diff --git a/ideeplc/__main__.py b/ideeplc/__main__.py
index 3618e26..ca8db40 100644
--- a/ideeplc/__main__.py
+++ b/ideeplc/__main__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ def _argument_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         action="store_true",
         help="Flag to enable fine-tuning of the model.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-m",
+        "--model",
+        type=str,
+        required=False,
+        help="Path to the pretrained model.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-l",
         "--log_level",
diff --git a/ideeplc/ideeplc_core.py b/ideeplc/ideeplc_core.py
index 0eddcf5..958f2b2 100644
--- a/ideeplc/ideeplc_core.py
+++ b/ideeplc/ideeplc_core.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def get_model_save_path():
         # If normal Python environment
         model_path = files("ideeplc.models").joinpath(model_name)
 
-    return model_path, model_dir, model_path
+    return model_path, model_dir
 
 
 def main(args):
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@ def main(args):
 
         # Load pre-trained model
         LOGGER.info("Loading pre-trained model")
-        best_model_path, model_dir, pretrained_model = get_model_save_path()
+        pretrained_model, model_dir = get_model_save_path()
+        if args.model:
+            try:
+                logging.info(f"Using user-specified model path: {args.model}")
+                pretrained_model = Path(args.model)
+            except Exception as e:
+                LOGGER.error(f"Invalid model path provided: {e}")
+                raise e
         model.load_state_dict(
             torch.load(pretrained_model, map_location=device), strict=False
         )
diff --git a/ideeplc/models/pretrained_model.pth b/ideeplc/models/pretrained_model.pth
index d0e40f3..fa22dc6 100644
Binary files a/ideeplc/models/pretrained_model.pth and b/ideeplc/models/pretrained_model.pth differ
diff --git a/tests/test_model_save_path.py b/tests/test_model_save_path.py
index 59e6a38..935e0af 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_save_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_save_path.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 def test_get_model_save_path():
     """Test the get_model_save_path function."""
-    model_path, model_dir, pretrained_path = get_model_save_path()
-    assert isinstance(model_path, Path), "Model path should be a Path object"
+    pretrained_model, model_dir = get_model_save_path()
+    assert isinstance(pretrained_model, Path), "Model path should be a Path object"
     assert isinstance(model_dir, Path), "Model directory should be a Path object"
-    assert model_path.name == "pretrained_model.pth", "Model name should be 'pretrained_model.pth'"
+    assert pretrained_model.name == "pretrained_model.pth", "Model name should be 'pretrained_model.pth'"
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_prediction_calibration.py b/tests/test_prediction_calibration.py
index 79a3a92..4314cb2 100644
--- a/tests/test_prediction_calibration.py
+++ b/tests/test_prediction_calibration.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def test_predict():
     """Test the predict function."""
     # Mock data and model
     config = get_config()
-    best_model_path, model_dir, pretrained_model = get_model_save_path()
+    pretrained_model, model_dir = get_model_save_path()
 
     test_csv_path = "ideeplc/example_input/Hela_deeprt.csv"  # Path to a sample test CSV file
     matrix_input, x_shape = data_initialize(csv_path=test_csv_path)