diff --git a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
index b63936b525..d846c7eeb4 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/cli_app.py
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ def invoke_cli():
         sys.stdin = open(infile,"r")
     
     model_manager = ModelManagerService(config,logger)
-    set_autocompleter(model_manager)
 
     events = EventServiceBase()
     output_folder = config.output_path
@@ -231,9 +230,11 @@ def invoke_cli():
         logger=logger,
         configuration=config,
     )
+    
 
     system_graphs = create_system_graphs(services.graph_library)
     system_graph_names = set([g.name for g in system_graphs])
+    set_autocompleter(services)
 
     invoker = Invoker(services)
     session: GraphExecutionState = invoker.create_execution_state()
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_manager_service.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_manager_service.py
index fbf5e09c94..ee466849a0 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_manager_service.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_manager_service.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from invokeai.backend.model_management.model_manager import (
     SDModelInfo,
 )
 from invokeai.app.models.exceptions import CanceledException
-from ...backend import Args, Globals # this must go when pr 3340 merged
+from .config import InvokeAIAppConfig
 from ...backend.util import choose_precision, choose_torch_device
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ModelManagerServiceBase(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def __init__(
         self,
-        config: Args,
+        config: InvokeAIAppConfig,
         logger: types.ModuleType,
     ):
         """
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class ModelManagerService(ModelManagerServiceBase):
     """Responsible for managing models on disk and in memory"""
     def __init__(
         self,
-        config: Args,
+        config: InvokeAIAppConfig,
         logger: types.ModuleType,
     ):
         """
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ class ModelManagerService(ModelManagerServiceBase):
         and sequential_offload boolean. Note that the default device
         type and precision are set up for a CUDA system running at half precision.
         """
-        if config.conf and Path(config.conf).exists():
-            config_file = config.conf
+        if config.model_conf_path and config.model_conf_path.exists():
+            config_file = config.model_conf_path
         else:
-            config_file = Path(Globals.root, "configs", "models.yaml")
+            config_file = config.root_dir / "configs/models.yaml"
         if not config_file.exists():
             raise IOError(f"The file {config_file} could not be found.")
 
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_management/model_manager.py b/invokeai/backend/model_management/model_manager.py
index 8c1a97407d..f700a54831 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_management/model_manager.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_management/model_manager.py
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ class ModelManager(object):
             raise ValueError('config argument must be an OmegaConf object, a Path or a string')
 
         # check config version number and update on disk/RAM if necessary
-        self._update_config_file_version()
         self.globals = get_invokeai_config()
+        self._update_config_file_version()
         self.logger = logger
         self.cache = ModelCache(
             max_cache_size=max_cache_size,