diff --git a/laser_encoders/download_models.py b/laser_encoders/download_models.py
index 17a5db35..1f6ecb77 100644
--- a/laser_encoders/download_models.py
+++ b/laser_encoders/download_models.py
@@ -46,21 +46,31 @@ def __init__(self, model_dir: str = None):
 
     def download(self, filename: str):
         url = os.path.join(self.base_url, filename)
-        local_file_path = self.model_dir / filename
 
-        if local_file_path.exists():
+        local_file_path = os.path.join(self.model_dir, filename)
+        temp_file_path = os.path.join('/tmp', filename)
+
+        if os.path.exists(local_file_path):
             logger.info(f" - {filename} already downloaded")
         else:
             logger.info(f" - Downloading {filename}")
+
+            if os.path.exists(temp_file_path):
+                os.remove(temp_file_path)
+
             response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
             total_size = int(response.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
             progress_bar = tqdm(total=total_size, unit_scale=True, unit="B")
-            with open(local_file_path, "wb") as f:
+            
+            # Download to /tmp first
+            with open(temp_file_path, "wb") as f:
                 for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
                     f.write(chunk)
                     progress_bar.update(len(chunk))
             progress_bar.close()
 
+            os.rename(temp_file_path, local_file_path)
+
     def get_language_code(self, language_list: dict, lang: str) -> str:
         try:
             lang_3_4 = language_list[lang]