diff --git a/app/model_manager.py b/app/model_manager.py
index 74d942fb85c..ab36bca7441 100644
--- a/app/model_manager.py
+++ b/app/model_manager.py
@@ -130,10 +130,21 @@ def recursive_search_models_(self, directory: str, pathIndex: int) -> tuple[list
 
             for file_name in filenames:
                 try:
-                    relative_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(dirpath, file_name), directory)
-                    result.append(relative_path)
-                except:
-                    logging.warning(f"Warning: Unable to access {file_name}. Skipping this file.")
+                    full_path = os.path.join(dirpath, file_name)
+                    relative_path = os.path.relpath(full_path, directory)
+
+                    # Get file metadata
+                    file_info = {
+                        "name": relative_path,
+                        "pathIndex": pathIndex,
+                        "modified": os.path.getmtime(full_path),  # Add modification time
+                        "created": os.path.getctime(full_path),   # Add creation time
+                        "size": os.path.getsize(full_path)        # Add file size
+                    }
+                    result.append(file_info)
+
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logging.warning(f"Warning: Unable to access {file_name}. Error: {e}. Skipping this file.")
                     continue
 
             for d in subdirs:
@@ -144,7 +155,7 @@ def recursive_search_models_(self, directory: str, pathIndex: int) -> tuple[list
                     logging.warning(f"Warning: Unable to access {path}. Skipping this path.")
                     continue
 
-        return [{"name": f, "pathIndex": pathIndex} for f in result], dirs, time.perf_counter()
+        return result, dirs, time.perf_counter()
 
     def get_model_previews(self, filepath: str) -> list[str | BytesIO]:
         dirname = os.path.dirname(filepath)
diff --git a/app/user_manager.py b/app/user_manager.py
index d31da5b9b89..0ec3e46eadb 100644
--- a/app/user_manager.py
+++ b/app/user_manager.py
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ class FileInfo(TypedDict):
     path: str
     size: int
     modified: int
+    created: int
 
 
 def get_file_info(path: str, relative_to: str) -> FileInfo:
     return {
         "path": os.path.relpath(path, relative_to).replace(os.sep, '/'),
         "size": os.path.getsize(path),
-        "modified": os.path.getmtime(path)
+        "modified": os.path.getmtime(path),
+        "created": os.path.getctime(path)
     }