diff --git a/dimos/robot/unitree_webrtc/mujoco_connection.py b/dimos/robot/unitree_webrtc/mujoco_connection.py
index 4a544c53e7..d95c616b13 100644
--- a/dimos/robot/unitree_webrtc/mujoco_connection.py
+++ b/dimos/robot/unitree_webrtc/mujoco_connection.py
@@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ def __init__(self, global_config: GlobalConfig) -> None:
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError("'mujoco' is not installed. Use `pip install -e .[sim]`")
 
+        # Pre-download the mujoco_sim data.
         get_data("mujoco_sim")
 
+        # Trigger the download of the mujoco_menajerie package. This is so it
+        # doesn't trigger in the mujoco process where it can time out.
+        import mujoco_playground
+
         self.global_config = global_config
         self.process: subprocess.Popen[bytes] | None = None
         self.shm_data: ShmWriter | None = None
diff --git a/dimos/utils/data.py b/dimos/utils/data.py
index 8b70c2ad27..117269af51 100644
--- a/dimos/utils/data.py
+++ b/dimos/utils/data.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from functools import cache
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
 import tarfile
@@ -70,11 +71,14 @@ def _lfs_pull(file_path: Path, repo_root: Path) -> None:
     try:
         relative_path = file_path.relative_to(repo_root)
 
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["GIT_LFS_FORCE_PROGRESS"] = "1"
+
         subprocess.run(
             ["git", "lfs", "pull", "--include", str(relative_path)],
             cwd=repo_root,
             check=True,
-            capture_output=True,
+            env=env,
         )
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to pull LFS file {file_path}: {e}")