diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8a54e867b..b853c5ca2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="thijs@loef.dev" \
 ARG SUPERCRONIC_SHA1SUM_ARM64="e0f0c06ebc5627e43b25475711e694450489ab00 "
 ARG SUPERCRONIC_SHA1SUM_AMD64="71b0d58cc53f6bd72cf2f293e09e294b79c666d8 "
 ARG SUPERCRONIC_VERSION="0.2.33"
-ARG DEPOT_DOWNLOADER_VERSION="2.7.3"
+ARG DEPOT_DOWNLOADER_VERSION="2.7.4"
 
 # update and install dependencies
 # hadolint ignore=DL3008
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index 0982ba97f..f26abec11 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ fi
 # Check if the architecture is arm64
 if [ "$architecture" == "arm64" ]; then
     # create an arm64 version of ./PalServer.sh
+    if ! fileExists "./PalServer.sh" && [ "${USE_DEPOT_DOWNLOADER,,}" != true ]; then
+        LogInfo "SteamCMD failed to download the server properly, attempting to use DepotDownloader."
+        export USE_DEPOT_DOWNLOADER=true
+        InstallServer
+
+        # reset env var after installation
+        unset USE_DEPOT_DOWNLOADER
+    fi
+
     cp ./PalServer.sh ./PalServer-arm64.sh
     
     sed -i "s|\(\"\$UE_PROJECT_ROOT\/Pal\/Binaries\/Linux\/PalServer-Linux-Shipping\" Pal \"\$@\"\)|LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/steam/steamcmd/linux64:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/box64 \1|" ./PalServer-arm64.sh