diff --git a/cortex-js/src/domain/models/model.event.ts b/cortex-js/src/domain/models/model.event.ts
index d2544b306..7d2177911 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/domain/models/model.event.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/domain/models/model.event.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const ModelLoadingEvents = [
   'stopped',
   'starting-failed',
   'stopping-failed',
+  'model-downloaded',
+  'model-deleted',
 ] as const;
 export type ModelLoadingEvent = (typeof ModelLoadingEvents)[number];
 
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/controllers/models.controller.ts b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/controllers/models.controller.ts
index a92780838..fa7d50633 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/controllers/models.controller.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/controllers/models.controller.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ export class ModelsController {
   })
   @Get('download/:modelId(*)')
   downloadModel(@Param('modelId') modelId: string) {
-    return this.modelsUsecases.pullModel(modelId);
+    this.modelsUsecases.pullModel(modelId, false);
+
+    return {
+      message: 'Download model started successfully.',
+    };
   }
 
   @ApiOperation({
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/services/download-manager/download-manager.service.ts b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/services/download-manager/download-manager.service.ts
index badb72de4..3c018ab77 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/services/download-manager/download-manager.service.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/services/download-manager/download-manager.service.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export class DownloadManagerService {
           (downloadState) => downloadState.id !== downloadId,
         );
       }
+      this.eventEmitter.emit('download.event', this.allDownloadStates);
     };
     if (!inSequence) {
       return Promise.all(
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class DownloadManagerService {
       }
 
       const writer = createWriteStream(destination);
-      const totalBytes = response.headers['content-length'];
+      const totalBytes = Number(response.headers['content-length']);
 
       // update download state
       const currentDownloadState = this.allDownloadStates.find(
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts b/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
index f2ae08091..e41d4e0f6 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ export class ModelsUsecases {
           existsSync(modelFolder) &&
           rmdirSync(modelFolder, { recursive: true }),
       )
+      .then(() => {
+        const modelEvent: ModelEvent = {
+          model: id,
+          event: 'model-deleted',
+          metadata: {},
+        };
+        this.eventEmitter.emit(modelEvent.event, modelEvent);
+      })
       .then(() => {
         return {
           message: 'Model removed successfully',
@@ -342,6 +350,7 @@ export class ModelsUsecases {
     const toDownloads: Record<string, string> = files
       .filter((e) => this.validFileDownload(e))
       .reduce((acc: Record<string, string>, file) => {
+        // @ts-expect-error ignore
         acc[file.downloadUrl] = join(modelFolder, file.rfilename);
         return acc;
       }, {});
@@ -389,6 +398,12 @@ export class ModelsUsecases {
             });
           }
         }
+        const modelEvent: ModelEvent = {
+          model: modelId,
+          event: 'model-downloaded',
+          metadata: {},
+        };
+        this.eventEmitter.emit(modelEvent.event, modelEvent);
       },
       inSequence,
     );