diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aea468b..9e8fb2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.pyo
 .pytest_cache/
 .worktrees/
-client/node_modules/
-client/src-tauri/target/
+.venv/
+models/
+*.joblib
+*.pt
diff --git a/core/audio_scan.py b/core/audio_scan.py
index 2c3ff49..5fd15a8 100644
--- a/core/audio_scan.py
+++ b/core/audio_scan.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from .paths import _log
 
 _SR = 16000           # lower sr = faster
 _WINDOW = 8.0         # seconds
-_MODEL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".8cut_models")
+_MODEL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))), "models")
 _W2V_CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".8cut_cache", "w2v")
 
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