diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index 654616eb98..a0fd585d81 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, DiffusionPipeline, UNet2DCon
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ def main(args):
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
index 0d235e2c29..dd39cf8e8b 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from flax import jax_utils
 from flax.training import train_state
 from flax.training.common_utils import shard
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from jax.experimental.compilation_cache import compilation_cache as cc
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision import transforms
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
index f516fd1b63..362e61fc62 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ def main(args):
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
 
-            repo_name = create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True)
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/research_projects/colossalai/train_dreambooth_colossalai.py b/examples/research_projects/colossalai/train_dreambooth_colossalai.py
index d0f713a724..d1d07f5d12 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/colossalai/train_dreambooth_colossalai.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/colossalai/train_dreambooth_colossalai.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from colossalai.utils import get_current_device
 from colossalai.utils.model.colo_init_context import ColoInitContext
 from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, DiffusionPipeline, UNet2DConditionModel
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ def main(args):
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/research_projects/dreambooth_inpaint/train_dreambooth_inpaint.py b/examples/research_projects/dreambooth_inpaint/train_dreambooth_inpaint.py
index 16cd0b7183..42ae527edc 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/dreambooth_inpaint/train_dreambooth_inpaint.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/dreambooth_inpaint/train_dreambooth_inpaint.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from diffusers import (
 )
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/research_projects/intel_opts/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_bf16.py b/examples/research_projects/intel_opts/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_bf16.py
index a9b663b2e6..53e2563c16 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/intel_opts/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_bf16.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/intel_opts/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_bf16.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, PNDMScheduler, StableDiffusi
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.pipelines.stable_diffusion import StableDiffusionSafetyChecker
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 
 # TODO: remove and import from diffusers.utils when the new version of diffusers is released
 from packaging import version
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/research_projects/multi_subject_dreambooth/train_multi_subject_dreambooth.py b/examples/research_projects/multi_subject_dreambooth/train_multi_subject_dreambooth.py
index 681fd822fc..32a14e32ed 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/multi_subject_dreambooth/train_multi_subject_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/research_projects/multi_subject_dreambooth/train_multi_subject_dreambooth.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, DiffusionPipeline, UNet2DCon
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
@@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ def main(args):
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
index 443403cacf..b457f20725 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.training_utils import EMAModel
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from transformers import CLIPTextModel, CLIPTokenizer
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
index 26b84d435f..97fe8f0aaf 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from flax import jax_utils
 from flax.training import train_state
 from flax.training.common_utils import shard
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from torchvision import transforms
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from transformers import CLIPFeatureExtractor, CLIPTokenizer, FlaxCLIPTextModel, set_seed
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
index b58abc0dcd..765b5c0905 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from diffusers import AutoencoderKL, DDPMScheduler, StableDiffusionPipeline, UNe
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from diffusers.utils.import_utils import is_xformers_available
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 
 # TODO: remove and import from diffusers.utils when the new version of diffusers is released
 from packaging import version
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
index 1001126402..948346c4f7 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
 from flax import jax_utils
 from flax.training import train_state
 from flax.training.common_utils import shard
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 
 # TODO: remove and import from diffusers.utils when the new version of diffusers is released
 from packaging import version
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ def main():
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
index 4b92028a11..a5b026a910 100644
--- a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
+++ b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from diffusers import DDPMPipeline, DDPMScheduler, UNet2DModel
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.training_utils import EMAModel
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from torchvision.transforms import (
     CenterCrop,
     Compose,
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ def main(args):
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore:
diff --git a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional_ort.py b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional_ort.py
index 44ea5a2d0b..f91179c643 100644
--- a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional_ort.py
+++ b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional_ort.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from diffusers import DDPMPipeline, DDPMScheduler, UNet2DModel
 from diffusers.optimization import get_scheduler
 from diffusers.training_utils import EMAModel
 from diffusers.utils import check_min_version
-from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, whoami
+from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository, create_repo, whoami
 from onnxruntime.training.ortmodule import ORTModule
 from torchvision.transforms import (
     CenterCrop,
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ def main(args):
                 repo_name = get_full_repo_name(Path(args.output_dir).name, token=args.hub_token)
             else:
                 repo_name = args.hub_model_id
-            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name)
+            create_repo(repo_name, exist_ok=True, token=args.hub_token)
+            repo = Repository(args.output_dir, clone_from=repo_name, token=args.hub_token)
 
             with open(os.path.join(args.output_dir, ".gitignore"), "w+") as gitignore:
                 if "step_*" not in gitignore: