diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 22745982e..5c3c126dd 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ import {
 import { getBackgrounds, initBackgrounds, loadBackgroundSettings, background_settings } from './scripts/backgrounds.js';
 import { hideLoader, showLoader } from './scripts/loader.js';
 import { BulkEditOverlay, CharacterContextMenu } from './scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js';
-import { loadFeatherlessModels, loadMancerModels, loadOllamaModels, loadTogetherAIModels, loadInfermaticAIModels, loadOpenRouterModels, loadVllmModels, loadAphroditeModels, loadDreamGenModels } from './scripts/textgen-models.js';
+import { loadFeatherlessModels, loadMancerModels, loadOllamaModels, loadTogetherAIModels, loadInfermaticAIModels, loadOpenRouterModels, loadVllmModels, loadAphroditeModels, loadDreamGenModels, initTextGenModels } from './scripts/textgen-models.js';
 import { appendFileContent, hasPendingFileAttachment, populateFileAttachment, decodeStyleTags, encodeStyleTags, isExternalMediaAllowed, getCurrentEntityId } from './scripts/chats.js';
 import { initPresetManager } from './scripts/preset-manager.js';
 import { MacrosParser, evaluateMacros, getLastMessageId } from './scripts/macros.js';
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ async function firstLoadInit() {
     await readSecretState();
     initLocales();
     initDefaultSlashCommands();
+    initTextGenModels();
     await getSystemMessages();
     sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME);
     await getSettings();
diff --git a/public/scripts/textgen-models.js b/public/scripts/textgen-models.js
index 3ff4722ef..67a63f372 100644
--- a/public/scripts/textgen-models.js
+++ b/public/scripts/textgen-models.js
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ export function getCurrentDreamGenModelTokenizer() {
     }
 }
 
-jQuery(function () {
+export function initTextGenModels() {
     $('#mancer_model').on('change', onMancerModelSelect);
     $('#model_togetherai_select').on('change', onTogetherModelSelect);
     $('#model_infermaticai_select').on('change', onInfermaticAIModelSelect);
@@ -718,4 +718,4 @@ jQuery(function () {
             $(this).trigger('change');
         });
     }
-});
+}