diff --git a/invokeai/app/api_app.py b/invokeai/app/api_app.py
index 0c72b1532e..7a2e30ea11 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api_app.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api_app.py
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ def invoke_api() -> None:
             else:
                 return port
 
-    from invokeai.backend.install.check_root import check_invokeai_root
+    from invokeai.backend.install.check_root import check_directories
 
-    check_invokeai_root(app_config)  # note, may exit with an exception if root not set up
+    check_directories(app_config)  # note, may exit with an exception if root not set up
 
     if app_config.dev_reload:
         try:
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py b/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
index ee8f6c4b6d..d3b80025ba 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/check_root.py
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ from invokeai.app.services.config import InvokeAIAppConfig
 
 
 # TODO(psyche): Should this also check for things like ESRGAN models, database, etc?
-def validate_root_structure(config: InvokeAIAppConfig) -> None:
+def validate_directories(config: InvokeAIAppConfig) -> None:
     assert config.db_path.parent.exists(), f"{config.db_path.parent} not found"
     assert config.models_path.exists(), f"{config.models_path} not found"
 
 
-def check_invokeai_root(config: InvokeAIAppConfig):
+def check_directories(config: InvokeAIAppConfig):
     try:
-        validate_root_structure(config)
+        validate_directories(config)
     except Exception as e:
         print()
         print(f"An exception has occurred: {str(e)}")
         print("== STARTUP ABORTED ==")
-        print("** One or more necessary files is missing from your InvokeAI root directory **")
+        print("** One or more necessary files is missing from your InvokeAI directories **")
         print("** Please rerun the configuration script to fix this problem. **")
         print("** From the launcher, selection option [6]. **")
         print(
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py b/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
index 5201057ca0..fb16af1214 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/install/model_install.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from npyscreen import widget
 
 from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import get_config
 from invokeai.app.services.model_install import ModelInstallServiceBase
-from invokeai.backend.install.check_root import validate_root_structure
+from invokeai.backend.install.check_root import validate_directories
 from invokeai.backend.install.install_helper import InstallHelper, InstallSelections, UnifiedModelInfo
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager import ModelType
 from invokeai.backend.util import choose_precision, choose_torch_device
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     logger = InvokeAILogger().get_logger(config=config)
 
     try:
-        validate_root_structure(config)
+        validate_directories(config)
     except AssertionError:
         logger.info("Your InvokeAI root directory is not set up. Calling invokeai-configure.")
         sys.argv = ["invokeai_configure", "--yes", "--skip-sd-weights"]