diff --git a/scraibe/diarisation.py b/scraibe/diarisation.py
index 0f0e14a..ade9220 100644
--- a/scraibe/diarisation.py
+++ b/scraibe/diarisation.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 from torch import Tensor
 from torch import device as torch_device
 from torch.cuda import is_available, current_device
+from huggingface_hub import HfApi
+from huggingface_hub.utils import RepositoryNotFoundError
 
 from .misc import PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH, PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_CONFIG
 Annotation = TypeVar('Annotation') 
@@ -183,9 +185,9 @@ def _save_token(token):
     
     @classmethod
     def load_model(cls, 
-                    model: str = PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_CONFIG, 
+                    model: str = PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
                     use_auth_token: str = None,
-                    cache_token: bool = True,
+                    cache_token: bool = False,
                     cache_dir: Union[Path, str] = PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH,
                     hparams_file: Union[str, Path] = None,
                     device: str = None,
@@ -194,11 +196,12 @@ def load_model(cls,
         
         """
         Loads a pretrained model from pyannote.audio, 
-        either from a local cache or online repository.
+        either from a local cache or some online repository.
 
         Args:
             model: Path or identifier for the pyannote model.
-                default: /models/pyannote/speaker_diarization/config.yaml
+                default: '/home/[user]/.cache/torch/models/pyannote/config.yaml'
+                or one of 'jaikinator/scraibe', 'pyannote/speaker-diarization-3.1'
             token: Optional HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN for authenticated access.
             cache_token: Whether to cache the token locally for future use.
             cache_dir: Directory for caching models.
@@ -210,33 +213,29 @@ def load_model(cls,
         Returns:
             Pipeline: A pyannote.audio Pipeline object, encapsulating the loaded model.
         """
-        
-        
-        if cache_token and use_auth_token is not None:
-            cls._save_token(use_auth_token)
-            
-        if not os.path.exists(model) and use_auth_token is None:
-            use_auth_token = cls._get_token()
-            
-        elif os.path.exists(model) and not use_auth_token:
+        if isinstance(model, str) and os.path.exists(model):
             # check if model can be found locally nearby the config file
             with open(model, 'r') as file:
                 config = yaml.safe_load(file)
-            
+
             path_to_model = config['pipeline']['params']['segmentation']
 
             if not os.path.exists(path_to_model):
-                warnings.warn(f"Model not found at {path_to_model}. "\
-                    "Trying to find it nearby the config file.")
-                
+                warnings.warn(f"Model not found at {path_to_model}. "
+                              "Trying to find it nearby the config file.")
+
                 pwd = model.split("/")[:-1]
                 pwd = "/".join(pwd)
-                
+
                 path_to_model = os.path.join(pwd, "pytorch_model.bin")
 
                 if not os.path.exists(path_to_model):
                     warnings.warn(f"Model not found at {path_to_model}. \
                         'Trying to find it nearby .bin files instead.")
+                    warnings.warn(
+                        'Searching for nearby files in a folder path is '
+                        'deprecated and will be removed in future versions.',
+                        category=DeprecationWarning)
                     # list elementes with the ending .bin
                     bin_files = [f for f in os.listdir(pwd) if f.endswith(".bin")]
                     if len(bin_files) == 1:
@@ -245,30 +244,49 @@ def load_model(cls,
                         warnings.warn("Found more than one .bin file. "\
                             "or none. Please specify the path to the model " \
                             "or setup a huggingface token.")
-                                            
+                        raise FileNotFoundError
+
                 warnings.warn(f"Found model at {path_to_model} overwriting config file.")
-                
+
                 config['pipeline']['params']['segmentation'] = path_to_model
-                
+
                 with open(model, 'w') as file:
                     yaml.dump(config, file)
-                              
-        _model =  Pipeline.from_pretrained(model,
-                                           use_auth_token = use_auth_token,
-                                           cache_dir = cache_dir,
-                                           hparams_file = hparams_file,)
-        
-        # try to move the model to the device
-        if device is None:
-            device = "cuda" if is_available() else "cpu"
-        
-        _model = _model.to(torch_device(device)) # torch_device is renamed from torch.device to avoid name conflict
-            
+        elif isinstance(model, tuple):
+            try:
+                _model = model[0]
+                HfApi().model_info(_model)
+                model = _model
+                use_auth_token = None
+            except RepositoryNotFoundError:
+                print(f'{model[0]} not found on Huggingface, \
+                      trying {model[1]}')
+                _model = model[1]
+                HfApi().model_info(_model)
+                model = _model
+                if cache_token and use_auth_token is not None:
+                    cls._save_token(use_auth_token)
+
+                if use_auth_token is None:
+                    use_auth_token = cls._get_token()
+        else:
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f'No local model or directory found at {model}.')
+
+        _model = Pipeline.from_pretrained(model,
+                                          use_auth_token=use_auth_token,
+                                          cache_dir=cache_dir,
+                                          hparams_file=hparams_file,)
         if _model is None:
             raise ValueError('Unable to load model either from local cache' \
                 'or from huggingface.co models. Please check your token' \
                 'or your local model path')
-        
+
+        # try to move the model to the device
+        if device is None:
+            device = "cuda" if is_available() else "cpu"
+
+        _model = _model.to(torch_device(device)) # torch_device is renamed from torch.device to avoid name conflict
+
         return cls(_model)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/scraibe/misc.py b/scraibe/misc.py
index 992e40c..c1d5484 100644
--- a/scraibe/misc.py
+++ b/scraibe/misc.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, "pyannote")
 PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = os.path.join(PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH, "config.yaml") \
                             if os.path.exists(os.path.join(PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH, "config.yaml")) \
-                                else 'pyannote/speaker-diarization-3.1'  
+                            else ('jaikinator/scraibe', 'pyannote/speaker-diarization-3.1')
 
 def config_diarization_yaml(file_path: str, path_to_segmentation: str = None) -> None:
     """Configure diarization pipeline from a YAML file.