diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1968be5..0b17e9f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,30 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), APIError> {
                 safetensors_files
             },
         }),
-        _ => loader.download_model(model_id, None, args.hf_token, args.hf_token_path)?,
+        _ => {
+            if args.hf_token.is_none() && args.hf_token_path.is_none() {
+                //no token provided
+                let token_path = format!(
+                    "{}/.cache/huggingface/token",
+                    dirs::home_dir()
+                        .ok_or(APIError::new_str("No home directory"))?
+                        .display()
+                );
+                if !Path::new(&token_path).exists() {
+                    //also no token cache
+                    use std::io::Write;
+                    let mut input_token = String::new();
+                    println!("Please provide your huggingface token to download model:\n");
+                    std::io::stdin()
+                        .read_line(&mut input_token)
+                        .expect("Failed to read token!");
+                    std::fs::create_dir_all(Path::new(&token_path).parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+                    let mut output = std::fs::File::create(token_path).unwrap();
+                    write!(output, "{}", input_token.trim()).expect("Failed to save token!");
+                }
+            }
+            loader.download_model(model_id, None, args.hf_token, args.hf_token_path)?
+        }
     };
 
     let dtype = match args.dtype.as_deref() {