diff --git a/js/ui.js b/js/ui.js
index 02f6fb47..2aa5e40c 100644
--- a/js/ui.js
+++ b/js/ui.js
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ window.onload = async () => {
             speciesThreshold: config.speciesThreshold
         });
         loadModel();
-        worker.postMessage({ action: 'clear-cache' })
+        //worker.postMessage({ action: 'clear-cache' })
         // New users - show the tour
         if (!config.seenTour) {
             setTimeout(prepTour, 2000)
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@ speciesThreshold.addEventListener('change', () =>{
     worker.postMessage({ action: 'update-list', list: config.list })
 })
 
-const loadModel = () => {
+const loadModel = ({clearCache = true} = {})  => {
     t0_warmup = Date.now();
     worker.postMessage({
         action: 'load-model',
@@ -2200,7 +2200,8 @@ const loadModel = () => {
         batchSize: config[config.backend].batchSize,
         warmup: config.warmup,
         threads: config[config.backend].threads,
-        backend: config.backend
+        backend: config.backend,
+        clearCache: clearCache
     });
 }
 
@@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ const handleBackendChange = (e) => {
     updatePrefs();
     // restart wavesurfer regions to set new maxLength
     initRegion();
-    loadModel();
+    loadModel({clearCache: false});
 }
 
 const backend = document.getElementsByName('backend');
@@ -3472,7 +3473,7 @@ batchSizeSlider.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
 })
 batchSizeSlider.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
     config[config.backend].batchSize = BATCH_SIZE_LIST[e.target.value];
-    loadModel();
+    loadModel({clearCache: false});
     updatePrefs();
     // Reset region maxLength
     initRegion();
@@ -3960,7 +3961,7 @@ ThreadSlider.addEventListener('input', () => {
 });
 ThreadSlider.addEventListener('change', () => {
     config[config.backend].threads = ThreadSlider.valueAsNumber;
-    loadModel();
+    loadModel({clearCache: false});
     updatePrefs();
 });
 
diff --git a/js/worker.js b/js/worker.js
index 7ac82179..89d5b4e4 100644
--- a/js/worker.js
+++ b/js/worker.js
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ const clearCache = async (fileCache, sizeLimitInGB) => {
     const requiredSpace = sizeLimitInGB * 1024 ** 3;
     // If Full, clear at least 25% of cache, so we're not doing this too frequently
     if (size > requiredSpace) {
-        // while (size > requiredSpace && canBeRemovedFromCache.length) {
         while (canBeRemovedFromCache.length > 1) {
             const file = canBeRemovedFromCache.shift();
             const proxy = metadata[file].proxy;
@@ -251,9 +250,10 @@ break;
         case "chart": {await onChartRequest(args);
 break;
 }
-        case "clear-cache": {CACHE_LOCATION = p.join(TEMP, "chirpity");
-fs.existsSync(CACHE_LOCATION) || fs.mkdirSync(CACHE_LOCATION);
-await clearCache(CACHE_LOCATION, 0);
+        case "clear-cache": {
+            CACHE_LOCATION = p.join(TEMP, "chirpity");
+            fs.existsSync(CACHE_LOCATION) || fs.mkdirSync(CACHE_LOCATION);
+            await clearCache(CACHE_LOCATION, 0);
 break;
 }
         case "convert-dataset": {convertSpecsFromExistingSpecs();
@@ -314,7 +314,12 @@ break;
                 event: "spawning"
             });
             sampleRate = args.model === "v2.4" ? 48_000 : 24_000;
-
+            // Since models have different sample rates, we need to clear the cache of 
+            // files that have been resampled for a different model, and reset metadata
+            CACHE_LOCATION = p.join(TEMP, "chirpity");
+            DEBUG && console.log('clear cache', args.clearCache, 'location', CACHE_LOCATION)
+            args.clearCache && ipcRenderer.invoke('clear-cache', CACHE_LOCATION)
+            metadata = {}
             BATCH_SIZE = parseInt(args.batchSize);
             setAudioContext(sampleRate);
             memoryDB = undefined;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index d65192cd..428ca3a7 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -489,3 +489,9 @@ ipcMain.handle('saveFile', (event, arg) => {
     });
     mainWindow.webContents.send('saveFile', { message: 'file saved!' });
 });
+
+ipcMain.handle('clear-cache', (event, filePath) => {
+    // console.log("cache location:", event, filePath);
+    // return
+    clearCache(filePath)
+})
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diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 6bcc1e01..20b943da 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electron', {
     getPath: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('getPath'),
     getTemp: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('getTemp'),
     getVersion: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('getVersion'),
-    getAudio: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('getAudio'),
+    getAudio: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('getAudio')
 });
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('module', {