diff --git a/start-gpu_mac.sh b/start-gpu_mac.sh
index 54bb462..9d00063 100755
--- a/start-gpu_mac.sh
+++ b/start-gpu_mac.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 # Get project root directory
 PROJECT_ROOT=$(pwd)
 
-# Create mps-specific venv directory
-VENV_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/.venv-mps"
-if [ ! -d "$VENV_DIR" ]; then
-    echo "Creating MPS-specific virtual environment..."
-    python3 -m venv "$VENV_DIR"
-fi
-
 # Set other environment variables
 export USE_GPU=true
 export USE_ONNX=false
@@ -18,18 +11,11 @@ export MODEL_DIR=src/models
 export VOICES_DIR=src/voices/v1_0
 export WEB_PLAYER_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/web
 
-# Set environment variables
-export USE_GPU=true
-export USE_ONNX=false
-export PYTHONPATH=$PROJECT_ROOT:$PROJECT_ROOT/api
-export MODEL_DIR=src/models
-export VOICES_DIR=src/voices/v1_0
-export WEB_PLAYER_PATH=$PROJECT_ROOT/web
-
 export DEVICE_TYPE=mps
 # Enable MPS fallback for unsupported operations
 export PYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK=1
 
 # Run FastAPI with GPU extras using uv run
 uv pip install -e .
+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