diff --git a/src/fetching-strategy-manager.hpp b/src/fetching-strategy-manager.hpp
index 53de939..a34afa0 100644
--- a/src/fetching-strategy-manager.hpp
+++ b/src/fetching-strategy-manager.hpp
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 #ifndef FETCHING_STRATEGY_MANAGER_HPP
 #define FETCHING_STRATEGY_MANAGER_HPP
 
-#include <ndn-cxx/interest.hpp>
 #include <ndn-cxx/data.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/interest.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/util/time.hpp>
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ntorrent {
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@
     struct status {
       double downloadedPercent;
     };
+    /**
+     * @brief Seed downloaded data for the specified timeout.
+     * By default this will go into an infinite loop.
+     */
+    virtual void
+    seed(const time::milliseconds& timeout = time::milliseconds::zero()) const = 0;
 
   private:
     /**
diff --git a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.cpp b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.cpp
index 971b59f..5873374 100644
--- a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
                               ".appdata/manifests/",
                               bind(&SequentialDataFetcher::onManifestReceived, this, _1),
                               bind(&SequentialDataFetcher::onDataRetrievalFailure, this, _1, _2));
+    m_manager->processEvents();
   }
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
     m_manager->download_data_packet(*i,
                               bind(&SequentialDataFetcher::onDataPacketReceived, this, _1),
                               bind(&SequentialDataFetcher::onDataRetrievalFailure, this, _1, _2));
+    m_manager->processEvents();
   }
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@
                                               const std::string& errorCode)
 {
   std::cerr << "Data Retrieval Failed: " << interest.getName() << std::endl;
-  
+
   // Data retrieval failure
   uint32_t nameType = IoUtil::findType(interest.getName());
   if (nameType == IoUtil::TORRENT_FILE) {
diff --git a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
index ea6ce90..8687d9c 100644
--- a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
+++ b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
     void
     resume();
 
+    void
+    seed(const time::milliseconds& timeout = time::milliseconds::zero()) const;
+
   protected:
     std::vector<ndn::Name>
     downloadTorrentFile();
@@ -98,6 +101,13 @@
     shared_ptr<TorrentManager> m_manager;
 };
 
+inline
+void
+SequentialDataFetcher::seed(const time::milliseconds& timeout) const
+{
+  m_manager->processEvents(timeout);
+}
+
 } // namespace ntorrent
 } // namespace ndn
 
diff --git a/src/torrent-manager.hpp b/src/torrent-manager.hpp
index 17e59db..4a8beb4 100644
--- a/src/torrent-manager.hpp
+++ b/src/torrent-manager.hpp
@@ -147,8 +147,15 @@
   void
   seed(const Data& data);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Process any data to receive or call timeout callbacks and update prefix list (if needed)
+   * By default only process pending events and return immediately, optionally specify a timeout.
+   */
+  void
+  processEvents(const time::milliseconds& timeout = time::milliseconds(-1));
+
  protected:
-  /*
+  /**
    * \brief Write @p packet composed of torrent date to disk.
    * @param packet The data packet to be written to the disk
    * Write the Data packet to disk, return 'true' if data successfully written to disk 'false'
@@ -359,6 +366,13 @@
   m_stats_table_iter = m_statsTable.begin();
 }
 
+inline
+void
+TorrentManager::processEvents(const time::milliseconds& timeout)
+{
+  m_face->processEvents(timeout);
+}
+
 }  // end ntorrent
 }  // end ndn