diff --git a/blendsql/models/local/_transformers.py b/blendsql/models/local/_transformers.py
index 49bcb33..e90abcc 100644
--- a/blendsql/models/local/_transformers.py
+++ b/blendsql/models/local/_transformers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from outlines.models import transformers, LogitsGenerator
 from .._model import LocalModel
 
+DEFAULT_KWARGS = {"do_sample": True, "temperature": 0.0, "top_p": 1.0}
+
 _has_transformers = importlib.util.find_spec("transformers") is not None
 _has_torch = importlib.util.find_spec("torch") is not None
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, model_name_or_path: str, caching: bool = True, **kwargs):
             model_name_or_path=model_name_or_path,
             requires_config=False,
             tokenizer=transformers.AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name_or_path),
+            load_model_kwargs=DEFAULT_KWARGS | kwargs,
             caching=caching,
             **kwargs,
         )
@@ -49,12 +52,7 @@ def _load_model(self) -> LogitsGenerator:
         # https://huggingface.co/blog/how-to-generate
         return transformers(
             self.model_name_or_path,
-            model_kwargs={
-                "do_sample": True,
-                "temperature": 0.0,
-                "top_p": 1.0,
-                "trust_remote_code": True,
-            },
+            model_kwargs=self.load_model_kwargs,
         )