diff --git a/modeldownload.py b/modeldownload.py
index e69de29..d2db7f0 100644
--- a/modeldownload.py
+++ b/modeldownload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+import requests
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from tqdm import tqdm
+import importlib.metadata as metadata
+import json
+from packaging import version
+from datetime import datetime
+
+#################################################################
+#### LOAD PARAMS FROM confignew.json - REQUIRED FOR BRANDING ####
+#################################################################
+# STARTUP VARIABLE - Create "this_dir" variable as the current script directory
+this_dir = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+
+# load standard config file in and get settings
+def load_config(file_path):
+    with open(file_path, "r") as config_file:
+        config = json.load(config_file)
+    return config
+
+config_file_path = this_dir / "confignew.json"
+params = load_config(config_file_path)
+
+# Define the path to the modeldownload config file file
+modeldownload_config_file_path = this_dir / "modeldownload.json"
+
+# Check if the JSON file exists
+if modeldownload_config_file_path.exists():
+    with open(modeldownload_config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
+        settings = json.load(config_file)
+
+    # Extract settings from the loaded JSON
+    base_path = Path(settings.get("base_path", ""))
+    model_path = Path(settings.get("model_path", ""))
+    files_to_download = settings.get("files_to_download", {})
+else:
+    # Default settings if the JSON file doesn't exist or is empty
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m modeldownload.json is missing so please re-download it and save it in the coquii_tts main folder.")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m API Local and XTTSv2 Local will error unless this is corrected.")
+
+# Read the version specifier from requirements_nvidia.txt
+with open(this_dir / "system" / "requirements" / "requirements_standalone.txt", "r") as req_file:
+    requirements = req_file.readlines()
+
+tts_version_required = None
+for req in requirements:
+    if req.startswith("TTS=="):
+        tts_version_required = req.strip().split("==")[1]
+        break
+
+if tts_version_required is None:
+    raise ValueError(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m Could not find TTS version specifier in requirements file")
+
+def create_directory_if_not_exists(directory):
+    if not directory.exists():
+        directory.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+def download_file(url, destination):
+    response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+    total_size_in_bytes = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0))
+    block_size = 1024  # 1 Kibibyte
+
+    progress_bar = tqdm(total=total_size_in_bytes, unit="iB", unit_scale=True)
+
+    with open(destination, "wb") as file:
+        for data in response.iter_content(block_size):
+            progress_bar.update(len(data))
+            file.write(data)
+
+    progress_bar.close()
+
+
+def check_tts_version():
+    try:
+        tts_version = metadata.version("tts")
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent TTS Version    : \033[93m"+tts_version+"\033[0m")
+
+        if version.parse(tts_version) < version.parse(tts_version_required):
+            print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m TTS version is too old. Please upgrade to version \033[93m"+tts_version_required+"\033[0m or later.\033[0m")
+            print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m At your terminal/command prompt \033[94mpip install --upgrade tts\033[0m")
+        else:
+            print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent TTS Version is :\033[93m Up to date\033[0m")
+    except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m TTS is not installed")
+
+def check_torch_version():
+    import torch
+    pytorch_version = torch.__version__
+    cuda_version = torch.version.cuda
+    major, minor, micro = sys.version_info[:3]
+    python_version = f"{major}.{minor}.{micro}"
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent Python Version :\033[93m {python_version}\033[0m")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent PyTorch Version:\033[93m {pytorch_version}\033[0m")
+    if cuda_version is None:
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent CUDA Version   :\033[91m CUDA is not available\033[0m")
+    else:
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mCurrent CUDA Version   :\033[93m {cuda_version}\033[0m")
+
+def ordinal(n):
+    return "%d%s" % (n, "th" if 4 <= n % 100 <= 20 else {1: "st", 2: "nd", 3: "rd"}.get(n % 10, "th"))
+
+def format_datetime(iso_str):
+    # Parse the ISO 8601 string to datetime
+    dt = datetime.strptime(iso_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    # Format the datetime into a more readable string
+    return dt.strftime(f"{ordinal(dt.day)} %B %Y at %H:%M")
+
+def fetch_latest_commit_sha_and_date(owner, repo):
+    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits"
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url)
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            latest_commit = response.json()[0]
+            latest_commit_sha = latest_commit['sha']
+            latest_commit_date = latest_commit['commit']['committer']['date']
+            return latest_commit_sha, latest_commit_date
+        else:
+            print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92m{params['branding']}Github updated :\033[91m Failed to fetch the latest commits due to an unexpected response from GitHub")
+            return None, None
+    except ConnectionError:
+        # This block is executed when a connection error occurs
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92m{params['branding']}Github updated :\033[91m Could not reach GitHub to check for updates\033[0m")
+        return None, None
+
+def read_or_initialize_sha(file_path):
+    if os.path.exists(file_path):
+        with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+            data = json.load(file)
+            return data.get("last_known_commit_sha")
+    else:
+        # File doesn't exist, fetch the latest SHA and create the file
+        latest_commit_sha = fetch_latest_commit_sha_and_date(github_site, github_repository)
+        if latest_commit_sha:
+            with open(file_path, 'w') as file:
+                json.dump({"last_known_commit_sha": latest_commit_sha}, file)
+            return latest_commit_sha
+        else:
+            # Handle the case where GitHub couldn't be reached
+            return None
+
+def update_sha_file(file_path, new_sha):
+    with open(file_path, 'w') as file:
+        json.dump({"last_known_commit_sha": new_sha}, file)
+
+# Check and create directories
+if str(base_path) == "models":
+    create_directory_if_not_exists(this_dir / base_path / model_path)
+else:
+    create_directory_if_not_exists(base_path / model_path)
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[94mInfo\033[0m Custom path set in \033[93mmodeldownload.json\033[0m. Using the following settings:")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[94mInfo\033[0m Base folder Path:\033[93m",base_path,"\033[0m",)
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[94mInfo\033[0m Model folder Path:\033[93m",model_path,"\033[0m",)
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[94mInfo\033[0m Full Path:\033[93m",base_path / model_path,"\033[0m",)
+
+# Download files if they don't exist
+print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mModel is available     :\033[93m Checking\033[0m")
+for filename, url in files_to_download.items():
+    if str(base_path) == "models":
+        destination = this_dir / base_path / model_path / filename
+    else:
+        destination = Path(base_path) / model_path / filename
+    if not destination.exists():
+        print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] Downloading " + filename + "...")
+        download_file(url, destination)
+print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mModel is available     :\033[93m Checked\033[0m")
+
+github_site = "erew123"
+github_repository = "alltalk_tts"
+
+check_torch_version()
+check_tts_version()
+# Define the file path based on your directory structure
+sha_file_path = this_dir / "system" / "config" / "at_github_sha.json"
+
+# Read or initialize the SHA (adjusted for handling both SHA and date)
+last_known_commit_sha = read_or_initialize_sha(sha_file_path)  # Assuming adjustment for date
+
+# Assuming you have fetched the latest commit SHA and date
+latest_commit_sha, latest_commit_date = fetch_latest_commit_sha_and_date(github_site, github_repository)
+
+formatted_date = format_datetime(latest_commit_date) if latest_commit_date else "an unknown date"
+
+if latest_commit_sha and latest_commit_sha != last_known_commit_sha:
+    #print(f"There's an update available for alltalk_tts.")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92m{params['branding']}Github updated :\033[93m {formatted_date}\033[0m")
+    # Update the file with the new SHA
+    update_sha_file(sha_file_path, latest_commit_sha)
+elif latest_commit_sha == last_known_commit_sha:
+    #print(f"Your alltalk_tts software is up to date.")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92m{params['branding']}Github updated :\033[93m {formatted_date}\033[0m")
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diff --git a/script.py b/script.py
index df1f4ce..9ba158d 100644
--- a/script.py
+++ b/script.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ else:
 if deepspeed_installed:
     print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mDeepSpeed version      :\033[93m",deepspeed.__version__,"\033[0m")
 else:
-    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mDeepSpeed version      :\033[93m Not Detected\033[0m")
+    print(f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[92mDeepSpeed version      :\033[91m Not Detected\033[0m")
 
 ########################
 #### STARTUP CHECKS ####