diff --git a/comfy/sd1_clip.py b/comfy/sd1_clip.py
index 7f1217c3..b1a39273 100644
--- a/comfy/sd1_clip.py
+++ b/comfy/sd1_clip.py
@@ -191,11 +191,20 @@ def safe_load_embed_zip(embed_path):
                 del embed
                 return out
 
+def expand_directory_list(directories):
+    dirs = set()
+    for x in directories:
+        dirs.add(x)
+        for root, subdir, file in os.walk(x, followlinks=True):
+            dirs.add(root)
+    return list(dirs)
 
 def load_embed(embedding_name, embedding_directory):
     if isinstance(embedding_directory, str):
         embedding_directory = [embedding_directory]
 
+    embedding_directory = expand_directory_list(embedding_directory)
+
     valid_file = None
     for embed_dir in embedding_directory:
         embed_path = os.path.join(embed_dir, embedding_name)