diff --git a/examples/emnist/download.py b/examples/emnist/download.py
index 41cf9ea..78d2266 100644
--- a/examples/emnist/download.py
+++ b/examples/emnist/download.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import torchvision
 from torchvision.datasets.utils import download_url
 import os
 
@@ -6,8 +7,14 @@
 url = 'https://biometrics.nist.gov/cs_links/EMNIST/gzip.zip'
 md5 = "58c8d27c78d21e728a6bc7b3cc06412e"
 
+version_numbers = list(map(int, torchvision.__version__.split('+')[0].split('.')))
+if version_numbers[0] == 0 and version_numbers[1] < 10:
+    filename = "emnist.zip"
+else:
+    filename = None
+
 os.makedirs(raw_folder, exist_ok=True)
 
 # download files
 print('Downloading zip archive')
-download_url(url, root=raw_folder, filename="emnist.zip", md5=md5)
+download_url(url, root=raw_folder, filename=filename, md5=md5)