diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10c949c5..6280b98a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ onnx_models/
 generated_imgs/
 
 # Custom model related artefacts
-apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/resources/variants.json
+variants.json
 models/
 
 # models folder
diff --git a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/__init__.py b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/__init__.py
index 4f783b82..c82e79dd 100644
--- a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from apps.stable_diffusion.src.utils.resources import (
     base_models,
     opt_flags,
     resource_path,
-    fetch_and_update_base_model_id,
 )
 from apps.stable_diffusion.src.utils.sd_annotation import sd_model_annotation
 from apps.stable_diffusion.src.utils.stable_args import args
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ from apps.stable_diffusion.src.utils.utils import (
     get_opt_flags,
     preprocessCKPT,
     fetch_or_delete_vmfbs,
+    fetch_and_update_base_model_id,
     get_path_to_diffusers_checkpoint,
     sanitize_seed,
 )
diff --git a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/resources.py b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/resources.py
index 41a6f246..43504b82 100644
--- a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/resources.py
+++ b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/resources.py
@@ -35,28 +35,3 @@ base_models = get_json_file("resources/base_model.json")
 
 # Contains optimization flags for different models.
 opt_flags = get_json_file("resources/opt_flags.json")
-
-
-# `fetch_and_update_base_model_id` is a resource utility function which
-# helps maintaining mapping of the model to run with its base model.
-# If `base_model` is "", then this function tries to fetch the base model
-# info for the `model_to_run`.
-def fetch_and_update_base_model_id(model_to_run, base_model=""):
-    path = "resources/variants.json"
-    loc_json = resource_path(path)
-    data = {model_to_run: base_model}
-    json_data = {}
-    if os.path.exists(loc_json):
-        with open(loc_json, "r", encoding="utf-8") as jsonFile:
-            json_data = json.load(jsonFile)
-            # Return with base_model's info if base_model is "".
-            if base_model == "":
-                if model_to_run in json_data:
-                    base_model = json_data[model_to_run]
-                return base_model
-    elif base_model == "":
-        return base_model
-    # Update JSON data to contain an entry mapping model_to_run with base_model.
-    json_data.update(data)
-    with open(loc_json, "w", encoding="utf-8") as jsonFile:
-        json.dump(json_data, jsonFile)
diff --git a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/utils.py b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/utils.py
index 1c578945..6acfa823 100644
--- a/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/apps/stable_diffusion/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import gc
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 import numpy as np
 from random import randint
@@ -435,6 +436,30 @@ def fetch_or_delete_vmfbs(basic_model_name, use_base_vae, precision="fp32"):
     return compiled_models
 
 
+# `fetch_and_update_base_model_id` is a resource utility function which
+# helps maintaining mapping of the model to run with its base model.
+# If `base_model` is "", then this function tries to fetch the base model
+# info for the `model_to_run`.
+def fetch_and_update_base_model_id(model_to_run, base_model=""):
+    variants_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "variants.json")
+    data = {model_to_run: base_model}
+    json_data = {}
+    if os.path.exists(variants_path):
+        with open(variants_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as jsonFile:
+            json_data = json.load(jsonFile)
+            # Return with base_model's info if base_model is "".
+            if base_model == "":
+                if model_to_run in json_data:
+                    base_model = json_data[model_to_run]
+                return base_model
+    elif base_model == "":
+        return base_model
+    # Update JSON data to contain an entry mapping model_to_run with base_model.
+    json_data.update(data)
+    with open(variants_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as jsonFile:
+        json.dump(json_data, jsonFile)
+
+
 # Generate and return a new seed if the provided one is not in the supported range (including -1)
 def sanitize_seed(seed):
     uint32_info = np.iinfo(np.uint32)