Why does it give a file with 0 size for laravel download?

Question

Laravel

I'm trying to download a file, it sends it for download with the correct name and permission but with 0 size.

Link to download

<a href="{{route('download', $material->link)}}" download>Завантажити</a>

Controller

public function download($path){
        return response()->download(public_path($path));
    }

Maybe the reason is that I'm doing this on a local server?
Tell me what I'm doing wrong.