diff --git a/lollms/binding.py b/lollms/binding.py
index 14e790c..670726a 100644
--- a/lollms/binding.py
+++ b/lollms/binding.py
@@ -89,11 +89,15 @@ class LLMBinding:
         Returns:
             str: The path of the model.
         """
+        if self.config.model_name is None:
+            return None
+        
         if self.config.model_name.endswith(".reference"):
             with open(str(self.lollms_paths.personal_models_path / f"{self.binding_folder_name}/{self.config.model_name}"), 'r') as f:
                 model_path = Path(f.read())
         else:
             model_path = Path(self.lollms_paths.personal_models_path / f"{self.binding_folder_name}/{self.config.model_name}")
+        
         return model_path
 
     
diff --git a/lollms/bindings_zoo b/lollms/bindings_zoo
index 4e6e0fb..ad2ed47 160000
--- a/lollms/bindings_zoo
+++ b/lollms/bindings_zoo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4e6e0fb8a4e021af6d727cbad1df014f20d04c8f
+Subproject commit ad2ed4792de4359d422b8b08a78e3a75f09e11fe
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3596870..21c137b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_all_files(path):
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="lollms",
-    version="2.0.17",
+    version="2.0.18",
     author="Saifeddine ALOUI",
     author_email="aloui.saifeddine@gmail.com",
     description="A python library for AI personality definition",