diff --git a/app/core/security.py b/app/core/security.py
index f9cf508..e38762e 100644
--- a/app/core/security.py
+++ b/app/core/security.py
@@ -350,7 +350,17 @@ async def dev_generate_token(user: str, include_models: list[str] = None) -> dic
         # include only specific models
         user_models = include_models
     else:
-        user_models = list(JOB_MANIFESTS.keys())
+        # aggregate all models inference names for available models
+        all_models = list(JOB_MANIFESTS.keys())
+        user_models = []
+        for model in all_models:
+            inference_model_name = (
+                JOB_MANIFESTS.get(model)
+                .model_fields.get("inference_name", None)
+                .get_default()
+            )
+            if inference_model_name and inference_model_name not in user_models:
+                user_models.append(inference_model_name)
     try:
         # Verify secret key is configured
         verify_secret_key()
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 370184f..b3aeb9f 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ async def generate_token_auth(
         request: Request,
         response: Response,
         user: str = Query("default_user"),
-        include_models: str = Query(""),
+        include_models: str = Query(
+            "", description="Comma separated list of models to include"
+        ),
     ):
         """Generate JWT
 
@@ -1310,15 +1312,19 @@ async def csv_sample():
 def user_available_models(token: UserJWT | None = None):
     """Get all available models"""
     all_models: list = list(JOB_MANIFESTS.keys())
-    # Filter models based on user available models.
-    # If the user has specific available models, only include those.
-    # get all models if running local for testing
+    # !important: the users available models are set in the JWT token, the finetune models `inference_name` must match the inference model name in the token
+    # If the user has specific available models in subscription jwt, only include those.
     if token:
-        user_models = [
-            user_model
-            for user_model in token.available_models
-            if user_model in all_models
-        ]
+        user_models = []
+        for model in all_models:
+            # match a finetune model with the available inference model subscription name
+            inference_model_name = (
+                JOB_MANIFESTS.get(model)
+                .model_fields.get("inference_name", None)
+                .get_default()
+            )
+            if inference_model_name and inference_model_name in token.available_models:
+                user_models.append(model)
         return user_models
     # Access all models if jwt not set. Authorization handled by Middleware
     return all_models
diff --git a/app/models/base/finetuning.py b/app/models/base/finetuning.py
index a9128db..6683382 100644
--- a/app/models/base/finetuning.py
+++ b/app/models/base/finetuning.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class BaseFineTuneModel(BaseModel, ABC):
     )
     # model setup
     name: str = Field(..., min_length=4, pattern=r"^[a-zA-Z0-9._@]+$")
+    inference_name: str | None = Field(
+        default=None, description="Name of the model to be used for inference"
+    )
     image: str
     image_pull_secret: str | None = None
     command: list[str]
diff --git a/app/models/examples/mnist.py b/app/models/examples/mnist.py
index 7c70407..4c5eddc 100644
--- a/app/models/examples/mnist.py
+++ b/app/models/examples/mnist.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class MNISTConfig(TrainingArguments):
 class MNIST(BaseFineTuneModel):
     """Finetune Job Spec for MNIST"""
 
-    name: str = "MNIST"  # model name must match inference name to work
+    name: str = "MNIST"  # model name in the frontend
+    inference_name: str | None = "MNIST"  # name must match inference name to work
     description: str = "Example MNIST model for fine-tuning"
     project_url: str = "https://github.com/acceleratedscience/model-foobar"
     image: str = "quay.io/brian_duenas/mnist:latest"