diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
index 0c4f1cf80..7c2877180 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
         if (
             self.cfg.adapter in ["qlora", "lora"]
             and hasattr(self.model_config, "quantization_config")
-            and getattr(self.model_config.quantization_config, "quant_method")
+            and self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"]
             in ["gptq", "awq", "bitsandbytes", "hqq"]
         ):
             quant_config_class_dict = {
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
             }
 
             quant_config_class = quant_config_class_dict[
-                getattr(self.model_config.quantization_config, "quant_method")
+                self.model_config.quantization_config["quant_method"]
             ]
             self.model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = quant_config_class(
                 **self.model_config.quantization_config