# Subfolders in models

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subfolders-in-models/162951>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subfolders-in-models/162951 "2009-03-16T04:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![arjackson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@arjackson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjackson)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subfolders-in-models/162951/1 "2009-03-16T04:25:03Z")

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Hi all,

Not sure if I should ask here or the rails mailing list.

Now that we can have app/models work automatically, shouldn’t there be a  
way  
to add load\_paths within a plugin’s init.rb, so that I don’t have to use  
a  
namespace (like Subfolder::Model)? I expected config.load\_paths \<\<  
models\_subfolder\_path to work, but only  
ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load\_paths \<\< models\_subfolder\_path works.  
Does  
it make sense to support load\_paths now?

-Andrew R.