diff --git a/api/endpoint.go b/api/endpoint.go
index 1a34160b..291565b9 100644
--- a/api/endpoint.go
+++ b/api/endpoint.go
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ type CreateEndpointInput struct {
 	WorkersMin      int    `json:"workersMin"`
 	WorkersMax      int    `json:"workersMax"`
 	FlashBootType   string `json:"flashBootType"`
+	ModelReferences []string `json:"modelReferences"`
 }
 
 // there are many more fields in the result of the query but I just care about these for CLI port
 type Endpoint struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
-	Id   string
+	Id   string `json:"id"`
 }
 type EndpointOut struct {
 	Data   *EndpointData   `json:"data"`
@@ -225,6 +226,53 @@ func UpdateEndpointTemplate(endpointId string, templateId string) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+func UpdateEndpointModel(endpointId string, endpointName string, modelReferences []string) (err error) {
+	input := Input{
+		Query: `
+		mutation saveEndpoint($input: EndpointInput!) {
+			saveEndpoint(input: $input) {
+			  id
+			  modelReferences
+			}
+		  }
+		`,
+		Variables: map[string]interface{}{"input": map[string]interface{}{
+			"id":              endpointId,
+			"name":            endpointName,
+			"modelReferences": modelReferences,
+		}},
+	}
+	res, err := Query(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	rawData, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("statuscode %d: %s", res.StatusCode, string(rawData))
+		return
+	}
+	data := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(rawData, &data); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	gqlErrors, ok := data["errors"].([]interface{})
+	if ok && len(gqlErrors) > 0 {
+		firstErr, _ := gqlErrors[0].(map[string]interface{})
+		err = errors.New(firstErr["message"].(string))
+		return
+	}
+	gqldata, ok := data["data"].(map[string]interface{})
+	if !ok || gqldata == nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("data is nil: %s", string(rawData))
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func GetEndpoints() (endpoints []*Endpoint, err error) {
 	input := Input{
 		Query: `
@@ -248,6 +296,7 @@ func GetEndpoints() (endpoints []*Endpoint, err error) {
 				workersMin
 				workersStandby
 				gpuCount
+				modelReferences
 				env {
 				  key
 				  value
@@ -289,4 +338,4 @@ func GetEndpoints() (endpoints []*Endpoint, err error) {
 	}
 	endpoints = data.Data.Myself.Endpoints
 	return
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/endpoint/endpoint.go b/cmd/endpoint/endpoint.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4e19d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/endpoint/endpoint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package endpoint
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "endpoint",
+	Short: "manage serverless endpoints",
+	Long:  "manage serverless endpoints on runpod",
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Cmd.AddCommand(modelCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/endpoint/update_model.go b/cmd/endpoint/update_model.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..479accff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/endpoint/update_model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package endpoint
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/api"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var modelCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "model <endpoint-id> <model-ref> [model-ref...]",
+	Short: "update model references on an endpoint",
+	Long:  "set the model references (cached models) for a serverless endpoint",
+	Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
+	RunE:  runModel,
+}
+
+func runModel(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	endpointID := args[0]
+	modelRefs := args[1:]
+
+	endpoints, err := api.GetEndpoints()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list endpoints: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var endpointName string
+	for _, ep := range endpoints {
+		if ep.Id == endpointID {
+			endpointName = ep.Name
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if endpointName == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("endpoint %s not found", endpointID)
+	}
+
+	if err := api.UpdateEndpointModel(endpointID, endpointName, modelRefs); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update endpoint model: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("updated model references for endpoint %s (%s)\n", endpointName, endpointID)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/project/functions.go b/cmd/project/functions.go
index c8cffc50..2639f66e 100644
--- a/cmd/project/functions.go
+++ b/cmd/project/functions.go
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ func startProject(networkVolumeId string) error {
 					echo "Process $1 has been killed with SIGKILL."
 					return
 				fi
-				sleep 1
-			done
+				done
 
 			echo "Failed to kill process with PID: $1 after SIGKILL attempt."
     		exit 1
@@ -580,6 +579,7 @@ func deployProject(networkVolumeId string) (endpointId string, err error) {
 	flashboot := true
 	flashBootType := "FLASHBOOT"
 	idleTimeout := 5
+	var modelRefs []string
 	endpointConfig, ok := config.Get("endpoint").(*toml.Tree)
 	if ok {
 		if min, ok := endpointConfig.Get("active_workers").(int64); ok {
@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ func deployProject(networkVolumeId string) (endpointId string, err error) {
 		if idle, ok := endpointConfig.Get("idle_timeout").(int64); ok {
 			idleTimeout = int(idle)
 		}
+		if refs, ok := endpointConfig.Get("model_refs").([]interface{}); ok {
+			for _, r := range refs {
+				modelRefs = append(modelRefs, r.(string))
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		deployedEndpointId, err = api.CreateEndpoint(&api.CreateEndpointInput{
@@ -610,6 +615,7 @@ func deployProject(networkVolumeId string) (endpointId string, err error) {
 			WorkersMin:      minWorkers,
 			WorkersMax:      maxWorkers,
 			FlashBootType:   flashBootType,
+			ModelReferences: modelRefs,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("error making endpoint")
diff --git a/cmd/project/tomlBuilder.go b/cmd/project/tomlBuilder.go
index 8fca466b..0662ab58 100644
--- a/cmd/project/tomlBuilder.go
+++ b/cmd/project/tomlBuilder.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ active_workers = 0
 max_workers = 3
 flashboot = true
 
+# model_refs - List of model references to cache on the endpoint workers.
+#              Format: "owner/model-name" or "owner/model-name:branch".
+#              Example: ["runpod/stable-diffusion-v1-5", "meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf"]
+# model_refs = []
+
 [runtime]
 # python_version    - Python version to use for the project.
 #
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 205b8ef0..19d545a5 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/billing"
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/config"
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/datacenter"
+	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/endpoint"
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/doctor"
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/gpu"
 	"github.com/runpod/runpodctl/cmd/hub"
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ func registerCommands() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(pod.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(serverless.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(template.Cmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(endpoint.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(model.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(volume.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(registry.Cmd)
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ func registerCommands() {
 	// Version flag
 	rootCmd.Version = version
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "print the version of runpodctl")
-	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(`runpodctl {{ .Version }}
+	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(`runpodctl {{ .version }}
 `)
 }