diff --git a/artifact_huggingface_download.sh b/artifact_huggingface_download.sh
index 3e92ad1..24912c7 100755
--- a/artifact_huggingface_download.sh
+++ b/artifact_huggingface_download.sh
@@ -428,11 +428,11 @@ for file_path in latest_snapshot.rglob('*'):
         if filename_filter and filename_filter not in file_path.name:
             continue
         # Skip metadata files except important config files
-        # Allow: config.json, tokenizer.json, tokenizer_config.json, sentencepiece models
+        # Allow: config.json, tokenizer.json, tokenizer_config.json, sentencepiece models, .index.json for sharded models
         important_files = ('config.json', 'tokenizer.json', 'tokenizer_config.json', '.model')
         if file_path.name.endswith(('.txt', '.md', '.gitattributes')):
             continue
-        if file_path.name.endswith('.json') and not file_path.name in important_files:
+        if file_path.name.endswith('.json') and not (file_path.name in important_files or file_path.name.endswith('.index.json')):
             continue
         print(str(file_path))
         file_count += 1