diff --git a/models/.gitkeep b/models/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/scorers/laion.py b/src/scorers/laion.py
index 2b2186b..c5c8bd3 100644
--- a/src/scorers/laion.py
+++ b/src/scorers/laion.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ class LaionScorer:
     name = "LAION Aesthetic Predictor V2"
     description = "CLIP-based aesthetic scoring (0-10 scale)"
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, cache_dir: str = "models") -> None:
         self.model = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
         self.processor = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
         self._version = "v2"
+        self._cache_dir = cache_dir
 
     def load(self) -> None:
         """Load model weights (downloads ~2GB on first run)."""
@@ -21,15 +22,18 @@ class LaionScorer:
             from simple_aesthetics_predictor import AestheticsPredictorV1  # noqa: F401
             from transformers import CLIPProcessor  # noqa: F401
 
-            print("  Loading LAION V2 model... (first run downloads ~2GB)")
+            print(f"  Loading LAION V2 model... (first run downloads ~2GB)")
+            print(f"  Cache directory: {self._cache_dir}")
             from simple_aesthetics_predictor import AestheticsPredictorV1
             from transformers import CLIPProcessor
 
             self.model = AestheticsPredictorV1.from_pretrained(
-                "shunk031/aesthetics-predictor-v2-vit-large-patch14"
+                "shunk031/aesthetics-predictor-v2-vit-large-patch14",
+                cache_dir=self._cache_dir,
             )
             self.processor = CLIPProcessor.from_pretrained(
-                "shunk031/aesthetics-predictor-v2-vit-large-patch14"
+                "shunk031/aesthetics-predictor-v2-vit-large-patch14",
+                cache_dir=self._cache_dir,
             )
             self.model.eval()
             print("  Model loaded.")