diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
index b5d5124cb..c3f988e52 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ def load_model(
     model_type,
     tokenizer,
     cfg,
-    adapter="lora",
-    inference=False,
+    adapter="lora"
 ):
     # type: (str, str, str, str, DictDefault, Optional[str], bool) -> Tuple[PreTrainedModel, Optional[PeftConfig]]
     """
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ def load_model(
     )
 
     if is_llama_derived_model and cfg.flash_attention:
-        if cfg.device not in ["mps", "cpu"] and inference is False:
+        if cfg.device not in ["mps", "cpu"] and cfg.inference is False:
             from axolotl.flash_attn import replace_llama_attn_with_flash_attn
 
             logging.info("patching with flash attention")
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ def load_lora(model, cfg):
         model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(
             model,
             cfg.lora_model_dir,
-            is_trainable=True,
+            is_trainable=not cfg.inference,
             device_map=cfg.device_map,
             # torch_dtype=torch.float16,
         )