diff --git a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
index 02b321f629..c170b1c828 100644
--- a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
+++ b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
@@ -44,24 +44,31 @@
 # DVAE files
 DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/dvae.pth"
 MEL_NORM_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/mel_stats.pth"
-# download DVAE files
-print(" > Downloading DVAE files!")
-ModelManager._download_model_files([MEL_NORM_LINK, DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
 
 # Set the path to the downloaded files
 DVAE_CHECKPOINT = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK.split("/")[-1])
 MEL_NORM_FILE = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, MEL_NORM_LINK.split("/")[-1])
 
-# Download XTTS v1.1 checkpoint
+# download DVAE files if needed
+if not os.path.isfile(DVAE_CHECKPOINT) or not os.path.isfile(MEL_NORM_FILE):
+    print(" > Downloading DVAE files!")
+    ModelManager._download_model_files([MEL_NORM_LINK, DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
+
+
+# Download XTTS v1.1 checkpoint if needed
 TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/vocab.json"
 XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/model.pth"
-print(" > Downloading XTTS v1.1 files!")
-ModelManager._download_model_files([TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK, XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
 
 # XTTS transfer learning parameters: You we need to provide the paths of XTTS model checkpoint that you want to do the fine tuning.
 TOKENIZER_FILE = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK.split("/")[-1]) # vocab.json file
 XTTS_CHECKPOINT = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK.split("/")[-1]) # model.pth file
 
+# download XTTS v1.1 files if needed
+if not os.path.isfile(TOKENIZER_FILE) or not os.path.isfile(XTTS_CHECKPOINT):
+    print(" > Downloading XTTS v1.1 files!")
+    ModelManager._download_model_files([TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK, XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
+
+
 # Training sentences generations
 SPEAKER_REFERENCE = (
     "./tests/data/ljspeech/wavs/LJ001-0002.wav"  # speaker reference to be used in training test sentences