diff --git a/engine/services/engine_service.cc b/engine/services/engine_service.cc
index 2ca06cb33..93311f98b 100644
--- a/engine/services/engine_service.cc
+++ b/engine/services/engine_service.cc
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ cpp::result<bool, std::string> EngineService::UnzipEngine(
           CTL_INF("Found cuda variant, extract it");
           found_cuda = true;
           // extract binary
-          auto cuda_path =
-              file_manager_utils::GetCudaToolkitPath(NormalizeEngine(engine));
+          auto cuda_path = file_manager_utils::GetCudaToolkitPath(
+              NormalizeEngine(engine), true);
           archive_utils::ExtractArchive(path + "/" + cf, cuda_path.string(),
                                         true);
         }
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ cpp::result<bool, std::string> EngineService::DownloadCuda(
   }};
 
   auto on_finished = [engine](const DownloadTask& finishedTask) {
-    auto engine_path = file_manager_utils::GetCudaToolkitPath(engine);
+    auto engine_path = file_manager_utils::GetCudaToolkitPath(engine, true);
+
     archive_utils::ExtractArchive(finishedTask.items[0].localPath.string(),
                                   engine_path.string());
     try {
diff --git a/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.cc b/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.cc
index 338abadac..aee65020c 100644
--- a/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.cc
+++ b/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.cc
@@ -289,13 +289,14 @@ std::filesystem::path GetModelsContainerPath() {
   return models_container_path;
 }
 
-std::filesystem::path GetCudaToolkitPath(const std::string& engine) {
+std::filesystem::path GetCudaToolkitPath(const std::string& engine,
+                                         bool create_if_not_exist) {
   auto engine_path = getenv("ENGINE_PATH")
                          ? std::filesystem::path(getenv("ENGINE_PATH"))
                          : GetCortexDataPath();
 
   auto cuda_path = engine_path / "engines" / engine / "deps";
-  if (!std::filesystem::exists(cuda_path)) {
+  if (create_if_not_exist && !std::filesystem::exists(cuda_path)) {
     std::filesystem::create_directories(cuda_path);
   }
 
diff --git a/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.h b/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.h
index 91102d002..059fe6ae3 100644
--- a/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.h
+++ b/engine/utils/file_manager_utils.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void CreateDirectoryRecursively(const std::string& path);
 
 std::filesystem::path GetModelsContainerPath();
 
-std::filesystem::path GetCudaToolkitPath(const std::string& engine);
+std::filesystem::path GetCudaToolkitPath(const std::string& engine,
+                                         bool create_if_not_exist = false);
 
 std::filesystem::path GetEnginesContainerPath();