diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
index ed8cd63c..3312c82d 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
@@ -980,6 +980,12 @@ void ModelList::updateData(const QString &id, const QVector<QPair<int, QVariant>
         }
     }
     emit dataChanged(createIndex(index, 0), createIndex(index, 0));
+
+    // FIXME(jared): for some reason these don't update correctly when the source model changes, so we explicitly invalidate them
+    m_selectableModels->invalidate();
+    m_installedModels->invalidate();
+    m_downloadableModels->invalidate();
+
     emit userDefaultModelListChanged();
 }