Torrent added, but download not initiated

[tiagommferreira]

What version of WebTorrent?
0.98.18

What operating system and Node.js version?
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Node.js v7.9.0

What did you expect to happen?
I have a simple React component that when a user clicks on a button, downloads a set torrent.

import React from 'react';
import WebTorrent from 'webtorrent';
let client = new WebTorrent()
let magnetURI = 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:69656f3eb368749d31096b842502b574a33fe1a5&dn=13.Reasons.Why.S01E11.WEB.X264-FLATULENCE%5Bettv%5D&xl=545484098&tr=udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce'

export default class About extends React.Component {
    download() {
        console.log('On Download')
        client.add(magnetURI, function (torrent) {
            // Got torrent metadata!
            console.log('Client is downloading:', torrent.infoHash)

            // Print out progress every 5 seconds
            var interval = setInterval(function () {
                console.log('Progress: ' + (torrent.progress * 100).toFixed(1) + '%')
            }, 5000)

            torrent.on('done', function () {
                console.log('Progress: 100%')
                clearInterval(interval)
            })
        })
    }

    render() {
        return(
            <div>
                <button onClick={this.download.bind(this)}>Download torrent</button>
                <div>About page</div>
            </div>
        );
    }
};

I expected the client to fetch the torrent, execute the callback on the add function, and download the torrent.

What actually happened?
The torrent is added to the client (if I print the client object, the torrent is in the torrents array) but the callback code does not execute and the torrent is not downloaded.

[DiegoRBaquero]

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