diff --git a/constants/Tokenizer.ts b/constants/Tokenizer.ts
index b7de7bf..fbd72b7 100644
--- a/constants/Tokenizer.ts
+++ b/constants/Tokenizer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { copyFileRes } from '@dr.pogodin/react-native-fs'
 import { initLlama, LlamaContext } from 'cui-llama.rn'
-import { deleteAsync, documentDirectory, getInfoAsync } from 'expo-file-system'
+import { deleteAsync, documentDirectory, getInfoAsync, makeDirectoryAsync } from 'expo-file-system'
 import { create } from 'zustand'
 
 import { Logger } from './Logger'
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ export namespace Tokenizer {
         },
         loadModel: async () => {
             if (get().model) return
-            const modelExists = (
-                await getInfoAsync(`${documentDirectory}appAssets/llama3tokenizer.gguf`)
-            ).exists
+
+            const folderDir = `${documentDirectory}appAssets/`
+            const folderExists = (await getInfoAsync(folderDir)).exists
+            if (!folderExists) await makeDirectoryAsync(`${documentDirectory}appAssets`)
+
+            const modelDir = `${folderDir}llama3tokenizer.gguf`
+            const modelExists = (await getInfoAsync(modelDir)).exists
             if (!modelExists) await importModelFromRes()
 
             const context = await initLlama({
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ export namespace Tokenizer {
     }
 
     export const debugDeleteModel = async () => {
-        await deleteAsync(documentDirectory + 'appAssets/llama3tokenizer.gguf')
+        await deleteAsync(documentDirectory + 'appAssets')
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/constants/global.tsx b/constants/global.tsx
index 8dbba6e..c69a541 100644
--- a/constants/global.tsx
+++ b/constants/global.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export const initializeApp = async () => {
 
 export const generateDefaultDirectories = async () => {
     // Removed: 'characters', 'instruct', 'persona',
-    const dirs = ['presets', 'lorebooks', 'models', 'appAssets']
+    const dirs = ['presets', 'lorebooks', 'models']
 
     dirs.map(async (dir: string) => {
         await FS.makeDirectoryAsync(`${FS.documentDirectory}${dir}`, {})