# Can't automatically load\_dataset due to network

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**Created:** [March 30, 2022, 1:22am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcant-automatically-load-dataset-due-to-network%2F16236 "2022-03-30T01:22:53Z")\
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can’t automatically load\_dataset due to network

```python
>>> from datasets import load_dataset
>>> eli5 = load_dataset("eli5", split="train_asks[:5000]")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1671, in load_dataset
    **config_kwargs,
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1492, in load_dataset_builder
    data_files=data_files,
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1238, in dataset_module_factory
    raise e1 from None
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 1180, in dataset_module_factory
    dynamic_modules_path=dynamic_modules_path,
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 533, in get_module
    local_path = self.download_loading_script(revision)
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/load.py", line 513, in download_loading_script
    return cached_path(file_path, download_config=download_config)
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/utils/file_utils.py", line 246, in cached_path
    download_desc=download_config.download_desc,
  File "/opt/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/datasets/utils/file_utils.py", line 582, in get_from_cache
    raise ConnectionError(f"Couldn't reach {url} ({repr(head_error)})")
ConnectionError: Couldn't reach https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/datasets/2.0.0/datasets/eli5/eli5.py (ConnectionError(MaxRetryError("HTTPSConnectionPool(host='raw.githubusercontent.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /huggingface/datasets/2.0.0/datasets/eli5/eli5.py (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x126af5f98>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] Connection refused'))")))

```

Do I have a way do download manually ? thanks !

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Hi! You can try to download the `eli5` [script](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/datasets/2.0.0/datasets/eli5/eli5.py) manually via browser, and load the dataset as follows:

```python
dset = load_dataset("local/path/to/downloaded/script.py")

```