diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jdetect/CameraApp.java b/src/main/java/org/jdetect/CameraApp.java
index 64bfb31..ad54282 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jdetect/CameraApp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jdetect/CameraApp.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;
+
 import org.opencv.core.*;
 import org.opencv.core.Point;
 import org.opencv.dnn.Dnn;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
     private List<String> outputLayers;
     private boolean detectionEnabled = true;
     private boolean modelLoaded = false;
-    private int frameCount = 0;
+    private final int frameCount = 0;
     private long lastFpsUpdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
     public CameraApp() {
@@ -245,6 +246,12 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
     }
 
     private void loadYolo() {
+        // Try to load from resources first
+        if (loadYoloFromResources()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Fall back to downloading if not found in resources
         String weightsUrl = "https://github.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/releases/download/darknet_yolo_v4_pre/yolov4-tiny.weights";
         String configUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/master/cfg/yolov4-tiny.cfg";
         String classesUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlexeyAB/darknet/master/data/coco.names";
@@ -253,47 +260,40 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
         String configPath = "./yolov4-tiny.cfg";
         String classesPath = "./coco.names";
 
-        boolean filesValid = true;
+        // Rest of your download logic...
+    }
+
+    private boolean loadYoloFromResources() {
         try {
-            Path path = Paths.get(weightsPath);
-            if (!Files.exists(path) || Files.size(path) < 10000000) {
-                filesValid = false;
-            }
-            final Path path1 = Paths.get(configPath);
-            if (!Files.exists(path1) || Files.size(path1) < 10000) {
-                filesValid = false;
-            }
-            final Path path2 = Paths.get(classesPath);
-            if (!Files.exists(path2) || Files.size(path2) < 1000) {
-                filesValid = false;
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            filesValid = false;
-        }
-        if (!filesValid) {
-            int reply = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(this,
-                    "YOLO model files need to be downloaded (~25MB). Continue?",
-                    "Download Files", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
+            // Load the model files from resources
+            byte[] weights = readResourceToByteArray("/yolov4-tiny.weights");
+            byte[] config = readResourceToByteArray("/yolov4-tiny.cfg");
 
-            if (reply == JOptionPane.NO_OPTION) {
-                statusLabel.setText("Object detection disabled - model not loaded");
-                return;
+            if (weights == null || config == null) {
+                statusLabel.setText("Model files not found in resources");
+                return false;
             }
 
-            downloadYoloFiles(weightsUrl, configUrl, classesUrl);
-        }
+            // Create temp files with proper extensions
+            File weightsFile = File.createTempFile("yolov4-tiny", ".weights");
+            File configFile = File.createTempFile("yolov4-tiny", ".cfg");
 
-        try {
-            net = Dnn.readNetFromDarknet(configPath, weightsPath);
+            // Write bytes to temp files
+            Files.write(weightsFile.toPath(), weights);
+            Files.write(configFile.toPath(), config);
 
-            // Try to use GPU if available (OpenCV Java doesn't have CUDA detection, so we'll use CPU)
-            net.setPreferableBackend(Dnn.DNN_BACKEND_OPENCV);
-            net.setPreferableTarget(Dnn.DNN_TARGET_CPU);
-            statusLabel.setText("Using CPU backend");
+            // Load the network
+            net = Dnn.readNetFromDarknet(configFile.getAbsolutePath(), weightsFile.getAbsolutePath());
+
+            if (net.empty()) {
+                statusLabel.setText("Failed to load model from resources");
+                return false;
+            }
 
             // Load class names
             classes = new ArrayList<>();
-            try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(classesPath))) {
+            try (InputStream classesStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/coco.names");
+                 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(classesStream))) {
                 String line;
                 while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                     classes.add(line.trim());
@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
 
             // Get output layer names
             List<String> layerNames = net.getLayerNames();
-            MatOfInt unconnectedOutLayers = new MatOfInt();
-            net.getUnconnectedOutLayers();
+            MatOfInt unconnectedOutLayers = net.getUnconnectedOutLayers();
             int[] indices = unconnectedOutLayers.toArray();
 
             outputLayers = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -312,15 +311,41 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
             }
 
             modelLoaded = true;
-            statusLabel.setText("YOLOv4 model loaded successfully");
+            statusLabel.setText("YOLOv4 model loaded from resources");
+            return true;
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            modelLoaded = false;
-            statusLabel.setText(String.format("Error loading model: %s", e.getMessage()));
-            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Failed to load object detection model", "Error", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+            statusLabel.setText("Error loading model: " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
+    private byte  [] readResourceToByteArray(String resourcePath) throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourcePath)) {
+            if (is == null) return null;
+            return is.readAllBytes();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean validateModel() {
+        if (net == null || net.empty()) {
+            statusLabel.setText("Model is empty or not loaded");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // Create a dummy blob to test the network
+            Mat blob = Dnn.blobFromImage(new Mat(416, 416, CvType.CV_8UC3), 1.0/255.0);
+            net.setInput(blob);
+            List<Mat> outs = new ArrayList<>();
+            net.forward(outs, outputLayers);
+            return !outs.isEmpty();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            statusLabel.setText("Model validation failed: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
     private void downloadYoloFiles(String weightsUrl, String configUrl, String classesUrl) {
         String[][] files = {
                 {"yolov4-tiny.weights", weightsUrl},
@@ -437,8 +462,16 @@ public class CameraApp extends JFrame {
     }
 
     public void displayFrame(Mat frame) {
+        if (frame == null || frame.empty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
             BufferedImage bufferedImage = matToBufferedImage(frame);
+            if (bufferedImage == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(bufferedImage);
 
             // Scale to fit label