diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
index 52a479ceb..73e3fde5e 100644
--- a/install/mealie-install.sh
+++ b/install/mealie-install.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ msg_ok "Copied Frontend"
 
 msg_info "Downloading NLTK Data"
 mkdir -p /nltk_data/
-$STD python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
+cd /opt/mealie
+$STD uv run python -m nltk.downloader -d /nltk_data averaged_perceptron_tagger_eng
 msg_ok "Downloaded NLTK Data"
 
 msg_info "Writing Environment File"