diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 04f90c210..561592e57 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 /assets/imagenet
 /assets/resnet
 /assets/vision
+/assets/models
 /storage
 /build
 /photoprism
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee35950e5..9ddd431cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pull: docker-pull
 test: test-js test-go
 test-go: reset-sqlite run-test-go
 test-pkg: reset-sqlite run-test-pkg
+test-ai: reset-sqlite run-test-ai
 test-api: reset-sqlite run-test-api
 test-video: reset-sqlite run-test-video
 test-entity: reset-sqlite run-test-entity
@@ -395,6 +396,9 @@ run-test-mariadb:
 run-test-pkg:
 	$(info Running all Go tests in "/pkg"...)
 	$(GOTEST) -parallel 2 -count 1 -cpu 2 -tags="slow,develop" -timeout 20m ./pkg/...
+run-test-ai:
+	$(info Running all AI tests...)
+	$(GOTEST) -parallel 2 -count 1 -cpu 2 -tags="slow,develop" -timeout 20m ./internal/ai/...
 run-test-api:
 	$(info Running all API tests...)
 	$(GOTEST) -parallel 2 -count 1 -cpu 2 -tags="slow,develop" -timeout 20m ./internal/api/...
diff --git a/assets/.buildignore b/assets/.buildignore
index ce0f694df..4ba02a2bf 100644
--- a/assets/.buildignore
+++ b/assets/.buildignore
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 examples
-efficientnet
-imagenet
-resnet
-vision
+models/_*
+models/dev*
+models/local*
+models/test*
 README.md
 docs
 .*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/models/.gitignore b/assets/models/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c96a04f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/models/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/ai/classify/model.go b/internal/ai/classify/model.go
index 0adc01eaf..37b949bca 100644
--- a/internal/ai/classify/model.go
+++ b/internal/ai/classify/model.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 // Model represents a TensorFlow classification model.
 type Model struct {
 	model             *tf.SavedModel
-	modelPath         string
-	assetsPath        string
+	name              string
+	modelsPath        string
 	defaultLabelsPath string
 	labels            []string
 	disabled          bool
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ type Model struct {
 }
 
 // NewModel returns new TensorFlow classification model instance.
-func NewModel(assetsPath, modelPath, defaultLabelsPath string, meta *tensorflow.ModelInfo, disabled bool) *Model {
+func NewModel(modelsPath, name, defaultLabelsPath string, meta *tensorflow.ModelInfo, disabled bool) *Model {
 	if meta == nil {
 		meta = new(tensorflow.ModelInfo)
 	}
 
 	return &Model{
-		modelPath:         modelPath,
-		assetsPath:        assetsPath,
+		name:              name,
+		modelsPath:        modelsPath,
 		defaultLabelsPath: defaultLabelsPath,
 		meta:              meta,
 		disabled:          disabled,
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ func NewModel(assetsPath, modelPath, defaultLabelsPath string, meta *tensorflow.
 }
 
 // NewNasnet returns new Nasnet TensorFlow classification model instance.
-func NewNasnet(assetsPath string, disabled bool) *Model {
-	return NewModel(assetsPath, "nasnet", "", &tensorflow.ModelInfo{
+func NewNasnet(modelsPath string, disabled bool) *Model {
+	return NewModel(modelsPath, "nasnet", "", &tensorflow.ModelInfo{
 		TFVersion: "1.12.0",
 		Tags:      []string{"photoprism"},
 		Input: &tensorflow.PhotoInput{
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (m *Model) loadModel() (err error) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	modelPath := path.Join(m.assetsPath, m.modelPath)
+	modelPath := path.Join(m.modelsPath, m.name)
 
 	if len(m.meta.Tags) == 0 {
 		infos, modelErr := tensorflow.GetModelInfo(modelPath)
diff --git a/internal/ai/classify/model_external_test.go b/internal/ai/classify/model_external_test.go
index 8c203116a..e9b75b9d8 100644
--- a/internal/ai/classify/model_external_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/classify/model_external_test.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func assertContainsAny(t *testing.T, s string, substrings []string) {
 
 func testModel_LabelsFromFile(t *testing.T, tensorFlow *Model) {
 	testName := func(name string) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", tensorFlow.modelPath, name)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", tensorFlow.name, name)
 	}
 
 	t.Run(testName("chameleon_lime.jpg"), func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func testModel_Run(t *testing.T, tensorFlow *Model) {
 	}
 
 	testName := func(name string) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", tensorFlow.modelPath, name)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", tensorFlow.name, name)
 	}
 
 	t.Run(testName("chameleon_lime.jpg"), func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/ai/classify/model_test.go b/internal/ai/classify/model_test.go
index 092a225e3..93f86520b 100644
--- a/internal/ai/classify/model_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/classify/model_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package classify
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -12,14 +13,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
-var modelPath = assetsPath + "/nasnet"
-var examplesPath = assetsPath + "/examples"
+var examplesPath = filepath.Join(assetsPath, "examples")
+var modelsPath = filepath.Join(assetsPath, "models")
+var modelPath = modelsPath + "/nasnet"
 var once sync.Once
 var testInstance *Model
 
 func NewModelTest(t *testing.T) *Model {
 	once.Do(func() {
-		testInstance = NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+		testInstance = NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 		if err := testInstance.loadModel(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ func NewModelTest(t *testing.T) *Model {
 }
 
 func TestModel_CenterCrop(t *testing.T) {
-	model := NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+	model := NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 	if err := model.loadModel(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ func TestModel_CenterCrop(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestModel_Padding(t *testing.T) {
-	model := NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+	model := NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 	if err := model.loadModel(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ func TestModel_Padding(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestModel_ResizeBreakAspectRatio(t *testing.T) {
-	model := NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+	model := NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 	if err := model.loadModel(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ func TestModel_LabelsFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Empty(t, result)
 	})
 	t.Run("Disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(assetsPath, true)
+		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(modelsPath, true)
 
 		result, err := tensorFlow.File(examplesPath+"/chameleon_lime.jpg", 10)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ func TestModel_Run(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("Disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(assetsPath, true)
+		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(modelsPath, true)
 
 		if imageBuffer, err := os.ReadFile(examplesPath + "/dog_orange.jpg"); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ func TestModel_LoadModel(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, tf.ModelLoaded())
 	})
 	t.Run("NotFound", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(assetsPath+"foo", false)
+		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(modelsPath+"foo", false)
 		err := tensorFlow.loadModel()
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ func TestModel_LoadModel(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestModel_BestLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Success", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 
 		if err := tensorFlow.loadLabels(modelPath); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ func TestModel_BestLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Log(result)
 	})
 	t.Run("NotLoaded", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(assetsPath, false)
+		tensorFlow := NewNasnet(modelsPath, false)
 
 		p := make([]float32, 1000)
 
diff --git a/internal/ai/face/model.go b/internal/ai/face/model.go
index fe8b0d8d3..951c5ecc2 100644
--- a/internal/ai/face/model.go
+++ b/internal/ai/face/model.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 // Model is a wrapper for the TensorFlow Facenet model.
 type Model struct {
 	model      *tf.SavedModel
-	modelName  string
 	modelPath  string
 	cachePath  string
 	resolution int
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ func NewModel(modelPath, cachePath string, resolution int, meta *tensorflow.Mode
 	if len(meta.Tags) == 0 {
 		meta.Tags = []string{"serve"}
 	}
+
 	return &Model{
 		modelPath:  modelPath,
 		cachePath:  cachePath,
diff --git a/internal/ai/face/model_test.go b/internal/ai/face/model_test.go
index dce5ca6cf..d0aab58be 100644
--- a/internal/ai/face/model_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/face/model_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs/fastwalk"
 )
 
-var modelPath, _ = filepath.Abs("../../../assets/facenet")
+var modelPath, _ = filepath.Abs("../../../assets/models/facenet")
 
 func TestNet(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := map[string]int{
diff --git a/internal/ai/nsfw/nsfw_test.go b/internal/ai/nsfw/nsfw_test.go
index 41959a050..75f61f2f8 100644
--- a/internal/ai/nsfw/nsfw_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/nsfw/nsfw_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs/fastwalk"
 )
 
-var modelPath, _ = filepath.Abs("../../../assets/nsfw")
+var modelPath, _ = filepath.Abs("../../../assets/models/nsfw")
 
 var detector = NewModel(modelPath, nil, false)
 
diff --git a/internal/ai/tensorflow/image_test.go b/internal/ai/tensorflow/image_test.go
index 20ebff977..026137cd6 100644
--- a/internal/ai/tensorflow/image_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/tensorflow/image_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tensorflow
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ var defaultImageInput = &PhotoInput{
 	Width:  224,
 }
 
+var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
+var examplesPath = filepath.Join(assetsPath, "examples")
+
 func TestConvertValue(t *testing.T) {
 	result := convertValue(uint32(98765432), &Interval{Start: -1, End: 1})
 	assert.Equal(t, float32(3024.8982), result)
@@ -29,9 +33,6 @@ func TestConvertStdMean(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestImageFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
-	var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
-	var examplesPath = assetsPath + "/examples"
-
 	t.Run("CatJpeg", func(t *testing.T) {
 		imageBuffer, err := os.ReadFile(examplesPath + "/cat_brown.jpg")
 
diff --git a/internal/ai/vision/api_client_test.go b/internal/ai/vision/api_client_test.go
index f41a7e716..770b8b779 100644
--- a/internal/ai/vision/api_client_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/vision/api_client_test.go
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
-	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/media/http/scheme"
 )
 
 func TestNewApiRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
-	var examplesPath = assetsPath + "/examples"
-
 	t.Run("Data", func(t *testing.T) {
 		thumbnails := Files{examplesPath + "/chameleon_lime.jpg"}
 		result, err := NewApiRequestImages(thumbnails, scheme.Data)
diff --git a/internal/ai/vision/config.go b/internal/ai/vision/config.go
index ed312ed77..ba25c1d5b 100644
--- a/internal/ai/vision/config.go
+++ b/internal/ai/vision/config.go
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ package vision
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/clean"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/media/http/scheme"
 )
 
 var (
-	AssetsPath            = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
-	FaceNetModelPath      = fs.Abs("../../../assets/facenet")
-	NsfwModelPath         = fs.Abs("../../../assets/nsfw")
-	CachePath             = fs.Abs("../../../storage/cache")
+	CachePath             = ""
+	ModelsPath            = ""
 	DownloadUrl           = ""
 	ServiceUri            = ""
 	ServiceKey            = ""
@@ -23,3 +23,65 @@ var (
 	ServiceResponseFormat = ApiFormatVision
 	DefaultResolution     = 224
 )
+
+// SetCachePath updates the cache path.
+func SetCachePath(dir string) {
+	if dir = fs.Abs(dir); dir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	CachePath = dir
+}
+
+// GetCachePath returns the cache path.
+func GetCachePath() string {
+	if CachePath != "" {
+		return CachePath
+	}
+
+	CachePath = fs.Abs("../../../storage/cache")
+
+	return CachePath
+}
+
+// SetModelsPath updates the model assets path.
+func SetModelsPath(dir string) {
+	if dir = fs.Abs(dir); dir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ModelsPath = dir
+}
+
+// GetModelsPath returns the model assets path, or an empty string if not configured or found.
+func GetModelsPath() string {
+	if ModelsPath != "" {
+		return ModelsPath
+	}
+
+	assetsPath := fs.Abs("../../../assets")
+
+	if dir := filepath.Join(assetsPath, "models"); fs.PathExists(dir) {
+		ModelsPath = dir
+	} else if fs.PathExists(assetsPath) {
+		ModelsPath = assetsPath
+	}
+
+	return ModelsPath
+}
+
+func GetModelPath(name string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(GetModelsPath(), clean.Path(clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(name)))
+}
+
+func GetNasnetModelPath() string {
+	return GetModelPath(NasnetModel.Name)
+}
+
+func GetFacenetModelPath() string {
+	return GetModelPath(FacenetModel.Name)
+}
+
+func GetNsfwModelPath() string {
+	return GetModelPath(NsfwModel.Name)
+}
diff --git a/internal/ai/vision/labels_test.go b/internal/ai/vision/labels_test.go
index d68418a0b..540018607 100644
--- a/internal/ai/vision/labels_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/vision/labels_test.go
@@ -7,14 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/ai/classify"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/entity"
-	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/media"
 )
 
 func TestLabels(t *testing.T) {
-	var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
-	var examplesPath = assetsPath + "/examples"
-
 	t.Run("Success", func(t *testing.T) {
 		result, err := Labels(Files{examplesPath + "/chameleon_lime.jpg"}, media.SrcLocal, entity.SrcAuto)
 
diff --git a/internal/ai/vision/model.go b/internal/ai/vision/model.go
index ee11e9159..9f6a963bc 100644
--- a/internal/ai/vision/model.go
+++ b/internal/ai/vision/model.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package vision
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ func (m *Model) ClassifyModel() *classify.Model {
 		return nil
 	case NasnetModel.Name, "nasnet":
 		// Load and initialize the Nasnet image classification model.
-		if model := classify.NewNasnet(AssetsPath, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := classify.NewNasnet(GetModelsPath(), m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init nasnet model)", err)
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ func (m *Model) ClassifyModel() *classify.Model {
 	default:
 		// Set model path from model name if no path is configured.
 		if m.Path == "" {
-			m.Path = clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name)
+			m.Path = clean.Path(clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name))
 		}
 
 		if m.Meta == nil {
@@ -173,8 +172,7 @@ func (m *Model) ClassifyModel() *classify.Model {
 		m.Meta.Input.SetResolution(m.Resolution)
 
 		// Try to load custom model based on the configuration values.
-		defaultPath := filepath.Join(AssetsPath, "nasnet")
-		if model := classify.NewModel(AssetsPath, m.Path, defaultPath, m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := classify.NewModel(GetModelsPath(), m.Path, GetNasnetModelPath(), m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init %s)", err, m.Path)
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ func (m *Model) FaceModel() *face.Model {
 		return nil
 	case FacenetModel.Name, "facenet":
 		// Load and initialize the Nasnet image classification model.
-		if model := face.NewModel(FaceNetModelPath, CachePath, m.Resolution, m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := face.NewModel(GetFacenetModelPath(), GetCachePath(), m.Resolution, m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init %s)", err, m.Path)
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ func (m *Model) FaceModel() *face.Model {
 	default:
 		// Set model path from model name if no path is configured.
 		if m.Path == "" {
-			m.Path = clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name)
+			m.Path = clean.Path(clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name))
 		}
 
 		// Set default thumbnail resolution if no tags are configured.
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ func (m *Model) FaceModel() *face.Model {
 		}
 
 		// Try to load custom model based on the configuration values.
-		if model := face.NewModel(filepath.Join(AssetsPath, m.Path), CachePath, m.Resolution, m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := face.NewModel(GetModelPath(m.Path), GetCachePath(), m.Resolution, m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init %s)", err, m.Path)
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ func (m *Model) NsfwModel() *nsfw.Model {
 		return nil
 	case NsfwModel.Name, "nsfw":
 		// Load and initialize the Nasnet image classification model.
-		if model := nsfw.NewModel(NsfwModelPath, NsfwModel.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := nsfw.NewModel(GetNsfwModelPath(), NsfwModel.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init %s)", err, m.Path)
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ func (m *Model) NsfwModel() *nsfw.Model {
 	default:
 		// Set model path from model name if no path is configured.
 		if m.Path == "" {
-			m.Path = clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name)
+			m.Path = clean.Path(clean.TypeLowerUnderscore(m.Name))
 		}
 
 		// Set default thumbnail resolution if no tags are configured.
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ func (m *Model) NsfwModel() *nsfw.Model {
 		}
 
 		// Try to load custom model based on the configuration values.
-		if model := nsfw.NewModel(filepath.Join(AssetsPath, m.Path), m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
+		if model := nsfw.NewModel(GetModelPath(m.Path), m.Meta, m.Disabled); model == nil {
 			return nil
 		} else if err := model.Init(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("vision: %s (init %s)", err, m.Path)
diff --git a/internal/ai/vision/vision_test.go b/internal/ai/vision/vision_test.go
index 717e98e6e..8e84c3b03 100644
--- a/internal/ai/vision/vision_test.go
+++ b/internal/ai/vision/vision_test.go
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@ package vision
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/api/download"
 	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/internal/event"
+	"github.com/photoprism/photoprism/pkg/fs"
 )
 
+var assetsPath = fs.Abs("../../../assets")
+var examplesPath = filepath.Join(assetsPath, "examples")
+
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	// Init test logger.
 	log = logrus.StandardLogger()
 	log.SetLevel(logrus.TraceLevel)
 	event.AuditLog = log
-	download.AllowedPaths = append(download.AllowedPaths, AssetsPath)
+	download.AllowedPaths = append(download.AllowedPaths, assetsPath)
 
 	// Set test config values.
 	DownloadUrl = "https://app.localssl.dev/api/v1/dl"
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index e37edbd78..2a891797a 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -291,10 +291,8 @@ func (c *Config) Propagate() {
 	dl.FFprobeBin = c.FFprobeBin()
 
 	// Configure computer vision package.
-	vision.AssetsPath = c.AssetsPath()
-	vision.FaceNetModelPath = c.FaceNetModelPath()
-	vision.NsfwModelPath = c.NSFWModelPath()
-	vision.CachePath = c.CachePath()
+	vision.SetCachePath(c.CachePath())
+	vision.SetModelsPath(c.ModelsPath())
 	vision.ServiceUri = c.VisionUri()
 	vision.ServiceKey = c.VisionKey()
 	vision.DownloadUrl = c.DownloadUrl()
diff --git a/internal/config/config_storage.go b/internal/config/config_storage.go
index 183e26abb..b5b588976 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_storage.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_storage.go
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ func (c *Config) CreateDirectories() error {
 		return createError(dir, err)
 	}
 
-	// Create TensorFlow model path if it doesn't exist yet.
-	if dir := c.NasnetModelPath(); dir == "" {
-		return notFoundError("tensorflow model")
+	// Create computer vision models path if it doesn't exist yet.
+	if dir := c.ModelsPath(); dir == "" {
+		return notFoundError("models")
 	} else if err := fs.MkdirAll(dir); err != nil {
 		return createError(dir, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/config_vision.go b/internal/config/config_vision.go
index fb37b19c8..76f5bf9a6 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_vision.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_vision.go
@@ -43,19 +43,35 @@ func (c *Config) VisionKey() string {
 	}
 }
 
+// ModelsPath returns the path where the machine learning models are located.
+func (c *Config) ModelsPath() string {
+	if c.options.ModelsPath != "" {
+		return fs.Abs(c.options.ModelsPath)
+	}
+
+	if dir := filepath.Join(c.AssetsPath(), "models"); fs.PathExists(dir) {
+		c.options.ModelsPath = dir
+		return c.options.ModelsPath
+	}
+
+	c.options.ModelsPath = fs.FindDir(fs.ModelsPaths)
+
+	return c.options.ModelsPath
+}
+
 // NasnetModelPath returns the TensorFlow model path.
 func (c *Config) NasnetModelPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(c.AssetsPath(), "nasnet")
+	return filepath.Join(c.ModelsPath(), "nasnet")
 }
 
-// FaceNetModelPath returns the FaceNet model path.
-func (c *Config) FaceNetModelPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(c.AssetsPath(), "facenet")
+// FacenetModelPath returns the FaceNet model path.
+func (c *Config) FacenetModelPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.ModelsPath(), "facenet")
 }
 
-// NSFWModelPath returns the "not safe for work" TensorFlow model path.
-func (c *Config) NSFWModelPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(c.AssetsPath(), "nsfw")
+// NsfwModelPath returns the "not safe for work" TensorFlow model path.
+func (c *Config) NsfwModelPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.ModelsPath(), "nsfw")
 }
 
 // DetectNSFW checks if NSFW photos should be detected and flagged.
diff --git a/internal/config/config_vision_test.go b/internal/config/config_vision_test.go
index e7c70209e..36e10fcdb 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_vision_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_vision_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -34,11 +35,12 @@ func TestConfig_VisionKey(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "", c.VisionKey())
 }
 
-func TestConfig_TensorFlowModelPath(t *testing.T) {
+func TestConfig_ModelsPath(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
 	path := c.NasnetModelPath()
-	assert.Equal(t, "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/assets/nasnet", path)
+	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(path, c.ModelsPath()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "/go/src/github.com/photoprism/photoprism/assets/models/nasnet", path)
 }
 
 func TestConfig_TensorFlowDisabled(t *testing.T) {
@@ -51,13 +53,13 @@ func TestConfig_TensorFlowDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConfig_NSFWModelPath(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Contains(t, c.NSFWModelPath(), "/assets/nsfw")
+	assert.Contains(t, c.NsfwModelPath(), "/assets/models/nsfw")
 }
 
 func TestConfig_FaceNetModelPath(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewConfig(CliTestContext())
 
-	assert.Contains(t, c.FaceNetModelPath(), "/assets/facenet")
+	assert.Contains(t, c.FacenetModelPath(), "/assets/models/facenet")
 }
 
 func TestConfig_DetectNSFW(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/config/flags.go b/internal/config/flags.go
index 2ce30ba64..d8ed81c51 100644
--- a/internal/config/flags.go
+++ b/internal/config/flags.go
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ var Flags = CliFlags{
 			EnvVars:   EnvVars("ASSETS_PATH"),
 			TakesFile: true,
 		}}, {
+		Flag: &cli.PathFlag{
+			Name:      "models-path",
+			Usage:     "custom model assets `PATH` where computer vision models are located",
+			EnvVars:   EnvVars("MODELS_PATH"),
+			TakesFile: true,
+		}}, {
 		Flag: &cli.PathFlag{
 			Name:    "sidecar-path",
 			Aliases: []string{"sc"},
diff --git a/internal/config/options.go b/internal/config/options.go
index a6793284b..b61c09359 100644
--- a/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/internal/config/options.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	TempPath               string        `yaml:"TempPath" json:"-" flag:"temp-path"`
 	AssetsPath             string        `yaml:"AssetsPath" json:"-" flag:"assets-path"`
 	CustomAssetsPath       string        `yaml:"-" json:"-" flag:"custom-assets-path" tags:"plus,pro"`
+	ModelsPath             string        `yaml:"ModelsPath" json:"-" flag:"models-path"`
 	SidecarPath            string        `yaml:"SidecarPath" json:"-" flag:"sidecar-path"`
 	SidecarYaml            bool          `yaml:"SidecarYaml" json:"SidecarYaml" flag:"sidecar-yaml" default:"true"`
 	UsageInfo              bool          `yaml:"UsageInfo" json:"UsageInfo" flag:"usage-info"`
diff --git a/internal/config/report.go b/internal/config/report.go
index a53891834..055d9cbc2 100644
--- a/internal/config/report.go
+++ b/internal/config/report.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func (c *Config) Report() (rows [][]string, cols []string) {
 		{"thumb-cache-path", c.ThumbCachePath()},
 		{"temp-path", c.TempPath()},
 		{"assets-path", c.AssetsPath()},
+		{"models-path", c.ModelsPath()},
 		{"static-path", c.StaticPath()},
 		{"build-path", c.BuildPath()},
 		{"img-path", c.ImgPath()},
@@ -256,8 +257,8 @@ func (c *Config) Report() (rows [][]string, cols []string) {
 		{"vision-uri", c.VisionUri()},
 		{"vision-key", strings.Repeat("*", utf8.RuneCountInString(c.VisionKey()))},
 		{"nasnet-model-path", c.NasnetModelPath()},
-		{"facenet-model-path", c.FaceNetModelPath()},
-		{"nsfw-model-path", c.NSFWModelPath()},
+		{"facenet-model-path", c.FacenetModelPath()},
+		{"nsfw-model-path", c.NsfwModelPath()},
 		{"detect-nsfw", fmt.Sprintf("%t", c.DetectNSFW())},
 
 		// Facial Recognition.
diff --git a/pkg/fs/directories.go b/pkg/fs/directories.go
index d96c83833..d3ac7993f 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/directories.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/directories.go
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ var AssetPaths = []string{
 	"/var/lib/photoprism/assets",
 }
 
+var ModelsPaths = []string{
+	"/opt/photoprism/assets/models",
+	"/photoprism/assets/models",
+	"~/.photoprism/assets/models",
+	"~/photoprism/assets/models",
+	"photoprism/assets/models",
+	"assets/models",
+	"/var/lib/photoprism/assets/models",
+}
+
 // Dirs returns a slice of directories in a path, optional recursively and with symlinks.
 //
 // Warning: Following symlinks can make the result non-deterministic and hard to test!
diff --git a/scripts/download-facenet.sh b/scripts/download-facenet.sh
index cde93b402..93c975226 100755
--- a/scripts/download-facenet.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-facenet.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ TODAY=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
 
 MODEL_NAME="Facenet"
 MODEL_URL="https://dl.photoprism.app/tensorflow/facenet.zip?$TODAY"
-MODEL_PATH="assets/facenet"
+MODELS_PATH="assets/models"
+MODEL_PATH="$MODELS_PATH/facenet"
 MODEL_ZIP="/tmp/photoprism/facenet.zip"
 MODEL_HASH="0492eb1d67789108b7eefb274e26633504b059be  $MODEL_ZIP"
 MODEL_VERSION="$MODEL_PATH/version.txt"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ mkdir -p /tmp/photoprism
 mkdir -p storage/backup
 
 # Check for update
-if [[ -f ${MODEL_ZIP} ]] && [[ $(sha1sum ${MODEL_ZIP}) == ${MODEL_HASH} ]]; then
+if [[ -f ${MODEL_ZIP} ]] && [[ $(sha1sum ${MODEL_ZIP}) == "${MODEL_HASH}" ]]; then
   if [[ -f ${MODEL_VERSION} ]]; then
     echo "Already up to date."
     exit
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if [[ -e ${MODEL_PATH} ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Unzip model
-unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d assets
+unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d "$MODELS_PATH"
 echo "$MODEL_NAME $TODAY $MODEL_HASH" > ${MODEL_VERSION}
 
 echo "Latest $MODEL_NAME installed."
diff --git a/scripts/download-nasnet.sh b/scripts/download-nasnet.sh
index ce423cf73..2d8569964 100755
--- a/scripts/download-nasnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-nasnet.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ TODAY=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
 
 MODEL_NAME="NASNet Mobile"
 MODEL_URL="https://dl.photoprism.app/tensorflow/nasnet.zip?$TODAY"
-MODEL_PATH="assets/nasnet"
+MODELS_PATH="assets/models"
+MODEL_PATH="$MODELS_PATH/nasnet"
 MODEL_ZIP="/tmp/photoprism/nasnet.zip"
 MODEL_HASH="f18b801354e95cade497b4f12e8d2537d04c04f6  $MODEL_ZIP"
 MODEL_VERSION="$MODEL_PATH/version.txt"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ if [[ -e ${MODEL_PATH} ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Unzip model
-unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d assets
+unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d "$MODELS_PATH"
 echo "$MODEL_NAME $TODAY $MODEL_HASH" > ${MODEL_VERSION}
 wget --inet4-only -c "${MODEL_21K_LABELS_URL}" -O ${MODEL_PATH}/labels21k.txt
 
diff --git a/scripts/download-nsfw.sh b/scripts/download-nsfw.sh
index 9875b4b02..c0f61a2bd 100755
--- a/scripts/download-nsfw.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-nsfw.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ TODAY=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
 
 MODEL_NAME="NSFW"
 MODEL_URL="https://dl.photoprism.app/tensorflow/nsfw.zip?$TODAY"
-MODEL_PATH="assets/nsfw"
+MODELS_PATH="assets/models"
+MODEL_PATH="$MODELS_PATH/nsfw"
 MODEL_ZIP="/tmp/photoprism/nsfw.zip"
 MODEL_HASH="2e03ad3c6aec27c270c650d0574ff2a6291d992b  $MODEL_ZIP"
 MODEL_VERSION="$MODEL_PATH/version.txt"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if [[ -e ${MODEL_PATH} ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Unzip model
-unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d assets
+unzip ${MODEL_ZIP} -d "$MODELS_PATH"
 echo "$MODEL_NAME $TODAY $MODEL_HASH" > ${MODEL_VERSION}
 
 echo "Latest $MODEL_NAME installed."