diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/config/inference-job.development.env b/crates/service/job/inference_job/config/inference-job.development.env
index 9e1d5e5807..957a4f5132 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/config/inference-job.development.env
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/config/inference-job.development.env
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ COMFY_INFERENCE_EXECUTABLE_OR_COMMAND="venv/bin/python ../ComfyLauncher/ComfyRun
 # directory to where files should be downloaded to (default to just the comfy directory)
 COMFY_MOUNTS_DIRECTORY="/home/salt/clone/storyteller/storyteller-ml/workflows/comfy/ComfyUI/"
 COMFY_VIDEO_PROCESSING_SCRIPT="/home/salt/clone/storyteller/storyteller-ml/workflows/comfy/format_video.py"
+COMFY_SETUP_SCRIPT="/home/salt/clone/storyteller/storyteller-ml/workflows/comfy/install.py"
 
 # ================================= #
 #                                   #
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_dependencies.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_dependencies.rs
index fee7faac54..4d1d3b16ef 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_dependencies.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_dependencies.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
 use errors::AnyhowResult;
 
 use crate::job::job_types::workflow::comfy_ui::comfy_ui_inference_command::ComfyInferenceCommand;
@@ -10,8 +11,23 @@ pub struct ComfyDependencies {
 
 impl ComfyDependencies {
     pub fn setup() -> AnyhowResult<Self> {
+        // run the setup scripts for the comfy dependencies
+        let inference_command = ComfyInferenceCommand::from_env()?;
+        // check to see if the flag file exists
+        if PathBuf::from("comfy_setup_complete").exists() {
+            println!("Comfy setup already complete");
+        } else {
+            // if the flag file does not exist, run the setup script
+            // run setup script
+            let comfy_setup_script = inference_command.clone().comfy_setup_script;
+                let output = Command::new("python3")
+                    .arg(comfy_setup_script)
+                    .output()
+                    .expect("failed to run comfyui setup script");
+                println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
+             }
         Ok(Self {
-            inference_command: ComfyInferenceCommand::from_env()?,
+            inference_command: inference_command,
             dependency_tokens: RequiredModels::init(),
         })
     }
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_inference_command.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_inference_command.rs
index f5999aef88..805494f956 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_inference_command.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/workflow/comfy_ui/comfy_ui_inference_command.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ pub struct ComfyInferenceCommand {
     // Video processing script
     pub(crate) processing_script: PathBuf,
 
+    pub(crate) comfy_setup_script: PathBuf,
+
     /// Config file to use
     config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ impl ComfyInferenceCommand {
             }
         };
 
+        let comfy_setup_script = easyenv::get_env_pathbuf_required(
+            "COMFY_SETUP_SCRIPT")?;
+
         let maybe_virtual_env_activation_command = easyenv::get_env_string_optional(
             "COMFY_INFERENCE_MAYBE_VENV_COMMAND");
 
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ impl ComfyInferenceCommand {
             config_path,
             mounts_directory,
             processing_script,
+            comfy_setup_script,
             maybe_virtual_env_activation_command,
             maybe_docker_options,
             maybe_execution_timeout,