diff --git a/src/download_model.py b/src/download_model.py
index 086a2a0..f0f2d79 100644
--- a/src/download_model.py
+++ b/src/download_model.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import logging
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 from vllm.model_executor.weight_utils import prepare_hf_model_weights
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         model_name_or_path=model,
         cache_dir=download_dir,
     )
+
+    tokenizer = os.getenv("TOKENIZER_NAME", model)
+    AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
+        pretrained_model_name_or_path=tokenizer,
+        cache_dir=download_dir,
+    )
     
     logging.info(f"Finished downloading model {model} to {download_dir}")