diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44af9d37..0cdb2452 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.scijava</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pom-scijava</artifactId>
-		<version>38.0.1</version>
+		<version>37.0.0</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/bioimageio/description/ModelDescriptorV05.java b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/bioimageio/description/ModelDescriptorV05.java
index 9b8d2f7f..7a5c8dfa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/bioimageio/description/ModelDescriptorV05.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/bioimageio/description/ModelDescriptorV05.java
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ protected void buildModelDescription() throws ModelSpecsException
         if (modelID == null) {
         	modelID = findID(yamlElements);
         }
+        if (localModelPath != null && modelID == null)
+        	return;
         if (modelID.length() - modelID.replace("/", "").length() >= 2 
 				&& modelID.substring(modelID.indexOf("/") + 1).indexOf("/") - modelID.indexOf("/") > 2 )
         	modelID = modelID.substring(0, modelID.indexOf("/") + modelID.substring(modelID.indexOf("/") + 1).indexOf("/") + 1);