         status, n = await _async_wrap(self._myclient.rm, path, self.timeout)
         if not status.ok:
             raise OSError(f"File not removed properly: {status.message}")
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ async def _cat_file(self, path: str, start: int, end: int, **kwargs: Any) -> Any
         try:
             status, _n = await _async_wrap(
                 _myFile.open,
-                self.protocol + "://" + self.storage_options["hostid"] + "/" + path,
+                self.unstrip_protocol(path),
                 OpenFlags.READ,
                 self.timeout,
             )
@@ -412,6 +412,45 @@ async def _cat_file(self, path: str, start: int, end: int, **kwargs: Any) -> Any
                 self.timeout,
             )
 
+    async def _get_file(
+        self, rpath: str, lpath: str, chunk_size: int = 262_144, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> None:
+        # Open the remote file for reading
+        remote_file = client.File()
+
+        try:
+            status, _n = await _async_wrap(
+                remote_file.open,
+                self.unstrip_protocol(rpath),
+                OpenFlags.READ,
+                self.timeout,
+            )
+            if not status.ok:
+                raise OSError(f"Remote file failed to open: {status.message}")
+
+            with open(lpath, "wb") as local_file:
+                start: int = 0
+                while True:
+                    # Read a chunk of content from the remote file
+                    status, chunk = await _async_wrap(
+                        remote_file.read, start, chunk_size, self.timeout
+                    )
+                    start += chunk_size
+
+                    if not status.ok:
+                        raise OSError(f"Remote file failed to read: {status.message}")
+
+                    # Break if there is no more content
+                    if not chunk:
+                        break
+
+                    # Write the chunk to the local file
+                    local_file.write(chunk)
+
+        finally:
+            # Close the remote file
+            await _async_wrap(remote_file.close, self.timeout)
+
     async def _get_max_chunk_info(self, file: Any) -> tuple[int, int]:
         """Queries the XRootD server for info required for pyxrootd vector_read() function.
         Queries for maximum number of chunks and the maximum chunk size allowed by the server.
diff --git a/tests/test_basicio.py b/tests/test_basicio.py
index 771804d..32f5dc6 100644
--- a/tests/test_basicio.py
+++ b/tests/test_basicio.py
@@ -412,3 +412,35 @@ def test_glob_full_names(localserver, clear_server):
     for name in full_names:
         with fsspec.open(name) as f:
             assert f.read() in [bytes(data, "utf-8") for data in [TESTDATA1, TESTDATA2]]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol_prefix", ["", "simplecache::"])
+def test_cache(localserver, clear_server, protocol_prefix):
+    data = TESTDATA1 * int(1e7 / len(TESTDATA1))  # bigger than the chunk size
+    remoteurl, localpath = localserver
+    with open(localpath + "/testfile.txt", "w") as fout:
+        fout.write(data)
+
+    with fsspec.open(protocol_prefix + remoteurl + "/testfile.txt", "rb") as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+        assert contents == data.encode("utf-8")
+
+
+def test_cache_directory(localserver, clear_server, tmp_path):
+    remoteurl, localpath = localserver
+    with open(localpath + "/testfile.txt", "w") as fout:
+        fout.write(TESTDATA1)
+
+    cache_directory = tmp_path / "cache"
+    with fsspec.open(
+        "simplecache::" + remoteurl + "/testfile.txt",
+        "rb",
+        simplecache={"cache_storage": str(cache_directory)},
+    ) as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+        assert contents == TESTDATA1.encode("utf-8")
+
+    assert len(os.listdir(cache_directory)) == 1
+    with open(cache_directory / os.listdir(cache_directory)[0], "rb") as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+        assert contents == TESTDATA1.encode("utf-8")