diff --git a/artifact_comfyui_download.sh b/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
index a1fa8e6..3f8cd71 100755
--- a/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
+++ b/artifact_comfyui_download.sh
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ link_model() {
         mkdir -p "$target_dir"
     fi
 
+    # Clean existing symlinks for this repo in the target directory
+    # This ensures we start fresh and don't have stale links
+    find "$target_dir" -type l -lname "*${repo_id/\//-}*" -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+
     # Find model files in cache
     local model_files
     model_files=$(find_model_files "$repo_id" "$filename_filter")
@@ -446,6 +450,49 @@ link_model() {
         fi
     done <<< "$model_files"
 
+    # Also link checkpoint files to checkpoints/ directory if they exist
+    # This handles models like SDXL that have both diffusers and checkpoint formats
+    local checkpoint_dir="${COMFYUI_DIR}/checkpoints"
+    if [[ "$model_type" == "diffusers" ]]; then
+        # Clean existing checkpoint symlinks for this repo
+        find "$checkpoint_dir" -type l -lname "*${repo_id/\//-}*" -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+
+        # Look for checkpoint .safetensors files in the snapshot root (not in subdirectories)
+        # These are the consolidated model files like sd_xl_base_1.0.safetensors
+        local checkpoint_files
+        checkpoint_files=$(echo "$model_files" | grep -v '/' | grep '\.safetensors$' || echo "$model_files" | grep -E 'snapshots/[^/]+/[^/]+\.safetensors$' | grep -vE '/(vae|text_encoder|transformer|unet)/' || true)
+
+        if [[ -n "$checkpoint_files" ]]; then
+            mkdir -p "$checkpoint_dir"
+            while IFS= read -r ckpt_file; do
+                if [[ -f "$ckpt_file" ]] && [[ -n "$ckpt_file" ]]; then
+                    local ckpt_name=$(basename "$ckpt_file")
+
+                    # Skip if it's clearly a component file (has parent directory in name)
+                    if [[ "$ckpt_file" =~ /(vae|text_encoder|transformer|unet|tokenizer)/ ]]; then
+                        continue
+                    fi
+
+                    # Only link if the file is large enough to be a checkpoint (> 500MB)
+                    local file_size=$(stat -c%s "$ckpt_file" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+                    if [[ $file_size -gt 524288000 ]]; then
+                        local ckpt_link="${checkpoint_dir}/${ckpt_name}"
+
+                        # Remove existing symlink if it exists
+                        if [[ -L "$ckpt_link" ]]; then
+                            rm -f "$ckpt_link"
+                        fi
+
+                        # Create symlink to checkpoints directory
+                        ln -s "$ckpt_file" "$ckpt_link"
+                        print_detail "${LINK} Also linked to checkpoints: ${DIM}${ckpt_name}${RESET}"
+                        linked_count=$((linked_count+1))
+                    fi
+                fi
+            done <<< "$checkpoint_files"
+        fi
+    fi
+
     if [[ $linked_count -gt 0 ]]; then
         print_success "Linked ${linked_count} file(s) for ${BOLD_WHITE}${repo_id}${RESET}"
         return 0