Issues with PnP.Powershell Get-PnPfile - powershell

Question

I have been getting the following error while using the cmdlet Get-PnPFile.
Get-PnPFile : The property or field 'ServerRelativeUrl' has not been
initialized. It has not been requested or the request has not been
executed. It may need to be explicitly requested. At line:1 char:1
Get-PnPFile -Url $fileURL -Path $downloadPath -Filename Leavers.CSV - ...
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPFile], PropertyOrFieldNotInitializedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Files.GetFile
The code in question is bellow:
$siteURL = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/ExampleSite"
$fileURL = "/sites/ExampleSite/Path/To/The/File.csv"
$downloadPath = "C:\Temp"
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential)
Get-PnPFile -Url $fileURL -Path $downloadPath -Filename File.CSV -AsFile
The odd part is that it has previously worked and even now seems to work intermittently but more often than not it seems to error and I haven't been able to identify a pattern.
The Connect-PnPOnline command runs without error but doesn't seem to work correctly the majority of the time. I have been using Get-PnPSite to check the connection to the SharePoint site but it doesn't seem to be populating after the connection is made as shown bellow.
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-PNPsite
Url CompatibilityLevel
--- ------------------
On the odd occasions when the Get-PnPFile command works the two fields above are populated correctly.
I have been googling this issue and have found some other people who have had success adding a variable to the start of either the Get-PnPFile cmdlet or the Connect-PnPOnline cmdlet Like so:
$connection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $siteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential)
$file = Get-PnPFile -Url $fileURL -Path $downloadPath -Filename File.CSV -AsFile
But this hasn't worked for me. I have also tried down and upgrading the version of PnP.Powershell From 1.8.0 to 1.8.11 and back down to 1.7.0 but this also hasn't had any effect.
Hope someone out there has some answers! Thanks in advance