diff --git a/start-cpu.ps1 b/start-cpu.ps1
index a810841..5a5df26 100644
--- a/start-cpu.ps1
+++ b/start-cpu.ps1
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ $Env:MODEL_DIR="src/models"
 $Env:VOICES_DIR="src/voices/v1_0"
 $Env:WEB_PLAYER_PATH="$Env:PROJECT_ROOT/web"
 
-uv pip install wheel setuptools ninja typing_extensions>=4.10.0 fastapi uvicorn
-
-uv pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu124
 uv pip install -e ".[cpu]"
-
-uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880
+uv run --no-sync python docker/scripts/download_model.py --output api/src/models/v1_0
+uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880
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diff --git a/start-cpu.sh b/start-cpu.sh
index 651f645..4438ff9 100755
--- a/start-cpu.sh
+++ b/start-cpu.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ export WEB_PLAYER_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/web
 # Run FastAPI with CPU extras using uv run
 # Note: espeak may still require manual installation,
 uv pip install -e ".[cpu]"
+uv run --no-sync python docker/scripts/download_model.py --output api/src/models/v1_0
 uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880
diff --git a/start-gpu.ps1 b/start-gpu.ps1
index 6a2a111..7b161a5 100644
--- a/start-gpu.ps1
+++ b/start-gpu.ps1
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ $Env:MODEL_DIR="src/models"
 $Env:VOICES_DIR="src/voices/v1_0"
 $Env:WEB_PLAYER_PATH="$Env:PROJECT_ROOT/web"
 
-uv pip install wheel setuptools ninja typing_extensions>=4.10.0 fastapi uvicorn
-
-uv pip install torch==2.6.0+cu124 torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu124
 uv pip install -e ".[gpu]"
-
-
-uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880
+uv run --no-sync python docker/scripts/download_model.py --output api/src/models/v1_0
+uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880
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diff --git a/start-gpu.sh b/start-gpu.sh
index b079978..a3a2e68 100755
--- a/start-gpu.sh
+++ b/start-gpu.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ export VOICES_DIR=src/voices/v1_0
 export WEB_PLAYER_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/web
 
 # Run FastAPI with GPU extras using uv run
+# Note: espeak may still require manual installation,
 uv pip install -e ".[gpu]"
+uv run --no-sync python docker/scripts/download_model.py --output api/src/models/v1_0
 uv run --no-sync uvicorn api.src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8880