diff --git a/faster_whisper/utils.py b/faster_whisper/utils.py
index 94a203f..4b5e290 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/utils.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 from typing import Optional
 
 import huggingface_hub
+import requests
 
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
@@ -84,16 +85,23 @@ def download_model(
         kwargs["cache_dir"] = cache_dir
 
     try:
-        return huggingface_hub.snapshot_download(
+        return huggingface_hub.snapshot_download(repo_id, **kwargs)
+    except (
+        huggingface_hub.utils.HfHubHTTPError,
+        requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+    ) as exception:
+        logger = get_logger()
+        logger.warning(
+            "An error occured while synchronizing the model %s from the Hugging Face Hub:\n%s",
             repo_id,
-            **kwargs,
+            exception,
         )
-    except huggingface_hub.utils.HfHubHTTPError:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Trying to load the model directly from the local cache, if it exists."
+        )
+
         kwargs["local_files_only"] = True
-        return huggingface_hub.snapshot_download(
-            repo_id,
-            **kwargs,
-        )
+        return huggingface_hub.snapshot_download(repo_id, **kwargs)
 
 
 def format_timestamp(