diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 8655716ce..4a53f82a2 100755
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -2143,12 +2143,18 @@ def setuptunnel():
             tunnelproc.wait()
 
         if os.name == 'nt':
-            print("Downloading Cloudflare Tunnel for Windows...")
-            subprocess.run("curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe -o cloudflared.exe", shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, encoding='utf-8')
+            if os.path.exists("cloudflared.exe"):
+                print("Cloudflared file exists, reusing it...")
+            else:
+                print("Downloading Cloudflare Tunnel for Windows...")
+                subprocess.run("curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe -o cloudflared.exe", shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, encoding='utf-8')
         else:
-            print("Downloading Cloudflare Tunnel for Linux...")
-            subprocess.run("curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o cloudflared-linux-amd64", shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, encoding='utf-8')
-            subprocess.run("chmod +x 'cloudflared-linux-amd64'", shell=True)
+            if os.path.exists("cloudflared-linux-amd64"):
+                print("Cloudflared file exists, reusing it...")
+            else:
+                print("Downloading Cloudflare Tunnel for Linux...")
+                subprocess.run("curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o cloudflared-linux-amd64", shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True, encoding='utf-8')
+                subprocess.run("chmod +x 'cloudflared-linux-amd64'", shell=True)
         tunnel_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_tunnel)
         tunnel_thread.start()
     except Exception as ex: