diff --git a/deepface/DeepFace.py b/deepface/DeepFace.py
index c71d7d9..e4f1f94 100644
--- a/deepface/DeepFace.py
+++ b/deepface/DeepFace.py
@@ -21,6 +21,52 @@ from deepface.extendedmodels import Age, Gender, Race, Emotion
 from deepface.commons import functions, realtime, distance as dst
 
 
+def analyze_init(models = []):
+	#---------------------------------
+	built_models = {}
+	#if a specific target is not passed, then find them all
+	if len(models) == 0:
+		models = ['emotion', 'age', 'gender', 'race']
+
+	print("Models to initialize: ", models)
+
+	#---------------------------------
+
+	if 'emotion' in models:
+		built_models['emotion'] = Emotion.loadModel()
+
+	if 'age' in models:
+		built_models['age'] = Age.loadModel()
+
+	if 'gender' in models:
+		built_models['gender'] = Gender.loadModel()
+
+	if 'race' in models:
+		built_models['race'] = Race.loadModel()
+	return built_models
+
+
+def verify_init(model_name = 'VGG-Face'):
+	if model_name == 'VGG-Face':
+		print("Loading %s model" % model_name)
+		model = VGGFace.loadModel()
+
+	elif model_name == 'OpenFace':
+		print("Loading %s model" % model_name)
+		model = OpenFace.loadModel()
+
+	elif model_name == 'Facenet':
+		print("Loading %s model" % model_name)
+		model = Facenet.loadModel()
+
+	elif model_name == 'DeepFace':
+		print("Loading %s model" % model_name)
+		model = FbDeepFace.loadModel()
+	else:
+		raise ValueError("Invalid model_name passed - ", model_name)
+	return model
+
+
 def verify(img1_path, img2_path=''
 	, model_name ='VGG-Face', distance_metric = 'cosine', model = None):
 
@@ -303,16 +349,13 @@ def analyze(img_path, actions= [], models= {}):
 		return resp_obj
 		#return resp_objects
 
-
 def detectFace(img_path):
 	img = functions.detectFace(img_path)[0] #detectFace returns (1, 224, 224, 3)
 	return img[:, :, ::-1] #bgr to rgb
 
-
 def stream(db_path, model_name ='VGG-Face', distance_metric = 'cosine', enable_face_analysis = True):
 	realtime.analysis(db_path, model_name, distance_metric, enable_face_analysis)
 
-
 #---------------------------
 
 functions.initializeFolder()