# Model Configuration

Configuring a model source can be done by specifying a mapping in the RIME JSON
configuration file. [Specify a Model](specify_model.md) discusses how to create a 
Python model file.

For an example of how to use this config in the model registry, please see the "Register a Model" step in [Stress Tests walkthrough](../how_to_guides/common_use_cases/st-ui.md).

## Template

```python
{
    "hugging_face" :{
        "model_uri": "cross-encoder/nli-MiniLM2-L6-H768",
    }
}
```

## Arguments

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| model_path | String | Path to the Python model file.  |
| hugging_face | String | The URI to a HuggingFace model. |
|      kwargs | String | Arguments to pass to HuggingFace along with the URI. |

Specify exactly one of `model_path` or `hugging_face`.