diff --git a/scripts/downloadDatasets.sh b/scripts/downloadDatasets.sh
index 4f74b10..b54cd5d 100755
--- a/scripts/downloadDatasets.sh
+++ b/scripts/downloadDatasets.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ fi
 # BioID
 if [ ! -d ../data/BioID/img ]; then
   echo "Downloading BioID..."
-  curl -OL ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/facedb/BioID-FaceDatabase-V1.2.zip
+  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
+    curl -OL ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/facedb/BioID-FaceDatabase-V1.2.zip
+  else
+    wget ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/facedb/BioID-FaceDatabase-V1.2.zip
+  fi
+
   unzip BioID-FaceDatabase-V1.2.zip
   mkdir ../data/BioID/img
   mv *.pgm ../data/BioID/img
@@ -18,7 +23,12 @@ fi
 # LFW
 if [ ! -d ../data/LFW/img ]; then
   echo "Downloading LFW..."
-  curl -OL http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/lfw/lfw.tgz
+  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
+    curl -OL http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/lfw/lfw.tgz
+  else
+    wget http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/lfw/lfw.tgz
+  fi
+
   tar -xf lfw.tgz
   mv lfw ../data/LFW/img
   rm lfw.tgz
@@ -27,7 +37,12 @@ fi
 # MEDS
 if [ ! -d ../data/MEDS/img ]; then
   echo "Downloading MEDS..."
-  curl -OL http://nigos.nist.gov:8080/nist/sd/32/NIST_SD32_MEDS-II_face.zip
+  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
+    curl -OL http://nigos.nist.gov:8080/nist/sd/32/NIST_SD32_MEDS-II_face.zip
+  else
+    wget http://nigos.nist.gov:8080/nist/sd/32/NIST_SD32_MEDS-II_face.zip
+  fi
+
   unzip NIST_SD32_MEDS-II_face.zip
   mkdir ../data/MEDS/img
   mv data/*/*.jpg ../data/MEDS/img