diff --git a/oedp/src/commands/init/init_cmd.py b/oedp/src/commands/init/init_cmd.py
index 05708086463865cb57ca40cd80c11f837945b197..ced5f3cdcb8c015ced606feb1e84ffd599cdd11f 100644
--- a/oedp/src/commands/init/init_cmd.py
+++ b/oedp/src/commands/init/init_cmd.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class InitCmd:
         
         self.log.info(f"downloading from {url}")
         cmd = [
-            'curl', '-fL',
+            'curl', '-C', '-', '-fL',
             '--max-time', str(timeout),
             '--connect-timeout', '3',
             '-o', output_file,