diff --git a/unsloth/models/_utils.py b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
index 71f7db915c..d0cd4ba028 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/_utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
@@ -1350,6 +1350,11 @@ import socket
 def has_internet(host = "8.8.8.8", port = 53, timeout = 3):
     if os.environ.get("TRANSFORMERS_OFFLINE", "0") == "1":
         return False
+
+    OFFLINE_TRUE = {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
+
+    if os.environ.get("HF_HUB_OFFLINE", "").strip().lower() in OFFLINE_TRUE:
+        return False
     try:
         socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
@@ -1468,8 +1473,8 @@ def _get_statistics(statistics = None, force_download = True):
                     "```"
                 )
             except Exception:
-                # Try no time limit check
-                stats_check()
+                logger.debug("Unsloth: stats_check failed with an exception.")
+                # Don't retry without a time limit — would freeze offline
 
 
 def get_statistics(local_files_only = False):
diff --git a/unsloth/models/loader.py b/unsloth/models/loader.py
index df97c5c7df..a66a7c6abc 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/loader.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/loader.py
@@ -439,12 +439,15 @@ class FastLanguageModel(FastLlamaModel):
         peft_error = None
         model_config = None
         peft_config = None
+        local_files_only = kwargs.get("local_files_only", False)
+
         try:
             model_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
                 model_name,
                 token = token,
                 revision = revision,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
             is_model = True
         except ImportError:
@@ -470,6 +473,7 @@ class FastLanguageModel(FastLlamaModel):
                 token = token,
                 revision = revision,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
             is_peft = True
         except ImportError:
@@ -566,6 +570,7 @@ class FastLanguageModel(FastLlamaModel):
                 model_name,
                 token = token,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
 
         if not was_disabled:
@@ -1049,12 +1054,15 @@ class FastModel(FastBaseModel):
         peft_error = None
         model_config = None
         peft_config = None
+        local_files_only = kwargs.get("local_files_only", False)
+
         try:
             model_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
                 model_name,
                 token = token,
                 revision = revision,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
             is_model = True
         except ImportError:
@@ -1080,6 +1088,7 @@ class FastModel(FastBaseModel):
                 token = token,
                 revision = revision,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
             is_peft = True
         except ImportError:
@@ -1330,6 +1339,7 @@ class FastModel(FastBaseModel):
                 model_name,
                 token = token,
                 trust_remote_code = trust_remote_code,
+                local_files_only = local_files_only,
             )
 
         if not was_disabled: