diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4df6dd8f4a..6a4dcab54d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ def main(hparams):
     exp.argparse(hparams)
     exp.save()
 
+    model_save_path = '{}/{}/{}'.format(hparams.model_save_path, exp.name, exp.version)
+
     # build model
     model = ExampleModel(hparams)
 
     # callbacks
     early_stop = EarlyStopping(monitor='val_acc', patience=3, mode='min', verbose=True)
-
-    model_save_path = '{}/{}/{}'.format(hparams.model_save_path, exp.name, exp.version)
     checkpoint = ModelCheckpoint(filepath=model_save_path, save_function=None, save_best_only=True, verbose=True, monitor='val_acc', mode='min')
 
     # configure trainer