diff --git a/server/images.go b/server/images.go
index cc07bd0f..494f927e 100644
--- a/server/images.go
+++ b/server/images.go
@@ -503,9 +503,9 @@ func embeddingLayers(e EmbeddingParams) ([]*LayerReader, error) {
 		}()
 
 		// this will be used to check if we already have embeddings for a file
-		modelDigest, err := modelDigest(e.model)
+		modelInfo, err := os.Stat(e.model)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("model digest: %w", err)
+			log.Fatalf("Error getting file info: %s", err)
 		}
 
 		addedFiles := make(map[string]bool) // keep track of files that have already been added
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ func embeddingLayers(e EmbeddingParams) ([]*LayerReader, error) {
 				}
 				addedFiles[filePath] = true
 				// check if we already have embeddings for this file path
-				layerIdentifier := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", filePath, modelDigest)
+				layerIdentifier := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%d", filePath, e.model, modelInfo.ModTime().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"), modelInfo.Size())
 				digest, _ := GetSHA256Digest(strings.NewReader(layerIdentifier))
 				existing, err := existingFileEmbeddings(digest)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -591,17 +591,6 @@ func embeddingLayers(e EmbeddingParams) ([]*LayerReader, error) {
 	return layers, nil
 }
 
-func modelDigest(modelPath string) (string, error) {
-	modelFile, err := os.Open(modelPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not open model blob: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer modelFile.Close()
-
-	digest, _ := GetSHA256Digest(modelFile)
-	return digest, nil
-}
-
 // existingFileEmbeddings checks if we already have embeddings for a file and loads them into a look-up map
 func existingFileEmbeddings(digest string) (map[string][]float64, error) {
 	path, err := GetBlobsPath(digest)