diff --git a/bob/paper/ijcb2021_synthetic_dataset/utils/download.py b/bob/paper/ijcb2021_synthetic_dataset/utils/download.py
index b84131e7f73123dc52bbb4872f9c5744fb3e3376..e14c4639457e38e098a6167d5c8f17b2d804ef92 100644
--- a/bob/paper/ijcb2021_synthetic_dataset/utils/download.py
+++ b/bob/paper/ijcb2021_synthetic_dataset/utils/download.py
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ def download_fr_models(destination_path=FR_MODELS_PATH, **kwargs):
             bob.io.base.create_directories_safe(model_path)
             bob.extension.download.download_and_unzip([m.url], output_path)
 
+        checkpoint_path = os.path.join(destination_path, m.group, m.model_name, 'checkpoint')
+        with open(checkpoint_path, 'w') as f:
+            f.write('model_checkpoint_path: "model.ckpt-444274"')
+
         # Setting the path
         rc[m.config_name] = model_path
         bob.extension.rc_config._saverc(rc)