diff --git a/src/anemoi/inference/checkpoint.py b/src/anemoi/inference/checkpoint.py
index 9410aca..cdf34bf 100644
--- a/src/anemoi/inference/checkpoint.py
+++ b/src/anemoi/inference/checkpoint.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
 from functools import cached_property
 
 from anemoi.utils.checkpoints import load_metadata
@@ -24,11 +25,19 @@
 def _download_huggingfacehub(huggingface_config):
     """Download model from huggingface"""
     try:
-        from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+        from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download, snapshot_download
     except ImportError as e:
         raise ImportError("Could not import `huggingface_hub`, please run `pip install huggingface_hub`.") from e
 
-    config_path = hf_hub_download(**huggingface_config)
+    if 'filename' in huggingface_config:
+        config_path = hf_hub_download(**huggingface_config)
+    else:
+        repo_path = Path(snapshot_download(**huggingface_config))
+        ckpt_files = list(repo_path.glob('*.ckpt'))
+        if len(ckpt_files) == 1:
+            return str(ckpt_files[0])
+        else:
+            ValueError(f"Multiple ckpt files found in repo, {ckpt_files}.\nCannot pick one to load, please specify `filename`.")
     return config_path