diff --git a/kittentts/get_model.py b/kittentts/get_model.py
index f91c28c..48a6ca1 100644
--- a/kittentts/get_model.py
+++ b/kittentts/get_model.py
@@ -75,19 +75,28 @@ def download_from_huggingface(repo_id="KittenML/kitten-tts-nano-0.1", cache_dir=
     with open(config_path, 'r') as f:
         config = json.load(f)
 
+    # Validate config
     if config.get("type") != "ONNX1":
-        raise ValueError("Unsupported model type.")
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported model type in config.json: {config.get('type')}. Only 'ONNX1' is supported.")
+
+    model_filename = config.get("model_file")
+    if not model_filename:
+        raise ValueError("The 'model_file' key is missing from config.json.")
+
+    voices_filename = config.get("voices")
+    if not voices_filename:
+        raise ValueError("The 'voices' key is missing from config.json.")
 
     # Download model and voices files based on config
     model_path = hf_hub_download(
         repo_id=repo_id,
-        filename=config["model_file"],
+        filename=model_filename,
         cache_dir=cache_dir
     )
     
     voices_path = hf_hub_download(
         repo_id=repo_id,
-        filename=config["voices"],
+        filename=voices_filename,
         cache_dir=cache_dir
     )