diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.cpp
index 4867ef63..9a39b4ba 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int ModelInfo::maxContextLength() const
 {
     if (!installed || isOnline) return -1;
     if (m_maxContextLength != -1) return m_maxContextLength;
-    auto path = (dirpath + filename()).toStdString();
+    auto path = this->path().toStdString();
     int n_ctx = LLModel::Implementation::maxContextLength(path);
     if (n_ctx < 0) {
         n_ctx = 4096; // fallback value
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int ModelInfo::maxGpuLayers() const
 {
     if (!installed || isOnline) return -1;
     if (m_maxGpuLayers != -1) return m_maxGpuLayers;
-    auto path = (dirpath + filename()).toStdString();
+    auto path = this->path().toStdString();
     int layers = LLModel::Implementation::layerCount(path);
     if (layers < 0) {
         layers = 100; // fallback value
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ void ModelList::updateDataInternal(const QString &id, const QVector<QPair<int, Q
     }
 
     // Extra guarantee that these always remains in sync with filesystem
-    QString modelPath = info->dirpath + info->filename();
+    QString modelPath = info->path();
     const QFileInfo fileInfo(modelPath);
     info->installed = fileInfo.exists();
     const QFileInfo incompleteInfo(incompleteDownloadPath(info->filename()));
diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.h b/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.h
index 9292d31b..9f14f413 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.h
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/src/modellist.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct ModelInfo {
     Q_PROPERTY(QString id READ id WRITE setId)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString name READ name WRITE setName)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString filename READ filename WRITE setFilename)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString path READ path)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString dirpath MEMBER dirpath)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString filesize MEMBER filesize)
     Q_PROPERTY(QByteArray hash MEMBER hash)
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ public:
     QString filename() const;
     void setFilename(const QString &name);
 
+    // FIXME(jared): This is the one true path of the model. Never use anything else.
+    QString path() const { return dirpath + filename(); }
+
     QString description() const;
     void setDescription(const QString &d);
 
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ public:
     QDateTime recency() const;
     void setRecency(const QDateTime &r);
 
+    // FIXME(jared): a class with getters should not also have public mutable fields
     QString dirpath;
     QString filesize;
     QByteArray hash;