diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
index cd4ad1c798..0d3f98155c 100755
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ def main():
         if migrate_if_needed(opt, config.root_path):
             sys.exit(0)
 
-        if not config.model_conf_path.exists():
-            initialize_rootdir(config.root_path, opt.yes_to_all)
+        # run this unconditionally in case new directories need to be added
+        initialize_rootdir(config.root_path, opt.yes_to_all)
 
         models_to_download = default_user_selections(opt)
         new_init_file = config.root_path / 'invokeai.yaml'
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/stable_diffusion.py b/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/stable_diffusion.py
index 735e2e6bfb..64dbd1c9ee 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/stable_diffusion.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/stable_diffusion.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from .base import (
     read_checkpoint_meta,
     classproperty,
     InvalidModelException,
+    ModelNotFoundException,
 )
 from .sdxl import StableDiffusionXLModel
 import invokeai.backend.util.logging as logger
@@ -268,12 +269,17 @@ def _convert_ckpt_and_cache(
     # to avoid circular import errors
     from ..convert_ckpt_to_diffusers import convert_ckpt_to_diffusers
     from ...util.devices import choose_torch_device, torch_dtype
-    
+
+    model_base_to_model_type = {BaseModelType.StableDiffusion1: 'FrozenCLIPEmbedder',
+                                BaseModelType.StableDiffusion2: 'FrozenOpenCLIPEmbedder',
+                                }
+
     logger.info(f'Converting {weights} to diffusers format')
     with SilenceWarnings():        
         convert_ckpt_to_diffusers(
             weights,
             output_path,
+            model_type=model_base_to_model_type[version],
             model_version=version,
             model_variant=model_config.variant,
             original_config_file=config_file,