diff --git a/artifact_comfyui_download.sh b/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
index 22623da..18ba9cd 100755
--- a/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
+++ b/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ link_model() {
                     fi
 
                     # Only link if the file is large enough to be a checkpoint (> 500MB)
-                    local file_size=$(stat -c%s "$ckpt_file" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+                    # Use -L to follow symlinks (HuggingFace cache uses symlinks to blobs)
+                    local file_size=$(stat -L -c%s "$ckpt_file" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
                     if [[ $file_size -gt 524288000 ]]; then
                         local ckpt_link="${checkpoint_dir}/${ckpt_name}"