diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
index 9b23b4e695..7c6d5d0659 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "Forward.h"
 #include "Resource.h"
 
+const int ABSOLUTE_MAX_TEXTURE_NUM_PIXELS = 8192 * 8192;
+
 namespace ktx {
     class KTX;
     using KTXUniquePointer = std::unique_ptr<KTX>;
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/model-baking/CMakeLists.txt
index a0774cdcc1..2e08488d69 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(TARGET_NAME model-baking)
 
 setup_hifi_library(Concurrent)
 
-link_hifi_libraries(networking)
+link_hifi_libraries(networking image gpu shared ktx)
 
 find_package(FBXSDK REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${FBX_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.cpp b/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.cpp
index b692c1d96b..666e59a073 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void Baker::handleError(const QString& error) {
     emit finished();
 }
 
-void Baker::appendErrors(const QStringList& errors) {
+void Baker::handleErrors(const QStringList& errors) {
     // we're appending errors, presumably from a baking operation we called
     // add those to our list and emit that we are finished
     _errorList.append(errors);
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.h b/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.h
index 6853620361..ab9c22ac53 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.h
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/Baker.h
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ protected:
     void handleError(const QString& error);
     void handleWarning(const QString& warning);
 
-    void appendErrors(const QStringList& errors);
-    void appendWarnings(const QStringList& warnings) { _warningList << warnings; }
+    void handleErrors(const QStringList& errors);
 
     QStringList _errorList;
     QStringList _warningList;
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.cpp b/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.cpp
index ff1d6659aa..0a25d3c299 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.cpp
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ void FBXBaker::importScene() {
     importer->Destroy();
 }
 
-static const QString BAKED_TEXTURE_EXT = ".ktx";
-
 QString texturePathRelativeToFBX(QUrl fbxURL, QUrl textureURL) {
     auto fbxPath = fbxURL.toString(QUrl::RemoveFilename | QUrl::RemoveQuery | QUrl::RemoveFragment);
     auto texturePath = textureURL.toString(QUrl::RemoveFilename | QUrl::RemoveQuery | QUrl::RemoveFragment);
@@ -256,49 +254,25 @@ QUrl FBXBaker::getTextureURL(const QFileInfo& textureFileInfo, FbxFileTexture* f
         QString relativeFileName = fileTexture->GetRelativeFileName();
         auto apparentRelativePath = QFileInfo(relativeFileName.replace("\\", "/"));
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-        // it turns out that paths that start with a drive letter and a colon appear to QFileInfo
-        // as a relative path on UNIX systems - we perform a special check here to handle that case
-        bool isAbsolute = relativeFileName[1] == ':' || apparentRelativePath.isAbsolute();
-#else
-        bool isAbsolute = apparentRelativePath.isAbsolute();
-#endif
-
-        if (isAbsolute) {
-            // this is a relative file path which will require different handling
-            // depending on the location of the original FBX
-            if (_fbxURL.isLocalFile()) {
-                // since the loaded FBX is loaded, first check if we actually have the texture locally
-                // at the absolute path
-                if (apparentRelativePath.exists() && apparentRelativePath.isFile()) {
-                    // the absolute path we ran into for the texture in the FBX exists on this machine
-                    // so use that file
-                    urlToTexture = QUrl::fromLocalFile(apparentRelativePath.absoluteFilePath());
-                } else {
-                    // we didn't find the texture on this machine at the absolute path
-                    // so assume that it is right beside the FBX to match the behaviour of interface
-                    urlToTexture = _fbxURL.resolved(apparentRelativePath.fileName());
-                }
-            } else {
-                // the original FBX was remote and downloaded
-
-                // since this "relative" texture path is actually absolute, we have to assume it is beside the FBX
-                // which matches the behaviour of Interface
-
-                // append that path to our list of unbaked textures
-                urlToTexture = _fbxURL.resolved(apparentRelativePath.fileName());
-            }
+        // this is a relative file path which will require different handling
+        // depending on the location of the original FBX
+        if (_fbxURL.isLocalFile() && apparentRelativePath.exists() && apparentRelativePath.isFile()) {
+            // the absolute path we ran into for the texture in the FBX exists on this machine
+            // so use that file
+            urlToTexture = QUrl::fromLocalFile(apparentRelativePath.absoluteFilePath());
         } else {
-            // simply construct a URL with the relative path to the asset, locally or remotely
-            // and append that to the list of unbaked textures
-            urlToTexture = _fbxURL.resolved(apparentRelativePath.filePath());
+            // we didn't find the texture on this machine at the absolute path
+            // so assume that it is right beside the FBX to match the behaviour of interface
+            urlToTexture = _fbxURL.resolved(apparentRelativePath.fileName());
         }
     }
 
     return urlToTexture;
 }
 
-TextureType textureTypeForMaterialProperty(FbxProperty& property, FbxSurfaceMaterial* material) {
+gpu::TextureType textureTypeForMaterialProperty(FbxProperty& property, FbxSurfaceMaterial* material) {
+    using namespace gpu;
+    
     // this is a property we know has a texture, we need to match it to a High Fidelity known texture type
     // since that information is passed to the baking process
 
@@ -366,7 +340,7 @@ void FBXBaker::rewriteAndBakeSceneTextures() {
                     // figure out the type of texture from the material property
                     auto textureType = textureTypeForMaterialProperty(property, material);
 
-                    if (textureType != UNUSED_TEXTURE) {
+                    if (textureType != gpu::UNUSED_TEXTURE) {
                         int numTextures = property.GetSrcObjectCount<FbxFileTexture>();
 
                         for (int j = 0; j < numTextures; j++) {
@@ -401,7 +375,7 @@ void FBXBaker::rewriteAndBakeSceneTextures() {
                                     _unbakedTextures.insert(urlToTexture, bakedTextureFileName);
 
                                     // bake this texture asynchronously
-                                    bakeTexture(urlToTexture);
+                                    bakeTexture(urlToTexture, textureType, bakedTextureFilePath);
                                 }
                             }
                         }
@@ -414,63 +388,91 @@ void FBXBaker::rewriteAndBakeSceneTextures() {
     }
 }
 
-void FBXBaker::bakeTexture(const QUrl& textureURL) {
+void FBXBaker::bakeTexture(const QUrl& textureURL, gpu::TextureType textureType, const QString& destinationFilePath) {
     // start a bake for this texture and add it to our list to keep track of
-    QSharedPointer<TextureBaker> bakingTexture { new TextureBaker(textureURL), &TextureBaker::deleteLater };
+    QSharedPointer<TextureBaker> bakingTexture {
+        new TextureBaker(textureURL, textureType, destinationFilePath),
+        &TextureBaker::deleteLater
+    };
 
+    // make sure we hear when the baking texture is done
     connect(bakingTexture.data(), &Baker::finished, this, &FBXBaker::handleBakedTexture);
 
-    QtConcurrent::run(bakingTexture.data(), &TextureBaker::bake);
-
+    // keep a shared pointer to the baking texture
     _bakingTextures.insert(bakingTexture);
+
+    // start baking the texture on our thread pool
+    QtConcurrent::run(bakingTexture.data(), &TextureBaker::bake);
 }
 
 void FBXBaker::handleBakedTexture() {
     TextureBaker* bakedTexture = qobject_cast<TextureBaker*>(sender());
 
     // make sure we haven't already run into errors, and that this is a valid texture
-    if (!hasErrors() && bakedTexture) {
-        if (!bakedTexture->hasErrors()) {
-            // use the path to the texture being baked to determine if this was an embedded or a linked texture
+    if (bakedTexture) {
+        if (!hasErrors()) {
+            if (!bakedTexture->hasErrors()) {
+                if (_copyOriginals) {
+                    // we've been asked to make copies of the originals, so we need to make copies of this if it is a linked texture
 
-            // it is embeddded if the texure being baked was inside the original output folder
-            // since that is where the FBX SDK places the .fbm folder it generates when importing the FBX
+                    // use the path to the texture being baked to determine if this was an embedded or a linked texture
 
-            auto originalOutputFolder = QUrl::fromLocalFile(_uniqueOutputPath + ORIGINAL_OUTPUT_SUBFOLDER);
+                    // it is embeddded if the texure being baked was inside the original output folder
+                    // since that is where the FBX SDK places the .fbm folder it generates when importing the FBX
 
-            if (!originalOutputFolder.isParentOf(bakedTexture->getTextureURL())) {
-                // for linked textures we want to save a copy of original texture beside the original FBX
+                    auto originalOutputFolder = QUrl::fromLocalFile(_uniqueOutputPath + ORIGINAL_OUTPUT_SUBFOLDER);
 
-                qCDebug(model_baking) << "Saving original texture for" << bakedTexture->getTextureURL();
+                    if (!originalOutputFolder.isParentOf(bakedTexture->getTextureURL())) {
+                        // for linked textures we want to save a copy of original texture beside the original FBX
 
-                // check if we have a relative path to use for the texture
-                auto relativeTexturePath = texturePathRelativeToFBX(_fbxURL, bakedTexture->getTextureURL());
+                        qCDebug(model_baking) << "Saving original texture for" << bakedTexture->getTextureURL();
 
-                QFile originalTextureFile {
-                    _uniqueOutputPath + ORIGINAL_OUTPUT_SUBFOLDER + relativeTexturePath + bakedTexture->getTextureURL().fileName()
-                };
+                        // check if we have a relative path to use for the texture
+                        auto relativeTexturePath = texturePathRelativeToFBX(_fbxURL, bakedTexture->getTextureURL());
 
-                if (relativeTexturePath.length() > 0) {
-                    // make the folders needed by the relative path
+                        QFile originalTextureFile {
+                            _uniqueOutputPath + ORIGINAL_OUTPUT_SUBFOLDER + relativeTexturePath + bakedTexture->getTextureURL().fileName()
+                        };
+
+                        if (relativeTexturePath.length() > 0) {
+                            // make the folders needed by the relative path
+                        }
+
+                        if (originalTextureFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly) && originalTextureFile.write(bakedTexture->getOriginalTexture()) != -1) {
+                            qCDebug(model_baking) << "Saved original texture file" << originalTextureFile.fileName()
+                            << "for" << _fbxURL;
+                        } else {
+                            handleError("Could not save original external texture " + originalTextureFile.fileName()
+                                        + " for " + _fbxURL.toString());
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
-                if (originalTextureFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly) && originalTextureFile.write(bakedTexture->getOriginalTexture()) != -1) {
-                    qCDebug(model_baking) << "Saved original texture file" << originalTextureFile.fileName()
-                    << "for" << _fbxURL;
-                } else {
-                    handleError("Could not save original external texture " + originalTextureFile.fileName()
-                                + " for " + _fbxURL.toString());
-                    return;
-                }
+
+                // now that this texture has been baked and handled, we can remove that TextureBaker from our list
+                _unbakedTextures.remove(bakedTexture->getTextureURL());
+
+                checkIfTexturesFinished();
+            } else {
+                // there was an error baking this texture - add it to our list of errors
+                _errorList.append(bakedTexture->getErrors());
+                
+                // we don't emit finished yet so that the other textures can finish baking first
+                _pendingErrorEmission = true;
+                
+                // now that this texture has been baked, even though it failed, we can remove that TextureBaker from our list
+                _unbakedTextures.remove(bakedTexture->getTextureURL());
+                
+                checkIfTexturesFinished();
             }
-
-            // now that this texture has been baked and handled, we can remove that TextureBaker from our list
+        } else {
+            // we have errors to attend to, so we don't do extra processing for this texture
+            // but we do need to remove that TextureBaker from our list
+            // and then check if we're done with all textures
             _unbakedTextures.remove(bakedTexture->getTextureURL());
 
             checkIfTexturesFinished();
-        } else {            
-            // there was an error baking this texture - add it to our list of errors and stop processing this FBX
-            appendErrors(bakedTexture->getErrors());
         }
     }
 }
@@ -516,23 +518,27 @@ void FBXBaker::possiblyCleanupOriginals() {
 void FBXBaker::checkIfTexturesFinished() {
     // check if we're done everything we need to do for this FBX
     // and emit our finished signal if we're done
+
     if (_unbakedTextures.isEmpty()) {
         // remove the embedded media folder that the FBX SDK produces when reading the original
         removeEmbeddedMediaFolder();
 
-        if (hasErrors()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         // cleanup the originals if we weren't asked to keep them around
         possiblyCleanupOriginals();
 
         if (hasErrors()) {
-            return;
-        }
+            // if we're checking for completion but we have errors
+            // that means one or more of our texture baking operations failed
 
-        qCDebug(model_baking) << "Finished baking" << _fbxURL;
-        
-        emit finished();
+            if (_pendingErrorEmission) {
+                emit finished();
+            }
+
+            return;
+        } else {
+            qCDebug(model_baking) << "Finished baking" << _fbxURL;
+
+            emit finished();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.h b/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.h
index ef94de7a2e..cca4878308 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.h
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/FBXBaker.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "Baker.h"
 #include "TextureBaker.h"
 
+#include <gpu/Texture.h> 
+
 namespace fbxsdk {
     class FbxManager;
     class FbxProperty;
@@ -27,25 +29,6 @@ namespace fbxsdk {
     class FbxFileTexture;
 }
 
-enum TextureType {
-    DEFAULT_TEXTURE,
-    STRICT_TEXTURE,
-    ALBEDO_TEXTURE,
-    NORMAL_TEXTURE,
-    BUMP_TEXTURE,
-    SPECULAR_TEXTURE,
-    METALLIC_TEXTURE = SPECULAR_TEXTURE, // for now spec and metallic texture are the same, converted to grey
-    ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE,
-    GLOSS_TEXTURE,
-    EMISSIVE_TEXTURE,
-    CUBE_TEXTURE,
-    OCCLUSION_TEXTURE,
-    SCATTERING_TEXTURE = OCCLUSION_TEXTURE,
-    LIGHTMAP_TEXTURE,
-    CUSTOM_TEXTURE,
-    UNUSED_TEXTURE = -1
-};
-
 static const QString BAKED_FBX_EXTENSION = ".baked.fbx";
 using FBXSDKManagerUniquePointer = std::unique_ptr<fbxsdk::FbxManager, std::function<void (fbxsdk::FbxManager *)>>;
 
@@ -89,7 +72,7 @@ private:
     QString createBakedTextureFileName(const QFileInfo& textureFileInfo);
     QUrl getTextureURL(const QFileInfo& textureFileInfo, fbxsdk::FbxFileTexture* fileTexture);
 
-    void bakeTexture(const QUrl& textureURL);
+    void bakeTexture(const QUrl& textureURL, gpu::TextureType textureType, const QString& destinationFilePath);
 
     QString pathToCopyOfOriginal() const;
 
@@ -103,18 +86,15 @@ private:
     static FBXSDKManagerUniquePointer _sdkManager;
     fbxsdk::FbxScene* _scene { nullptr };
 
-    QStringList _errorList;
-
     QHash<QUrl, QString> _unbakedTextures;
     QHash<QString, int> _textureNameMatchCount;
-    QHash<uint64_t, TextureType> _textureTypes;
 
     QSet<QSharedPointer<TextureBaker>> _bakingTextures;
     QFutureSynchronizer<void> _textureBakeSynchronizer;
 
     bool _copyOriginals { true };
 
-    bool _finishedNonTextureOperations { false };
+    bool _pendingErrorEmission { false };
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_FBXBaker_h
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.cpp b/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.cpp
index bdd20ea270..82f42a5776 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.cpp
@@ -9,20 +9,27 @@
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 //
 
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QEventLoop>
 #include <QtCore/QFile>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
 
+#include <image/Image.h>
+#include <ktx/KTX.h>
 #include <NetworkAccessManager.h>
 
 #include "ModelBakingLoggingCategory.h"
 
 #include "TextureBaker.h"
 
-TextureBaker::TextureBaker(const QUrl& textureURL) :
-    _textureURL(textureURL)
+const QString BAKED_TEXTURE_EXT = ".ktx";
+
+TextureBaker::TextureBaker(const QUrl& textureURL, gpu::TextureType textureType, const QString& destinationFilePath) :
+    _textureURL(textureURL),
+    _textureType(textureType),
+    _destinationFilePath(destinationFilePath)
 {
-    
+
 }
 
 void TextureBaker::bake() {
@@ -35,6 +42,14 @@ void TextureBaker::bake() {
 
     qCDebug(model_baking) << "Baking texture at" << _textureURL;
 
+    processTexture();
+
+    if (hasErrors()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qCDebug(model_baking) << "Baked texture at" << _textureURL;
+
     emit finished();
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +98,33 @@ void TextureBaker::handleTextureNetworkReply(QNetworkReply* requestReply) {
         _originalTexture = requestReply->readAll();
     } else {
         // add an error to our list stating that this texture could not be downloaded
-        qCDebug(model_baking) << "Error downloading texture" << requestReply->errorString();
+        handleError("Error downloading " + _textureURL.toString() + " - " + requestReply->errorString());
+    }
+}
+
+void TextureBaker::processTexture() {
+    auto processedTexture = image::processImage(_originalTexture, _textureURL.toString().toStdString(),
+                                                ABSOLUTE_MAX_TEXTURE_NUM_PIXELS, _textureType);
+
+    if (!processedTexture) {
+        handleError("Could not process texture " + _textureURL.toString());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto memKTX = gpu::Texture::serialize(*processedTexture);
+
+    if (!memKTX) {
+        handleError("Could not serialize " + _textureURL.toString() + " to KTX");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const char* data = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(memKTX->_storage->data());
+    const size_t length = memKTX->_storage->size();
+
+    // attempt to write the baked texture to the destination file path
+    QFile bakedTextureFile { _destinationFilePath };
+
+    if (!bakedTextureFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly) || bakedTextureFile.write(data, length) == -1) {
+        handleError("Could not write baked texture for " + _textureURL.toString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.h b/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.h
index 4f793af37d..17c725b57d 100644
--- a/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.h
+++ b/libraries/model-baking/src/TextureBaker.h
@@ -14,14 +14,19 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 #include <QtCore/QUrl>
+#include <QtCore/QRunnable>
+
+#include <gpu/Texture.h>
 
 #include "Baker.h"
 
+extern const QString BAKED_TEXTURE_EXT;
+
 class TextureBaker : public Baker {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    TextureBaker(const QUrl& textureURL);
+    TextureBaker(const QUrl& textureURL, gpu::TextureType textureType, const QString& destinationFilePath);
     
     void bake();
 
@@ -33,8 +38,13 @@ private:
     void loadTexture();
     void handleTextureNetworkReply(QNetworkReply* requestReply);
 
+    void processTexture();
+
     QUrl _textureURL;
     QByteArray _originalTexture;
+    gpu::TextureType _textureType;
+
+    QString _destinationFilePath;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_TextureBaker_h
diff --git a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
index 1e61b9ecee..ade1acdb64 100644
--- a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
+++ b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "KTXCache.h"
 
-const int ABSOLUTE_MAX_TEXTURE_NUM_PIXELS = 8192 * 8192;
-
 namespace gpu {
 class Batch;
 }
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/Profile.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/Profile.cpp
index 7a8a8f0570..eb7440f4b3 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(trace_simulation_physics_detail, "trace.simulation.physics.de
 #endif
 
 static bool tracingEnabled() {
-    return DependencyManager::get<tracing::Tracer>()->isEnabled();
+    return DependencyManager::isSet<tracing::Tracer>() && DependencyManager::get<tracing::Tracer>()->isEnabled();
 }
 
 Duration::Duration(const QLoggingCategory& category, const QString& name, uint32_t argbColor, uint64_t payload, const QVariantMap& baseArgs) : _name(name), _category(category) {
diff --git a/tools/oven/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/oven/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c5d0b98e5..1e644a2c62 100644
--- a/tools/oven/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/oven/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ set(TARGET_NAME oven)
 
 setup_hifi_project(Widgets Gui Concurrent)
 
-link_hifi_libraries(model-baking shared)
+link_hifi_libraries(model-baking shared image gpu ktx)
diff --git a/tools/oven/src/DomainBaker.cpp b/tools/oven/src/DomainBaker.cpp
index b53b74f227..6bee07986c 100644
--- a/tools/oven/src/DomainBaker.cpp
+++ b/tools/oven/src/DomainBaker.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void DomainBaker::handleFinishedBaker() {
                 QUrl oldModelURL { entity[ENTITY_MODEL_URL_KEY].toString() };
 
                 // setup a new URL using the prefix we were passed
-                QUrl newModelURL = _destinationPath.resolved(baker->getBakedFBXRelativePath().mid(1));
+                QUrl newModelURL = _destinationPath.resolved(baker->getBakedFBXRelativePath());
 
                 // copy the fragment and query from the old model URL
                 newModelURL.setQuery(oldModelURL.query());
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void DomainBaker::handleFinishedBaker() {
         } else {
             // this model failed to bake - this doesn't fail the entire bake but we need to add
             // the errors from the model to our errors
-            appendWarnings(baker->getErrors());
+            _warningList << baker->getErrors();
         }
 
         // remove the baked URL from the multi hash of entities needing a re-write
diff --git a/tools/oven/src/ui/DomainBakeWidget.cpp b/tools/oven/src/ui/DomainBakeWidget.cpp
index 7c8c462cfd..c0b9c85910 100644
--- a/tools/oven/src/ui/DomainBakeWidget.cpp
+++ b/tools/oven/src/ui/DomainBakeWidget.cpp
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ void DomainBakeWidget::chooseFileButtonClicked() {
 
         // save the directory containing this entities file so we can default to it next time we show the file dialog
         _browseStartDirectory.set(directoryOfEntitiesFile);
-
-        // if our output directory is not yet set, set it to the directory of this entities file
-        _outputDirLineEdit->setText(directoryOfEntitiesFile);
     }
 }