diff --git a/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/download.sh b/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/download.sh
index a8f1ade9e..aa09d6749 100755
--- a/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/download.sh
+++ b/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/download.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if [ "$OS_TYPE" == "Linux" ]; then
     download "${CUDA_DOWNLOAD_URL}/cuda-12-0-linux-amd64.tar.gz" -e --strip 1 -o "${SHARED_PATH}" 1
     download "${CUDA_DOWNLOAD_URL}/cuda-11-7-linux-amd64.tar.gz" -e --strip 1 -o "${SHARED_PATH}" 1
     mkdir -p "${SHARED_PATH}/engines/cortex.llamacpp/deps"
+    touch "${SHARED_PATH}/engines/cortex.llamacpp/deps/keep"
 
 elif [ "$OS_TYPE" == "Darwin" ]; then
     # macOS downloads