diff --git a/src/composables/useDownload.ts b/src/composables/useDownload.ts
index 22d9d3a424..87191dca07 100644
--- a/src/composables/useDownload.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useDownload.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import { whenever } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 
 import { useCivitaiModel } from '@/composables/useCivitaiModel'
-import { isCivitaiModelUrl } from '@/utils/formatUtil'
+import { downloadUrlToHfRepoUrl, isCivitaiModelUrl } from '@/utils/formatUtil'
 
 export function useDownload(url: string, fileName?: string) {
   const fileSize = ref<number | null>(null)
+  const error = ref<Error | null>(null)
 
   const setFileSize = (size: number) => {
     fileSize.value = size
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export function useDownload(url: string, fileName?: string) {
       }
     } catch (e) {
       console.error('Error fetching file size:', e)
+      error.value = e instanceof Error ? e : new Error(String(e))
       return null
     }
   }
@@ -34,8 +36,13 @@ export function useDownload(url: string, fileName?: string) {
    */
   const triggerBrowserDownload = () => {
     const link = document.createElement('a')
-    link.href = url
-    link.download = fileName || url.split('/').pop() || 'download'
+    if (url.includes('huggingface.co') && error.value) {
+      // If model is a gated HF model, send user to the repo page so they can sign in first
+      link.href = downloadUrlToHfRepoUrl(url)
+    } else {
+      link.href = url
+      link.download = fileName || url.split('/').pop() || 'download'
+    }
     link.target = '_blank' // Opens in new tab if download attribute is not supported
     link.rel = 'noopener noreferrer' // Security best practice for _blank links
     link.click()
diff --git a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
index 5c3653b04d..1f35d92411 100644
--- a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
@@ -357,3 +357,30 @@ export const isCivitaiModelUrl = (url: string): boolean => {
     /^\/api\/v1\/models-versions\/(\d+)$/.test(pathname)
   )
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Hugging Face download URL to a repository page URL
+ * @param url The download URL to convert
+ * @returns The repository page URL or the original URL if conversion fails
+ * @example
+ * downloadUrlToHfRepoUrl(
+ *  'https://huggingface.co/bfl/FLUX.1/resolve/main/flux1-canny-dev.safetensors?download=true'
+ * ) // https://huggingface.co/bfl/FLUX.1
+ */
+export const downloadUrlToHfRepoUrl = (url: string): string => {
+  try {
+    const urlObj = new URL(url)
+    const pathname = urlObj.pathname
+
+    // Use regex to match everything before /resolve/ or /blob/
+    const regex = /^(.*?)(?:\/resolve\/|\/blob\/|$)/
+    const repoPathMatch = regex.exec(pathname)
+
+    // Extract the repository path and remove leading slash if present
+    const repoPath = repoPathMatch?.[1]?.replace(/^\//, '') || ''
+
+    return `https://huggingface.co/${repoPath}`
+  } catch (error) {
+    return url
+  }
+}