diff --git a/nomic/data_operations.py b/nomic/data_operations.py
index 3479ffff..e05205cb 100644
--- a/nomic/data_operations.py
+++ b/nomic/data_operations.py
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ def _download_data(self, fields=None):
                 field
                 for field in self.project.project_fields
                 if field not in self._basic_data.column_names and field != "_embeddings"
+                and field != self.project.meta['unique_id_field']
             ]
         else:
             for field in sidecars:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 679999c0..344b887d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     
 setup(
     name='nomic',
-    version='2.0.14',
+    version='2.0.15',
     url='https://github.com/nomic-ai/nomic',
     description=description,
     long_description=description,