diff --git a/scripts/hf.sh b/scripts/hf.sh
index 1e9e5a6ea..58f83d6fe 100755
--- a/scripts/hf.sh
+++ b/scripts/hf.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # Shortcut for downloading HF models
 #
 # Usage:
-#   ./main -m $(./examples/hf.sh https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF/resolve/main/mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
-#   ./main -m $(./examples/hf.sh --url https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF/blob/main/mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
-#   ./main -m $(./examples/hf.sh --repo TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF --file mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
+#   ./main -m $(./scripts/hf.sh https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF/resolve/main/mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
+#   ./main -m $(./scripts/hf.sh --url https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF/blob/main/mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
+#   ./main -m $(./scripts/hf.sh --repo TheBloke/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1-GGUF --file mixtral-8x7b-v0.1.Q4_K_M.gguf)
 #
 
 # all logs go to stderr
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function log {
 }
 
 function usage {
-    log "Usage: $0 [[--url] <url>] [--repo <repo>] [--file <file>] [-h|--help]"
+    log "Usage: $0 [[--url] <url>] [--repo <repo>] [--file <file>] [--outdir <dir> [-h|--help]"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ function has_cmd {
 }
 
 if has_cmd wget; then
-    cmd="wget -q --show-progress -c -O %s %s"
+    cmd="wget -q --show-progress -c -O %s/%s %s"
 elif has_cmd curl; then
-    cmd="curl -C - -f -o %s -L %s"
+    cmd="curl -C - -f --output-dir %s -o %s -L %s"
 else
     log "[E] curl or wget not found"
     exit 1
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fi
 url=""
 repo=""
 file=""
+outdir="."
 
 # parse args
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             file="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --outdir)
+            outdir="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         -h|--help)
             usage
             ;;
@@ -94,10 +99,10 @@ basename=$(basename $url)
 log "[+] attempting to download $basename"
 
 if [ -n "$cmd" ]; then
-    cmd=$(printf "$cmd" "$basename" "$url")
+    cmd=$(printf "$cmd" "$outdir" "$basename" "$url")
     log "[+] $cmd"
     if $cmd; then
-        echo $basename
+        echo $outdir/$basename
         exit 0
     fi
 fi