diff --git a/download-model.py b/download-model.py
index 09bc9a86..d7cf9273 100644
--- a/download-model.py
+++ b/download-model.py
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ base = "https://huggingface.co"
 
 class ModelDownloader:
     def __init__(self, max_retries=5):
-        self.session = requests.Session()
-        if max_retries:
-            self.session.mount('https://cdn-lfs.huggingface.co', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=max_retries))
-            self.session.mount('https://huggingface.co', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=max_retries))
+        self.max_retries = max_retries
+
+    def get_session(self):
+        session = requests.Session()
+        if self.max_retries:
+            session.mount('https://cdn-lfs.huggingface.co', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.max_retries))
+            session.mount('https://huggingface.co', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.max_retries))
 
         if os.getenv('HF_USER') is not None and os.getenv('HF_PASS') is not None:
-            self.session.auth = (os.getenv('HF_USER'), os.getenv('HF_PASS'))
+            session.auth = (os.getenv('HF_USER'), os.getenv('HF_PASS'))
 
         try:
             from huggingface_hub import get_token
@@ -41,7 +44,9 @@ class ModelDownloader:
             token = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN")
 
         if token is not None:
-            self.session.headers = {'authorization': f'Bearer {token}'}
+            session.headers = {'authorization': f'Bearer {token}'}
+
+        return session
 
     def sanitize_model_and_branch_names(self, model, branch):
         if model[-1] == '/':
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ class ModelDownloader:
         return model, branch
 
     def get_download_links_from_huggingface(self, model, branch, text_only=False, specific_file=None):
+        session = self.get_session()
         page = f"/api/models/{model}/tree/{branch}"
         cursor = b""
 
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ class ModelDownloader:
         is_lora = False
         while True:
             url = f"{base}{page}" + (f"?cursor={cursor.decode()}" if cursor else "")
-            r = self.session.get(url, timeout=10)
+            r = session.get(url, timeout=10)
             r.raise_for_status()
             content = r.content
 
@@ -171,6 +177,7 @@ class ModelDownloader:
         return output_folder
 
     def get_single_file(self, url, output_folder, start_from_scratch=False):
+        session = self.get_session()
         filename = Path(url.rsplit('/', 1)[1])
         output_path = output_folder / filename
         headers = {}
@@ -178,7 +185,7 @@ class ModelDownloader:
         if output_path.exists() and not start_from_scratch:
 
             # Check if the file has already been downloaded completely
-            r = self.session.get(url, stream=True, timeout=10)
+            r = session.get(url, stream=True, timeout=10)
             total_size = int(r.headers.get('content-length', 0))
             if output_path.stat().st_size >= total_size:
                 return
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ class ModelDownloader:
             headers = {'Range': f'bytes={output_path.stat().st_size}-'}
             mode = 'ab'
 
-        with self.session.get(url, stream=True, headers=headers, timeout=10) as r:
+        with session.get(url, stream=True, headers=headers, timeout=10) as r:
             r.raise_for_status()  # Do not continue the download if the request was unsuccessful
             total_size = int(r.headers.get('content-length', 0))
             block_size = 1024 * 1024  # 1MB