diff --git a/ctransformers/gptq/hub.py b/ctransformers/gptq/hub.py
index a19d1af..4324e07 100644
--- a/ctransformers/gptq/hub.py
+++ b/ctransformers/gptq/hub.py
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ def from_pretrained(
 
         model_path = None
         if path_type == "file":
-            model_path = Path(model_path).parent
+            model_path = Path(model_path_or_repo_id).parent
+        elif path_type == "dir" :
+            model_path = Path(model_path_or_repo_id)
         elif path_type == "repo":
             model_path = snapshot_download(
                 repo_id=model_path_or_repo_id,