From 62fabbf4bd51bdc36f697bf8f1e5fcea12dd1cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Piero Toffanin <pt@masseranolabs.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 13:19:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prefetch MiniSBD models

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 libretranslate/init.py | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d615fd0..158c747 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.4
+1.9.5
diff --git a/libretranslate/init.py b/libretranslate/init.py
index 0df8ba3..2542ba4 100644
--- a/libretranslate/init.py
+++ b/libretranslate/init.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from argostranslate import package, translate
 from packaging import version
-
+from minisbd import download_models
 import libretranslate.language
 
 
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ def check_and_install_models(force=False, load_only_lang_codes=None,update=False
                     f"Downloading {available_package} ({available_package.package_version}) ..."
                 )
                 available_package.install()
+        
+        # Download MiniSBD models
+        print("Downloading MiniSBD models")
+        download_models(load_only_lang_codes, print)
 
         # reload installed languages
         libretranslate.language.languages = translate.get_installed_languages()