diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a450a34cc..ec1093e3d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         "": {
             "name": "sillytavern",
             "version": "1.10.3",
+            "hasInstallScript": true,
             "license": "AGPL-3.0",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@agnai/sentencepiece-js": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcdf7a8f0..929e6dc8f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     "scripts": {
         "start": "node server.js",
         "start-multi": "node server.js --disableCsrf",
-        "pkg": "pkg --compress Gzip --no-bytecode --public ."
+        "pkg": "pkg --compress Gzip --no-bytecode --public .",
+        "postinstall": "node post-install.js"
     },
     "bin": {
         "sillytavern": "./server.js"
diff --git a/post-install.js b/post-install.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2797812e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * Scripts to be done before starting the server for the first time.
+ */
+const fs = require('fs');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+/**
+ * Returns the MD5 hash of the given data.
+ * @param {Buffer} data Input data
+ * @returns {string} MD5 hash of the input data
+ */
+function getMd5Hash(data) {
+    return crypto
+        .createHash('md5')
+        .update(data)
+        .digest('hex');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copies the WASM binaries from the sillytavern-transformers package to the dist folder.
+ */
+function copyWasmFiles() {
+    if (!fs.existsSync('./dist')) {
+        fs.mkdirSync('./dist');
+    }
+
+    const listDir = fs.readdirSync('./node_modules/sillytavern-transformers/dist');
+
+    for (const file of listDir) {
+        if (file.endsWith('.wasm')) {
+            const sourcePath = `./node_modules/sillytavern-transformers/dist/${file}`;
+            const targetPath = `./dist/${file}`;
+
+            // Don't copy if the file already exists and is the same checksum
+            if (fs.existsSync(targetPath)) {
+                const sourceChecksum = getMd5Hash(fs.readFileSync(sourcePath));
+                const targetChecksum = getMd5Hash(fs.readFileSync(targetPath));
+
+                if (sourceChecksum === targetChecksum) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
+            fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
+            console.log(`${file} successfully copied to ./dist/${file}`);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    // 1. Copy transformers WASM binaries from node_modules
+    copyWasmFiles();
+} catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+}
diff --git a/src/caption.mjs b/src/caption.mjs
index 08bcd25b5..ab8241f42 100644
--- a/src/caption.mjs
+++ b/src/caption.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { getConfig } from './util.js';
 
 // Limit the number of threads to 1 to avoid issues on Android
 env.backends.onnx.wasm.numThreads = 1;
+// Use WASM from a local folder to avoid CDN connections
+env.backends.onnx.wasm.wasmPaths = path.join(process.cwd(), 'dist') +  path.sep;
 
 class PipelineAccessor {
     /**
diff --git a/src/classify.mjs b/src/classify.mjs
index df2baca75..b35965116 100644
--- a/src/classify.mjs
+++ b/src/classify.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { getConfig } from './util.js';
 
 // Limit the number of threads to 1 to avoid issues on Android
 env.backends.onnx.wasm.numThreads = 1;
+// Use WASM from a local folder to avoid CDN connections
+env.backends.onnx.wasm.wasmPaths = path.join(process.cwd(), 'dist') + path.sep;
 
 class PipelineAccessor {
     /**