diff --git a/unsloth/__init__.py b/unsloth/__init__.py
index 0490484cb1..6a2d999b41 100644
--- a/unsloth/__init__.py
+++ b/unsloth/__init__.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ except:
                       "We have some installation instructions on our Github page.")
 pass
 
+# Hugging Face Hub faster downloads (only enable during Colab and Kaggle sessions)
+keynames = "\n" + "\n".join(os.environ.keys())
+if "\nCOLAB_"  in keynames or "\nKAGGLE_" in keynames:
+    os.environ["HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER"] = "1"
+pass
+
 # We support Pytorch 2
 # Fixes https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/issues/38
 torch_version = torch.__version__.split(".")