diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa9265172..af5a8b9d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ And check out new **history** tab in the right panel, it now shows visualization
   - configurable grid images size  
     in *settings -> user interface -> grid image size*  
   - gallery now includes reference model images  
+  - reference models now include indicator if they are *ready* or *need download*
 - **Offloading**
   - **balanced**
     - enable offload during pre-forward by default  
diff --git a/modules/paths.py b/modules/paths.py
index 85750a051..503f6eeb0 100644
--- a/modules/paths.py
+++ b/modules/paths.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     config = {}
 
+reference_path = os.path.join('models', 'Reference')
 modules_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 script_path = os.path.dirname(modules_path)
 data_path = cli.data_dir
diff --git a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
index 843c248cc..645dab049 100644
--- a/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
+++ b/modules/ui_extra_networks.py
@@ -300,8 +300,9 @@ class ExtraNetworksPage:
         self.html = ''
         self.create_items(tabname)
         versions = sorted({item.get("version", "") for item in self.items if item.get("version")})
-        if 'ref' in versions:
-            versions.remove('ref')
+        for v in ['ref', 'reference', 'ready', 'download']:
+            if v in versions:
+                versions.remove(v)
         versions_html = ''
         for ver in versions:
             versions_html += f'<button class="lg secondary gradio-button custom-button network-model" onclick="extraNetworksFilterVersion(event)">{html.escape(ver)}</button><br>'
diff --git a/modules/ui_extra_networks_checkpoints.py b/modules/ui_extra_networks_checkpoints.py
index a8c35c2c4..1d320f760 100644
--- a/modules/ui_extra_networks_checkpoints.py
+++ b/modules/ui_extra_networks_checkpoints.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import os
 import html
 import json
 import concurrent
-from modules import shared, ui_extra_networks, sd_models, modelstats
+from modules import shared, ui_extra_networks, sd_models, modelstats, paths
 
 
-reference_dir = os.path.join('models', 'Reference')
 version_map = {
     "QwenEdit": "Qwen",
     "Flux.1 D": "Flux",
@@ -25,6 +24,12 @@ class ExtraNetworksPageCheckpoints(ui_extra_networks.ExtraNetworksPage):
         shared.refresh_checkpoints()
 
     def list_reference(self): # pylint: disable=inconsistent-return-statements
+        existing = [model.filename if model.type == 'safetensors' else model.name for model in sd_models.checkpoints_list.values()]
+
+        def reference_downloaded(url):
+            url = url.split('@')[0] if '@' in url else 'Diffusers/' + url
+            return any(model.endswith(url) for model in existing)
+
         if not shared.opts.sd_checkpoint_autodownload or not shared.opts.extra_network_reference_enable:
             return []
         for k, v in shared.reference_models.items():
@@ -36,15 +41,15 @@ class ExtraNetworksPageCheckpoints(ui_extra_networks.ExtraNetworksPage):
                 else:
                     continue
             preview = v.get('preview', v['path'])
-            preview_file = self.find_preview_file(os.path.join(reference_dir, preview))
+            preview_file = self.find_preview_file(os.path.join(paths.reference_path, preview))
             _size, mtime = modelstats.stat(preview_file)
-            name = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(reference_dir, k)).replace('\\', '/')
+            name = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(paths.reference_path, k)).replace('\\', '/')
             yield {
                 "type": 'Model',
                 "name": name,
                 "title": name,
                 "filename": url,
-                "preview": self.find_preview(os.path.join(reference_dir, preview)),
+                "preview": self.find_preview(os.path.join(paths.reference_path, preview)),
                 "local_preview": preview_file,
                 "onclick": '"' + html.escape(f"selectReference({json.dumps(url)})") + '"',
                 "hash": None,
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ class ExtraNetworksPageCheckpoints(ui_extra_networks.ExtraNetworksPage):
                 "info": {},
                 "metadata": {},
                 "description": v.get('desc', ''),
-                "version": "ref",
+                "version": "ready" if reference_downloaded(url) else "download",
             }
 
     def create_item(self, name):
@@ -101,4 +106,4 @@ class ExtraNetworksPageCheckpoints(ui_extra_networks.ExtraNetworksPage):
         return items
 
     def allowed_directories_for_previews(self):
-        return [v for v in [shared.opts.ckpt_dir, reference_dir, sd_models.model_path] if v is not None]
+        return [v for v in [shared.opts.ckpt_dir, paths.reference_path, sd_models.model_path] if v is not None]