diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3b81d4c..09eba0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "llm-ls"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "home",
  "reqwest",
diff --git a/crates/llm-ls/Cargo.toml b/crates/llm-ls/Cargo.toml
index ee8f022..206edcf 100644
--- a/crates/llm-ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/llm-ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "llm-ls"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/crates/llm-ls/src/main.rs b/crates/llm-ls/src/main.rs
index 3c5b2d4..7afdcc1 100644
--- a/crates/llm-ls/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/llm-ls/src/main.rs
@@ -337,27 +337,50 @@ async fn download_tokenizer_file(
     tokio::fs::create_dir_all(
         to.as_ref()
             .parent()
-            .ok_or_else(|| internal_error("tokenizer path has no parent"))?,
+            .ok_or_else(|| internal_error("invalid tokenizer path"))?,
     )
     .await
     .map_err(internal_error)?;
-    let res = http_client
-        .get(url)
-        .headers(build_headers(api_token, ide)?)
-        .send()
-        .await
-        .map_err(internal_error)?
-        .error_for_status()
-        .map_err(internal_error)?;
+    let headers = build_headers(api_token, ide)?;
     let mut file = tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .write(true)
         .create(true)
         .open(to)
         .await
         .map_err(internal_error)?;
-    file.write_all(&res.bytes().await.map_err(internal_error)?)
-        .await
-        .map_err(internal_error)?;
+    let http_client = http_client.clone();
+    let url = url.to_owned();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let res = match http_client.get(url).headers(headers).send().await {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("error sending download request for the tokenzier file: {err}");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        let res = match res.error_for_status() {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("API replied with error to the tokenizer file download: {err}");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        let bytes = match res.bytes().await {
+            Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("error while streaming tokenizer file bytes: {err}");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        match file.write_all(&bytes).await {
+            Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("error writing the tokenizer file to disk: {err}");
+            }
+        };
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(internal_error)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -375,23 +398,41 @@ async fn get_tokenizer(
     }
     if let Some(config) = tokenizer_config {
         let tokenizer = match config {
-            TokenizerConfig::Local { path } => {
-                Arc::new(Tokenizer::from_file(path).map_err(internal_error)?)
-            }
+            TokenizerConfig::Local { path } => match Tokenizer::from_file(path) {
+                Ok(tokenizer) => Some(Arc::new(tokenizer)),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!("error loading tokenizer from file: {err}");
+                    None
+                }
+            },
             TokenizerConfig::HuggingFace { repository } => {
                 let path = cache_dir.as_ref().join(model).join("tokenizer.json");
                 let url =
                     format!("https://huggingface.co/{repository}/resolve/main/tokenizer.json");
                 download_tokenizer_file(http_client, &url, api_token, &path, ide).await?;
-                Arc::new(Tokenizer::from_file(path).map_err(internal_error)?)
+                match Tokenizer::from_file(path) {
+                    Ok(tokenizer) => Some(Arc::new(tokenizer)),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        error!("error loading tokenizer from file: {err}");
+                        None
+                    }
+                }
             }
             TokenizerConfig::Download { url, to } => {
                 download_tokenizer_file(http_client, &url, api_token, &to, ide).await?;
-                Arc::new(Tokenizer::from_file(to).map_err(internal_error)?)
+                match Tokenizer::from_file(to) {
+                    Ok(tokenizer) => Some(Arc::new(tokenizer)),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        error!("error loading tokenizer from file: {err}");
+                        None
+                    }
+                }
             }
         };
-        tokenizer_map.insert(model.to_owned(), tokenizer.clone());
-        Ok(Some(tokenizer))
+        if let Some(tokenizer) = tokenizer.clone() {
+            tokenizer_map.insert(model.to_owned(), tokenizer.clone());
+        }
+        Ok(tokenizer)
     } else {
         Ok(None)
     }