diff --git a/bench/exo_bench.py b/bench/exo_bench.py
index e60d0872..001f5c56 100644
--- a/bench/exo_bench.py
+++ b/bench/exo_bench.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def load_tokenizer_for_bench(model_id: str) -> Any:
         model_path = Path(
             snapshot_download(
                 model_id,
-                allow_patterns=["*.json", "*.py", "*.tiktoken"],
+                allow_patterns=["*.json", "*.py", "*.tiktoken", "*.model"],
             )
         )