diff --git a/TTS/utils/manage.py b/TTS/utils/manage.py
index 354e193ac8..29bdb24ae2 100644
--- a/TTS/utils/manage.py
+++ b/TTS/utils/manage.py
@@ -317,14 +317,19 @@ def download_model(self, model_name):
         else:
             os.makedirs(output_path, exist_ok=True)
             print(f" > Downloading model to {output_path}")
-            if "fairseq" in model_name:
-                self.download_fairseq_model(model_name, output_path)
-            elif "github_rls_url" in model_item:
-                self._download_github_model(model_item, output_path)
-            elif "hf_url" in model_item:
-                self._download_hf_model(model_item, output_path)
-
-        self.print_model_license(model_item=model_item)
+            try:
+                if "fairseq" in model_name:
+                    self.download_fairseq_model(model_name, output_path)
+                elif "github_rls_url" in model_item:
+                    self._download_github_model(model_item, output_path)
+                elif "hf_url" in model_item:
+                    self._download_hf_model(model_item, output_path)
+
+            except requests.Exception.RequestException as e:
+                print(f" > Failed to download the model file to {output_path}")
+                rmtree(output_path)
+                raise e
+            self.print_model_license(model_item=model_item)
         # find downloaded files
         output_model_path = output_path
         output_config_path = None