diff --git a/scripts/finetune.py b/scripts/finetune.py
index ff2f87eb1..d6a920f5d 100644
--- a/scripts/finetune.py
+++ b/scripts/finetune.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def train(
     logging.info(f"Training Completed!!! Saving pre-trained model to {cfg.output_dir}")
 
     # TODO do we need this fix? https://huggingface.co/docs/accelerate/usage_guides/fsdp#saving-and-loading
-    trainer.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir)
+    model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir)
     # trainer.save_model(cfg.output_dir)  # TODO this may be needed for deepspeed to work? need to review another time