diff --git a/dlclibrary/dlcmodelzoo/modelzoo_download.py b/dlclibrary/dlcmodelzoo/modelzoo_download.py
index cb986ae..4483cfa 100644
--- a/dlclibrary/dlcmodelzoo/modelzoo_download.py
+++ b/dlclibrary/dlcmodelzoo/modelzoo_download.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedBase
 
 # just expand this list when adding new models:
 MODELOPTIONS = [
@@ -52,34 +57,54 @@ def parse_available_supermodels():
         return json.load(file)
 
 
+def _handle_downloaded_file(
+    file_path: str, target_dir: str, rename_mapping: dict | None = None
+):
+    """Handle the downloaded file from HuggingFace"""
+    file_name = os.path.basename(file_path)
+    try:
+        with tarfile.open(file_path, mode="r:gz") as tar:
+            for member in tar:
+                if not member.isdir():
+                    fname = Path(member.name).name
+                    tar.makefile(member, os.path.join(target_dir, fname))
+    except tarfile.ReadError:  # The model is a .pt file
+        if rename_mapping is not None:
+            file_name = rename_mapping.get(file_name, file_name)
+        if os.path.islink(file_path):
+            file_path_ = os.readlink(file_path)
+            if not os.path.isabs(file_path_):
+                file_path_ = os.path.abspath(
+                    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(file_path), file_path_)
+                )
+            file_path = file_path_
+        os.rename(file_path, os.path.join(target_dir, file_name))
+
+
 def download_huggingface_model(
-    modelname, target_dir=".", remove_hf_folder=True, rename_mapping: dict | None = None
+    model_name: str,
+    target_dir: str = ".",
+    remove_hf_folder: bool = True,
+    rename_mapping: dict | None = None,
 ):
     """
-    Download a DeepLabCut Model Zoo Project from Hugging Face
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    modelname : string
-        Name of the ModelZoo model. For visualizations see: http://www.mackenziemathislab.org/dlc-modelzoo
-    target_dir : directory (as string)
-        Directory where to store the model weights and pose_cfg.yaml file
-    remove_hf_folder : bool, default True
-        Whether to remove the directory structure provided by HuggingFace after downloading and decompressing data into DeepLabCut format.
-    rename_mapping : dict, default None
-        Dictionary to rename the downloaded file. If None, the original filename is used.
+    Downloads a DeepLabCut Model Zoo Project from Hugging Face.
+
+    Args:
+        model_name (str): Name of the ModelZoo model.
+            For visualizations, see http://www.mackenziemathislab.org/dlc-modelzoo.
+        target_dir (str): Directory where the model weights and pose_cfg.yaml file will be stored.
+        remove_hf_folder (bool, optional): Whether to remove the directory structure provided by HuggingFace
+            after downloading and decompressing the data into DeepLabCut format. Defaults to True.
+        rename_mapping (dict, optional): A dictionary to rename the downloaded file.
+            If None, the original filename is used. Defaults to None.
     """
-    from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
-    import tarfile
-    from pathlib import Path
-    from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedBase
-
-    neturls = _load_model_names()
-    if modelname not in neturls:
-        raise ValueError(f"`modelname` should be one of: {', '.join(modelname)}.")
+    net_urls = _load_model_names()
+    if model_name not in net_urls:
+        raise ValueError(f"`modelname` should be one of: {', '.join(net_urls)}.")
 
-    print("Loading....", modelname)
-    urls = neturls[modelname]
+    print("Loading....", model_name)
+    urls = net_urls[model_name]
     if isinstance(urls, CommentedBase):
         urls = list(urls)
     else:
@@ -98,26 +123,10 @@ def download_huggingface_model(
         hf_folder = f"models--{url[0]}--{url[1]}"
         path_ = os.path.join(target_dir, hf_folder, "snapshots")
         commit = os.listdir(path_)[0]
-        filename = os.path.join(path_, commit, targzfn)
-        try:
-            with tarfile.open(filename, mode="r:gz") as tar:
-                for member in tar:
-                    if not member.isdir():
-                        fname = Path(member.name).name
-                        tar.makefile(member, os.path.join(target_dir, fname))
-        except tarfile.ReadError:  # The model is a .pt file
-            if rename_mapping is not None:
-                targzfn = rename_mapping.get(targzfn, targzfn)
-            if os.path.islink(filename):
-                filename_ = os.readlink(filename)
-                if not os.path.isabs(filename_):
-                    filename_ = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filename), filename_))
-                filename = filename_
-            os.rename(filename, os.path.join(target_dir, targzfn))
+        file_name = os.path.join(path_, commit, targzfn)
+        _handle_downloaded_file(file_name, target_dir, rename_mapping)
 
     if remove_hf_folder:
         import shutil
 
         shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(target_dir, hf_folder))
-
-'../../blobs/6c9c66d48f25cac9f8adaea7a485b07f4bd781ba656785bc4e077d9064e8e5df'
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