diff --git a/services/lora-training-worker/tests/test_invocation.py b/services/lora-training-worker/tests/test_invocation.py
index d79052a..bd5e866 100644
--- a/services/lora-training-worker/tests/test_invocation.py
+++ b/services/lora-training-worker/tests/test_invocation.py
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ def test_base_model_outside_allowed_roots_rejected():
         build_command(_req(base_model_path="/home/someone/evil.safetensors"))
 
 
+def test_storetank_checkpoint_allowed():
+    # the canonical SDXL store (2026-06-13 move) — arbo dispatches base_model_path from here
+    argv, _, _ = build_command(
+        _req(base_model_path="/storetank/arbo/models/checkpoints/albedobaseXL_v31Large.safetensors")
+    )
+    assert _flag_value(argv, "--pretrained_model_name_or_path") == \
+        "/storetank/arbo/models/checkpoints/albedobaseXL_v31Large.safetensors"
+
+
 def test_unsafe_output_name_rejected():
     with pytest.raises(InvalidTrainRequest, match="output_name"):
         build_command(_req(output_name="a; rm -rf /"))
diff --git a/services/lora-training-worker/worker/config.py b/services/lora-training-worker/worker/config.py
index fd1ff00..0127bb8 100644
--- a/services/lora-training-worker/worker/config.py
+++ b/services/lora-training-worker/worker/config.py
@@ -34,12 +34,19 @@ SDXL_TRAIN_SCRIPT = SD_SCRIPTS_DIR / "sdxl_train_network.py"
 # dataset_dir + output_dir MUST live under the shared handoff root (the group-shared,
 # setgid /worktank/arbo/train that both arbo-container-uid and llmuser can rw). base_model
 # must live under a known model root. Anything else → rejected before a process is spawned.
+# base_model must be an absolute HOST path (the worker runs on the host, not in arbo's
+# container — a container-internal path like /comfy/... or /basedir/... won't match).
+#   /storetank/arbo/models — canonical model store (SDXL checkpoints; the 2026-06-13 move
+#     to the 1.8TB /storetank volume; arbo mounts it → /basedir/models inside its container).
+#   /opt/fluxgym/models — fluxgym base models (flux; Phase 4).
+#   /worktank/arbo — handoff root (a base staged into the handoff, if ever).
+# (Dropped the pre-move /worktank/models [gone] + /worktank/comfyui [empty host path] roots.)
 HANDOFF_ROOT = Path(os.environ.get("LORA_WORKER_HANDOFF_ROOT", "/worktank/arbo/train"))
 ALLOWED_MODEL_ROOTS = tuple(
     Path(p)
     for p in os.environ.get(
         "LORA_WORKER_MODEL_ROOTS",
-        "/opt/fluxgym/models:/worktank/comfyui:/worktank/models:/worktank/arbo",
+        "/storetank/arbo/models:/opt/fluxgym/models:/worktank/arbo",
     ).split(":")
     if p
 )