diff --git a/medcat-v2/medcat/utils/download_scripts.py b/medcat-v2/medcat/utils/download_scripts.py
index ebbedb47e..862446393 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/medcat/utils/download_scripts.py
+++ b/medcat-v2/medcat/utils/download_scripts.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import importlib.metadata
 import tempfile
 import zipfile
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 import requests
@@ -77,12 +78,13 @@ def _determine_url(overwrite_url: str | None,
     return zip_url
 
 
-def _download_zip(zip_url: str, tmp: tempfile._TemporaryFileWrapper):
-    with requests.get(zip_url, stream=True, timeout=30) as r:
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
-            tmp.write(chunk)
-        tmp.flush()
+def _download_zip(zip_url: str, tmp_path: str):
+    with open(tmp_path, 'wb') as tmp:
+        with requests.get(zip_url, stream=True, timeout=30) as r:
+            r.raise_for_status()
+            for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+                tmp.write(chunk)
+            tmp.flush()
 
 
 def _extract_zip(dest: Path, zip_path: Path):
@@ -146,9 +148,10 @@ def fetch_scripts(destination: str | Path = ".",
     dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     zip_url = _determine_url(overwrite_url, overwrite_tag)
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp:
-        _download_zip(zip_url, tmp)
-        _extract_zip(dest, Path(tmp.name))
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+        zip_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'downloaded_scripts.zip')
+        _download_zip(zip_url, zip_path)
+        _extract_zip(dest, Path(zip_path))
     _fix_requirements(dest, _get_medcat_version())
     logger.info(
         "You also need to install the requiements by doing:\n"
diff --git a/medcat-v2/tests/utils/test_download_scripts.py b/medcat-v2/tests/utils/test_download_scripts.py
index 56162c408..e9a75c79a 100644
--- a/medcat-v2/tests/utils/test_download_scripts.py
+++ b/medcat-v2/tests/utils/test_download_scripts.py
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         with unittest.mock.patch(
                 "medcat.utils.download_scripts._get_medcat_version"
                 ) as mock_get_version:
-            mock_get_version.return_value = cls.use_version
-            cls.scripts_path = download_scripts.fetch_scripts(cls._temp_dir.name)
+            with unittest.mock.patch(
+                    "medcat.utils.download_scripts._find_latest_scripts_tag"
+                    ) as mock_get_tag:
+                mock_get_version.return_value = cls.use_version
+                mock_get_tag.return_value = f"medcat/v{cls.use_version}"
+                cls.scripts_path = download_scripts.fetch_scripts(cls._temp_dir.name)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls._temp_dir.cleanup()
 
     def test_can_download(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.scripts_path))