diff --git a/whispercpp.pyx b/whispercpp.pyx
index 5fef242..f780dcc 100644
--- a/whispercpp.pyx
+++ b/whispercpp.pyx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import requests
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-MODELS_DIR = str(Path('~/ggml-models').expanduser())
+MODELS_DIR = str(Path('~/.ggml-models').expanduser())
 print("Saving models to:", MODELS_DIR)