diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 475c904..5338028 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "strum",
+ "tabby-common",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
@@ -2094,6 +2095,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tabby-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
 version = "0.4.38"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1385297..22fae40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "crates/tabby",
+    "crates/tabby-common",
     "crates/ctranslate2-bindings",
     "crates/rust-cxx-cmake-bridge",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/Cargo.toml b/crates/tabby-common/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e457ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "tabby-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/lib.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4da9789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod path;
diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/path.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/path.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..333b182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/path.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+fn get_root_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    match env::var("TABBY_ROOT") {
+        Ok(x) => PathBuf::from(x),
+        Err(_) => PathBuf::from(env::var("HOME").unwrap()).join(".tabby"),
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ModelDir(PathBuf);
+
+impl ModelDir {
+    pub fn new(model: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(get_root_dir().join("models").join(model))
+    }
+
+    pub fn from(path: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(PathBuf::from(path))
+    }
+
+    pub fn path(&self) -> &PathBuf {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    pub fn path_string(&self, name: &str) -> String {
+        self.0.join(name).display().to_string()
+    }
+
+    pub fn metadata_file(&self) -> String {
+        return self.path_string("metadata.json");
+    }
+
+    pub fn tokenizer_file(&self) -> String {
+        return self.path_string("tokenizer.json");
+    }
+
+    pub fn ctranslate2_dir(&self) -> String {
+        self.path_string("ctranslate2")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/tabby/Cargo.toml b/crates/tabby/Cargo.toml
index 7ff8399..97f6ec7 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tabby/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.18", features = ["stream"] }
 error-chain = "0.12.4"
 indicatif = "0.17.3"
 futures-util = "0.3.28"
+tabby-common = { path = "../tabby-common" }
 
 [dependencies.uuid]
 version = "1.3.3"
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/download.rs b/crates/tabby/src/download.rs
index 7b8ec6f..c458a44 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/download.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/download.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use std::cmp;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use clap::Args;
 use error_chain::error_chain;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
+use tabby_common::path::ModelDir;
 
 #[derive(Args)]
 pub struct DownloadArgs {
@@ -38,18 +39,10 @@ async fn download_model(model_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn get_model_dir(model_id: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    let home = std::env::var("HOME").unwrap();
-    let tabby_root = format!("{}/.tabby", home);
-    let model_dir = Path::new(&tabby_root).join("models").join(model_id);
-    model_dir
-}
-
 async fn download_metadata(model_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let url = format!("https://huggingface.co/api/models/{}", model_id);
-    let fname = "metadata.json";
-    let filepath = get_model_dir(model_id).join(fname).display().to_string();
-    download_file(&format!("{}/{}", model_id, fname), &url, &filepath).await
+    let filepath = ModelDir::new(model_id).metadata_file();
+    download_file(&url, &filepath).await
 }
 
 async fn download_model_file(model_id: &str, fname: &str) -> Result<()> {
@@ -57,11 +50,11 @@ async fn download_model_file(model_id: &str, fname: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let url = format!("https://huggingface.co/{}/resolve/main/{}", model_id, fname);
 
     // Create destination path.
-    let filepath = get_model_dir(model_id).join(fname).display().to_string();
-    download_file(&format!("{}/{}", model_id, fname), &url, &filepath).await
+    let filepath = ModelDir::new(model_id).path_string(fname);
+    download_file(&url, &filepath).await
 }
 
-async fn download_file(name: &str, url: &str, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+async fn download_file(url: &str, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
     fs::create_dir_all(Path::new(path).parent().unwrap())?;
 
     // Reqwest setup
@@ -78,7 +71,7 @@ async fn download_file(name: &str, url: &str, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
     pb.set_style(ProgressStyle::default_bar()
         .template("{msg}\n{spinner:.green} [{elapsed_precise}] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {bytes}/{total_bytes} ({bytes_per_sec}, {eta})")?
         .progress_chars("#>-"));
-    pb.set_message(format!("Downloading {}", &name));
+    pb.set_message(format!("Downloading {}", path));
 
     // download chunks
     let mut file = fs::File::create(&path).or(Err(format!("Failed to create file '{}'", &path)))?;
@@ -94,6 +87,6 @@ async fn download_file(name: &str, url: &str, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
         pb.set_position(new);
     }
 
-    pb.finish_with_message(format!("Downloaded {}", &name));
+    pb.finish_with_message(format!("Downloaded {}", path));
     return Ok(());
 }
diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
index 7747f78..746e12e 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve/completions.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use ctranslate2_bindings::{
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use tabby_common::path::ModelDir;
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
 mod languages;
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ impl CompletionState {
 
         let device = format!("{}", args.device);
         let options = TextInferenceEngineCreateOptionsBuilder::default()
-            .model_path(model_dir.join("ctranslate2").display().to_string())
-            .tokenizer_path(model_dir.join("tokenizer.json").display().to_string())
+            .model_path(model_dir.ctranslate2_dir())
+            .tokenizer_path(model_dir.tokenizer_file())
             .device(device)
             .model_type(metadata.transformers_info.auto_model)
             .device_indices(args.device_indices.clone())
@@ -85,13 +86,11 @@ impl CompletionState {
     }
 }
 
-fn get_model_dir(model: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+fn get_model_dir(model: &str) -> ModelDir {
     if Path::new(model).exists() {
-        Path::new(model).to_path_buf()
+        ModelDir::from(model)
     } else {
-        let home = std::env::var("HOME").unwrap();
-        let tabby_root = format!("{}/.tabby", home);
-        Path::new(&tabby_root).join("models").join(model)
+        ModelDir::new(model)
     }
 }
 
@@ -115,8 +114,8 @@ struct TransformersInfo {
     auto_model: String,
 }
 
-fn read_metadata(model_dir: &std::path::PathBuf) -> Metadata {
-    let file = std::fs::File::open(model_dir.join("metadata.json")).unwrap();
+fn read_metadata(model_dir: &ModelDir) -> Metadata {
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(model_dir.metadata_file()).unwrap();
     let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
     serde_json::from_reader(reader).unwrap()
 }