diff --git a/src/Symfony/Installer/DemoCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Installer/DemoCommand.php
index f67812c..c547317 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Installer/DemoCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Installer/DemoCommand.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 
 /**
  * This command creates a full-featured Symfony demo application.
@@ -22,15 +21,10 @@
  */
 class DemoCommand extends DownloadCommand
 {
-    /** @var Filesystem */
-    protected $fs;
     protected $projectName;
     protected $projectDir;
-    protected $remoteFileUrl;
     protected $downloadedFilePath;
     protected $requirementsErrors = array();
-    /** @var OutputInterface */
-    protected $output;
 
     protected function configure()
     {
@@ -42,9 +36,8 @@ protected function configure()
 
     protected function initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $this->remoteFileUrl = 'http://symfony.com/download?v=Symfony_Demo';
-        $this->output = $output;
-        $this->fs = new Filesystem();
+        parent::initialize($input, $output);
+
         $this->projectDir = getcwd();
 
         $i = 1;
@@ -128,4 +121,14 @@ private function displayInstallationResult()
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    protected function getDownloadedApplicationType()
+    {
+        return 'Symfony Demo Application';
+    }
+
+    protected function getRemoteFileUrl()
+    {
+        return 'http://symfony.com/download?v=Symfony_Demo';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Installer/DownloadCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Installer/DownloadCommand.php
index 04a0b76..69d5617 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Installer/DownloadCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Installer/DownloadCommand.php
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 use GuzzleHttp\Subscriber\Progress\Progress;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 
 /**
  * Abstract command used by commands which download and extract compressed Symfony files.
@@ -31,6 +34,29 @@
  */
 abstract class DownloadCommand extends Command
 {
+    /** @var Filesystem */
+    protected $fs;
+    /** @var OutputInterface */
+    protected $output;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of the downloaded application in a human readable format.
+     * It's mainly used to display readable error messages.
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract protected function getDownloadedApplicationType();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the absolute URL of the remote file downloaded by the command.
+     */
+    abstract protected function getRemoteFileUrl();
+
+    protected function initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $this->output = $output;
+        $this->fs = new Filesystem();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Chooses the best compressed file format to download (ZIP or TGZ) depending upon the
      * available operating system uncompressing commands and the enabled PHP extensions
@@ -42,14 +68,14 @@ abstract class DownloadCommand extends Command
      */
     protected function download()
     {
-        $this->output->writeln(sprintf("\n Downloading %s...\n", $this->getDownloadedFileName()));
+        $this->output->writeln(sprintf("\n Downloading %s...\n", $this->getDownloadedApplicationType()));
 
         // decide which is the best compressed version to download
         $distill = new Distill();
         $symfonyArchiveFile = $distill
             ->getChooser()
             ->setStrategy(new MinimumSize())
-            ->addFilesWithDifferentExtensions($this->remoteFileUrl, ['tgz', 'zip'])
+            ->addFilesWithDifferentExtensions($this->getRemoteFileUrl(), ['tgz', 'zip'])
             ->getPreferredFile()
         ;
 
@@ -107,7 +133,7 @@ protected function download()
             } else {
                 throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
                     "There was an error downloading %s from symfony.com server:\n%s",
-                    $this->getDownloadedFileName(),
+                    $this->getDownloadedApplicationType(),
                     $e->getMessage()
                 ));
             }
@@ -142,13 +168,13 @@ protected function extract()
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
                 "%s can't be installed because the downloaded package is corrupted.\n".
                 "To solve this issue, try executing this command again:\n%s",
-                $this->getDownloadedFileName(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
+                $this->getDownloadedApplicationType(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
             ));
         } catch (FileEmptyException $e) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
                 "%s can't be installed because the downloaded package is empty.\n".
                 "To solve this issue, try executing this command again:\n%s",
-                $this->getDownloadedFileName(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
+                $this->getDownloadedApplicationType(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
             ));
         } catch (TargetDirectoryNotWritableException $e) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
@@ -156,7 +182,7 @@ protected function extract()
                 "permissions to uncompress and rename the package contents.\n".
                 "To solve this issue, check the permissions of the %s directory and\n".
                 "try executing this command again:\n%s",
-                $this->getDownloadedFileName(), getcwd(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
+                $this->getDownloadedApplicationType(), getcwd(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
             ));
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
@@ -165,7 +191,7 @@ protected function extract()
                 "rename the package contents.\n".
                 "To solve this issue, check the permissions of the %s directory and\n".
                 "try executing this command again:\n%s",
-                $this->getDownloadedFileName(), getcwd(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
+                $this->getDownloadedApplicationType(), getcwd(), $this->getExecutedCommand()
             ));
         }
 
@@ -173,7 +199,7 @@ protected function extract()
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf(
                 "%s can't be installed because the downloaded package is corrupted\n".
                 "or because the uncompress commands of your operating system didn't work.",
-                $this->getDownloadedFileName()
+                $this->getDownloadedApplicationType()
             ));
         }
 
@@ -323,23 +349,4 @@ protected function isEmptyDirectory($dir)
         // scandir() returns '.'  and '..'  for an empty dir
         return 2 === count(scandir($dir.'/'));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the name of the downloaded file in a human readable format.
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function getDownloadedFileName()
-    {
-        $commandName = $this->getName();
-
-        if ('new' === $commandName) {
-            return 'Symfony';
-        }
-
-        if ('demo' === $commandName) {
-            return 'Symfony Demo Application';
-        }
-
-        return '';
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Installer/NewCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Installer/NewCommand.php
index 6435064..b62e4d6 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Installer/NewCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Installer/NewCommand.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 
 /**
  * This command creates new Symfony projects for the given Symfony version.
@@ -25,15 +24,11 @@
  */
 class NewCommand extends DownloadCommand
 {
-    /** @var Filesystem */
-    protected $fs;
     protected $projectName;
     protected $projectDir;
     protected $version;
     protected $downloadedFilePath;
     protected $requirementsErrors = array();
-    /** @var OutputInterface */
-    protected $output;
 
     protected function configure()
     {
@@ -47,8 +42,7 @@ protected function configure()
 
     protected function initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $this->output = $output;
-        $this->fs = new Filesystem();
+        parent::initialize($input, $output);
 
         $directory = rtrim(trim($input->getArgument('directory')), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         $this->projectDir = $this->fs->isAbsolutePath($directory) ? $directory : getcwd().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$directory;
@@ -62,7 +56,6 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             $this
                 ->checkProjectName()
                 ->checkSymfonyVersionIsInstallable()
-                ->initializeRemoteFileUrl()
                 ->download()
                 ->extract()
                 ->cleanUp()
@@ -384,15 +377,13 @@ protected function generateComposerProjectName()
         return $name;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Builds the URL of the archive to download based on the validated version number.
-     *
-     * @return NewCommand
-     */
-    private function initializeRemoteFileUrl()
+    protected function getDownloadedApplicationType()
     {
-        $this->remoteFileUrl = 'http://symfony.com/download?v=Symfony_Standard_Vendors_'.$this->version;
+        return 'Symfony';
+    }
 
-        return $this;
+    protected function getRemoteFileUrl()
+    {
+        return 'http://symfony.com/download?v=Symfony_Standard_Vendors_'.$this->version;
     }
 }