diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05ce1df8..da9cf974 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config.txt
 config_modification_tutorial.txt
 user_path_config.txt
 user_path_config-deprecated.txt
+/models/safety_checker_models
 /modules/*.png
 /repositories
 /venv
diff --git a/models/safety_checker_models/put_safety_checker_models_here b/models/safety_checker_models/put_safety_checker_models_here
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/modules/censor.py b/modules/censor.py
index fac6db09..e2352218 100644
--- a/modules/censor.py
+++ b/modules/censor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import modules.core as core
 from diffusers.pipelines.stable_diffusion.safety_checker import StableDiffusionSafetyChecker
 from transformers import AutoFeatureExtractor
 from PIL import Image
+import modules.config
 
 safety_model_id = "CompVis/stable-diffusion-safety-checker"
 safety_feature_extractor = None
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ def check_safety(x_image):
     global safety_feature_extractor, safety_checker
 
     if safety_feature_extractor is None:
-        safety_feature_extractor = AutoFeatureExtractor.from_pretrained(safety_model_id)
-        safety_checker = StableDiffusionSafetyChecker.from_pretrained(safety_model_id)
+        safety_feature_extractor = AutoFeatureExtractor.from_pretrained(safety_model_id, cache_dir=modules.config.path_safety_checker_models)
+        safety_checker = StableDiffusionSafetyChecker.from_pretrained(safety_model_id, cache_dir=modules.config.path_safety_checker_models)
 
     safety_checker_input = safety_feature_extractor(numpy_to_pil(x_image), return_tensors="pt")
     x_checked_image, has_nsfw_concept = safety_checker(images=x_image, clip_input=safety_checker_input.pixel_values)
diff --git a/modules/config.py b/modules/config.py
index cab19d03..b4fbf93c 100644
--- a/modules/config.py
+++ b/modules/config.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ path_controlnet = get_dir_or_set_default('path_controlnet', '../models/controlne
 path_clip_vision = get_dir_or_set_default('path_clip_vision', '../models/clip_vision/')
 path_fooocus_expansion = get_dir_or_set_default('path_fooocus_expansion', '../models/prompt_expansion/fooocus_expansion')
 path_outputs = get_dir_or_set_default('path_outputs', '../outputs/')
+path_safety_checker_models = get_dir_or_set_default('path_safety_checker_models', '../models/safety_checker_models/')
 
 
 def get_config_item_or_set_default(key, default_value, validator, disable_empty_as_none=False):