diff --git a/hubconf.py b/hubconf.py
index 729dac4cec56..1ec21d66bea0 100644
--- a/hubconf.py
+++ b/hubconf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 """
 
 dependencies = ['torch', 'yaml']
+
+import os
+
 import torch
 
 from models.yolo import Model
@@ -24,11 +27,12 @@ def create(name, pretrained, channels, classes):
     Returns:
         pytorch model
     """
-    model = Model('models/%s.yaml' % name, channels, classes)
+    config = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'models', '%s.yaml' % name)  # model.yaml path
+    model = Model(config, channels, classes)
     if pretrained:
         ckpt = '%s.pt' % name  # checkpoint filename
         google_utils.attempt_download(ckpt)  # download if not found locally
-        state_dict = torch.load(ckpt)['model'].state_dict()
+        state_dict = torch.load(ckpt, map_location=torch.device('cpu'))['model'].state_dict()
         state_dict = {k: v for k, v in state_dict.items() if model.state_dict()[k].numel() == v.numel()}  # filter
         model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)  # load
     return model