diff --git a/primitives/float/get_hardfloat.sh b/primitives/float/get_hardfloat.sh
index 4742bf8ce..4e2d14dd5 100755
--- a/primitives/float/get_hardfloat.sh
+++ b/primitives/float/get_hardfloat.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-HARDFLOAT_DIR="$PWD"
+HARDFLOAT_DIR="$( cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
 
 HARDFLOAT_URL="http://www.jhauser.us/arithmetic/HardFloat-1.zip"
 
 ZIP_FILE="HardFloat-1.zip"
 
-rm -rf "${HARDFLOAT_DIR}/HardFloat-1"
-
-mkdir -p "${HARDFLOAT_DIR}"
-
 cd "${HARDFLOAT_DIR}"
 
 curl -LO "${HARDFLOAT_URL}"
 
 if [ -f "$ZIP_FILE" ]; then
-    unzip "$ZIP_FILE" && rm "$ZIP_FILE"
+    unzip -o "$ZIP_FILE"
     echo "HardFloat library fetched and extracted to ${HARDFLOAT_DIR}"
 else
     echo "Failed to download HardFloat library from ${HARDFLOAT_URL}"
+    exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/runt.toml b/runt.toml
index 013d4576e..78b5e5462 100644
--- a/runt.toml
+++ b/runt.toml
@@ -562,15 +562,16 @@ fud exec -s calyx.exec './target/debug/calyx' \
 name = "correctness HardFloat floating point"
 paths = ["tests/correctness/hardfloat/*.futil"]
 cmd = """
-cd primitives/float && ./get_hardfloat.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 && cd ../../ &&
+if [ ! -d "primitives/float/HardFloat-1" ]; then
+  bash primitives/float/get_hardfloat.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi &&
 fud exec --from calyx --to jq \
          --through verilog \
          --through dat \
          -s verilog.data {}.data \
          -s calyx.exec './target/debug/calyx' \
          -s verilog.cycle_limit 500 \
-         {} -q &&
-rm -rf primitives/float/HardFloat-1/
+         {} -q
 """
 expect_dir = "tests/correctness/hardfloat/"
 timeout = 30