diff --git a/Dockerfile.ledgerdownloader b/Dockerfile.ledgerdownloader
index ab6567f6..9a729d7a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ledgerdownloader
+++ b/Dockerfile.ledgerdownloader
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     curl \
     wget \
     bash \ 
-    aria2
+    aria2 \
+    zstd
 
 # Copy the script from the host into the container
 COPY downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh /usr/local/scripts/downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh
diff --git a/downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh b/downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh
index 5233d362..53d3bdfc 100755
--- a/downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh
+++ b/downloadLedgerSnapshot.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ else
     ls -l "$DATA_DIR"
 fi
 
+tar --use-compress-program=zstdmt -xvf RADIXDB-INDEX.tar.zst --exclude=./address_book -C .
+rm -rf RADIXDB-INDEX.*
+rm -rf latest-snapshot-INDEX.sh*
+echo "Snapshot restored"
+