diff --git a/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/start/route.ts b/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/start/route.ts
index dcf5795d..758f1d68 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/start/route.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/start/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { TOOLKIT_ROOT, defaultTrainFolder } from '@/paths';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { getTrainingFolder } from '@/server/settings';
+import { getTrainingFolder, getHFToken } from '@/server/settings';
 
 const prisma = new PrismaClient();
 
@@ -60,11 +60,21 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest, { params }: { params: { jobID: s
   if (!fs.existsSync(runFilePath)) {
     return NextResponse.json({ error: 'run.py not found' }, { status: 500 });
   }
+  const additionalEnv: any = {
+    AITK_JOB_ID: jobID,
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: `${job.gpu_ids}`,
+  };
 
-  console.log(
-    'Spawning command:',
-    `AITK_JOB_ID=${jobID} CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=${job.gpu_ids} ${pythonPath} ${runFilePath} ${configPath}`,
-  );
+  // HF_TOKEN
+  const hfToken = await getHFToken();
+  if (hfToken && hfToken.trim() !== '') {
+    additionalEnv.HF_TOKEN = hfToken;
+  }
+
+  // console.log(
+  //   'Spawning command:',
+  //   `AITK_JOB_ID=${jobID} CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=${job.gpu_ids} ${pythonPath} ${runFilePath} ${configPath}`,
+  // );
 
   // start job
   const subprocess = spawn(pythonPath, [runFilePath, configPath], {
@@ -72,8 +82,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest, { params }: { params: { jobID: s
     stdio: 'ignore',
     env: {
       ...process.env,
-      AITK_JOB_ID: jobID,
-      CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: `${job.gpu_ids}`,
+      ...additionalEnv,
     },
     cwd: TOOLKIT_ROOT,
   });
diff --git a/ui/src/server/settings.ts b/ui/src/server/settings.ts
index a93d2b95..efebc8cc 100644
--- a/ui/src/server/settings.ts
+++ b/ui/src/server/settings.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export const getDatasetsRoot = async () => {
   return datasetsPath as string;
 };
 
-
 export const getTrainingFolder = async () => {
   const key = 'TRAINING_FOLDER';
   let trainingRoot = myCache.get(key) as string;
@@ -48,3 +47,22 @@ export const getTrainingFolder = async () => {
   myCache.set(key, trainingRoot);
   return trainingRoot as string;
 };
+
+export const getHFToken = async () => {
+  const key = 'HF_TOKEN';
+  let token = myCache.get(key) as string;
+  if (token) {
+    return token;
+  }
+  let row = await prisma.settings.findFirst({
+    where: {
+      key: key,
+    },
+  });
+  token = '';
+  if (row?.value && row.value !== '') {
+    token = row.value;
+  }
+  myCache.set(key, token);
+  return token;
+};