diff --git a/RealESRGAN/model.py b/RealESRGAN/model.py
index 3a04daf..3bdc795 100644
--- a/RealESRGAN/model.py
+++ b/RealESRGAN/model.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from PIL import Image
 import numpy as np
 import cv2
-from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_url, cached_download
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
 
 from .rrdbnet_arch import RRDBNet
 from .utils import pad_reflect, split_image_into_overlapping_patches, stich_together, \
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ def load_weights(self, model_path, download=True):
             config = HF_MODELS[self.scale]
             cache_dir = os.path.dirname(model_path)
             local_filename = os.path.basename(model_path)
-            config_file_url = hf_hub_url(repo_id=config['repo_id'], filename=config['filename'])
-            cached_download(config_file_url, cache_dir=cache_dir, force_filename=local_filename)
+            downloaded_model_path = hf_hub_download(
+                repo_id=config['repo_id'],
+                filename=config['filename'],
+                cache_dir=cache_dir,
+                local_dir=cache_dir,
+                local_dir_use_symlinks=False
+            )
+            os.rename(downloaded_model_path, model_path)
+            print('Weights downloaded to:', model_path)
+
             print('Weights downloaded to:', os.path.join(cache_dir, local_filename))
         
         loadnet = torch.load(model_path)