diff --git a/evofactory/models/causallm.py b/evofactory/models/causallm.py
index 58ecde3..37c9f99 100644
--- a/evofactory/models/causallm.py
+++ b/evofactory/models/causallm.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(self, model_path: str, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         from vllm import LLM
 
-        self.model = LLM(model=model_path)
+        self.model = LLM(model=model_path, **self.model_kwargs)
         self.post_init()
 
     def post_init(self):