diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
index b5eb41eacdab7..56582a1402501 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
@@ -142,8 +142,17 @@ def download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path):
     if tokt == TOKENIZER_TYPE.SPM:
         continue
 
+    # Skip if the tokenizer folder does not exist or there are other download issues previously
+    if not os.path.exists(f"models/tokenizers/{name}"):
+        logger.warning(f"Directory for tokenizer {name} not found. Skipping...")
+        continue
+
     # create the tokenizer
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+    try:
+        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+    except OSError as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error loading tokenizer for model {name}. The model may not exist or is not accessible with the provided token. Error: {e}")
+        continue  # Skip to the next model if the tokenizer can't be loaded
 
     chktok = tokenizer.encode(chktxt)
     chkhsh = sha256(str(chktok).encode()).hexdigest()
@@ -284,8 +293,17 @@ def get_vocab_base_pre(self, tokenizer) -> str:
     name = model["name"]
     tokt = model["tokt"]
 
+    # Skip if the tokenizer folder does not exist or there are other download issues previously
+    if not os.path.exists(f"models/tokenizers/{name}"):
+        logger.warning(f"Directory for tokenizer {name} not found. Skipping...")
+        continue
+
     # create the tokenizer
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+    try:
+        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+    except OSError as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to load tokenizer for model {name}. Error: {e}")
+        continue  # Skip this model and continue with the next one in the loop
 
     with open(f"models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.inp", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         for text in tests: