diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2684f13..c5c590d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## main
-
 * Add --prefix option to load-models
 * Add get-model-source command
+* Use models path as a default prefix (could be overwitten by --prefix flag)
 
 ## V0.1.1
 
diff --git a/rai/cmds.go b/rai/cmds.go
index 9e1de1d..8383b65 100644
--- a/rai/cmds.go
+++ b/rai/cmds.go
@@ -528,11 +528,16 @@ func loadModels(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	prefix := action.getString("prefix")
 	models := map[string]io.Reader{}
 	for _, arg := range args[1:] {
+		if !(cmd.Flags().Lookup("prefix").Changed) {
+			prefix, _ = filepath.Split(arg)
+		}
+
 		name := filepath.Join(prefix, baseSansExt(arg))
 		r, err := os.Open(arg)
 		if err != nil {
 			fatal(err.Error())
 		}
+
 		models[name] = r
 	}
 	if engine == "" {