diff --git a/R/fb_tbl.R b/R/fb_tbl.R
index 193ab57..e5076aa 100644
--- a/R/fb_tbl.R
+++ b/R/fb_tbl.R
@@ -64,7 +64,20 @@ available_releases <- function(server = c("fishbase", "sealifebase")) {
   sv <- server_code(server)
   repo <- "datasets/cboettig/fishbase"
   path <- glue::glue("data/{sv}")
+is_user_in_china <- function() {
+  response <- httr::GET("https://ipinfo.io")
+  if (httr::status_code(response) == 200) {
+    data <- jsonlite::fromJSON(httr::content(response, as = "text"))
+    country <- data$country
+    return(country == "CN")  
+  } else FALSE
+}
+
+if (is_user_in_china()) {
+  hf <- "https://hf-mirror.com"
+} else {
   hf <- "https://huggingface.co"
+}
   branch <- "main"
   versions <-
     glue::glue("{hf}/api/{repo}/tree/{branch}/{path}") |>
@@ -85,7 +98,20 @@ hf_urls <- function(path  = "data/fb/v24.07/parquet",
                     branch = "main"
 ) { 
   
+is_user_in_china <- function() {
+  response <- httr::GET("https://ipinfo.io")
+  if (httr::status_code(response) == 200) {
+    data <- jsonlite::fromJSON(httr::content(response, as = "text"))
+    country <- data$country
+    return(country == "CN")  
+  } else FALSE
+}
+
+if (is_user_in_china()) {
+  hf <- "https://hf-mirror.com"
+} else {
   hf <- "https://huggingface.co"
+}
   paths <-
     glue::glue("{hf}/api/{repo}/tree/{branch}/{path}") |>
     jsonlite::read_json() |>