diff --git a/clip_server.py b/clip_server.py
index a228189..02b1ac2 100644
--- a/clip_server.py
+++ b/clip_server.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as config_file:
     CONFIG = json.load(config_file)
 
 device = torch.device(CONFIG["device"])
-model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(CONFIG["model"], device=device, pretrained=dict(open_clip.list_pretrained())[CONFIG["model"]], precision="fp16")
+model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(CONFIG["model"], device=device, pretrained=CONFIG.get("model_path", dict(open_clip.list_pretrained())[CONFIG["model"]], precision="fp16"))
 model.eval()
 tokenizer = open_clip.get_tokenizer(CONFIG["model"])
 print("Model loaded")