The React refs keep dissapearing

App.js

	async beginDownload() {
		if (this.state.downloadURL) {
			const that = this; // lol I know

			const onStatusChange = async function (status) {
				if (status === 2 || status === 3) {
					that.forceUpdate();
					// this.props.remove.bind(this)();
				}
			};

			const remove = function () {
				function getIndex(array) {
					return array.findIndex(i => i.key === download.key);
				}

				const index = getIndex(that.state.activeDownloads);

				that.state.activeDownloads.splice(index, 1);

				console.log(that.state.activeDownloads.slice(index, 1));

				that.forceUpdate();
			};

			const url = this.state.downloadURL,
				name = this.state.downloadName,
				headers = this.state.customHeaders;

			const download = <DownloadComp
				url={url}
				name={name}
				customHeaders={headers}

				onComplete={function (err) {
					if (!err)
						this.props.remove.bind(this)();
					that.next(this)
				}}
				onStatusChange={onStatusChange}
				alert={box => this.alert(box)}
				id={this.state.activeDownloads.length + 1}
				remove={remove}
				updateTaskBarProgress={(index, progress) => this.updateTaskBarValue(index, progress)}
				key={`download${this.state.downloadNums}`}
				ref={this.me}/>;

			await this.setState(prev => ({
				activeDownloads: [...prev.activeDownloads, download],
				downloadNums: prev.downloadNums + 1
			}));

			await App.addToDownloadHistory(this.state.downloadURL, this.state.downloadName, this.state.customHeaders);
			this.closePrompt();

			console.log("Refs", this.state.activeDownloads.map(i => i.ref.current));

			if (this.state.activeDownloads.length === 1) {
				// this.state.activeDownloads[0].ref.current.startDownload();
				this.next();
			}

		} else {
			this.setState({requiredField: true});
		}
	}

	next(download) {
		if (download) {
			console.log("Refs", download.startDownload);
			this.setState(prev => ({
				inactiveDownloads: [...(prev.inactiveDownloads || []),
					<DownloadDisplayComp key={`downloadDisplay${this.state.downloadNums}`}
										 contents={{...download.state}}/>]
			}));
		}

		if (this.state.activeDownloads[0])
			this.state.activeDownloads[0].ref.current.startDownload();
	}