diff --git a/elit/nlp/dep/parser/parser.py b/elit/nlp/dep/parser/parser.py
index 3673183..f3129d4 100644
--- a/elit/nlp/dep/parser/parser.py
+++ b/elit/nlp/dep/parser/parser.py
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def load(self, model_path: str, **kwargs):
         if self._parser:  # already loaded, ignore
             return self
         self._config = ParserConfig(os.path.join(model_path, 'config.ini'))
+        self._config.save_dir = model_path
         self._vocab = ParserVocabulary.load(self._config.save_vocab_path)
         with self.context:
             self._parser = self._create_parser(self._config, self._vocab)