diff --git a/quartz_solar_forecast/forecasts/v2.py b/quartz_solar_forecast/forecasts/v2.py
index 590630f7..2d5c3660 100644
--- a/quartz_solar_forecast/forecasts/v2.py
+++ b/quartz_solar_forecast/forecasts/v2.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ def _download_model(self, filename: str, repo_id: str, file_path: str) -> str:
         downloaded_file = hf_hub_download(repo_id=repo_id, filename=file_path, cache_dir=download_dir)
         
         target_path = os.path.join(download_dir, filename)
-        shutil.copy2(downloaded_file, target_path)
+
+        # copy file from downloaded_file to target_path
+        shutil.copyfile(downloaded_file, target_path)
         
         return target_path
 
@@ -76,8 +78,11 @@ def _decompress_zipfile(self, filename: str) -> None:
         filename : str
             The name of the .zip file to be decompressed
         """
+        # get the directory of the file
+        directory = os.path.dirname(filename)
+
         with zipfile.ZipFile(filename, "r") as zip_file:
-            zip_file.extractall()
+            zip_file.extractall(path=directory)
 
     def load_model(
         self, 
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ def load_model(
         if not os.path.isfile(model_path):
             logger.info("Preparing model...")
             self._decompress_zipfile(zipfile_model)
-        
+
         logger.info("Loading model...")
         loaded_model = XGBRegressor()
         loaded_model.load_model(model_path)