diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/engine/installation/FileDownloader.java b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/engine/installation/FileDownloader.java
index 40315d81..9fb7361d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/engine/installation/FileDownloader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/engine/installation/FileDownloader.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void call(Thread parentThread) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
             }
 
             position += transferred;
-            if (parentThread.isInterrupted()) {
+            if (!parentThread.isAlive()) {
                 // Close resources if needed and exit
                 closeResources();
                 throw new InterruptedException("File download was interrupted.");
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/utils/ZipUtils.java b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/utils/ZipUtils.java
index 22815ac9..d8b4c781 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/utils/ZipUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/utils/ZipUtils.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public static long getUncompressedSize(File zipFile, Thread parentThread) throws
         try (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile(zipFile)) {
             Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> entries = zip.entries();
 
-            while (entries.hasMoreElements() && !parentThread.isInterrupted()) {
+            while (entries.hasMoreElements() && parentThread.isAlive()) {
                 ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
 
                 // Skip directories
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ private static long calculateEntrySize(ZipFile zip, ZipEntry entry, Thread paren
 
         try (InputStream is = zip.getInputStream(entry)) {
             int read;
-            while ((read = is.read(buffer)) != -1 && !parentThread.isInterrupted()) {
+            while ((read = is.read(buffer)) != -1 && parentThread.isAlive()) {
                 size += read;
             }
         }