From ebf5a3ce599be517414b136a2b91b8895e32c1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan O'Huiginn <daniel@ohuiginn.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:15:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow loading with python < 3.6

Don't rely on recent python features to load models

Fixes Issue #1271
---
 spacy/util.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index ccb81fbed..d83fe3416 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def load_model(name, **overrides):
 def load_model_from_link(name, **overrides):
     """Load a model from a shortcut link, or directory in spaCy data path."""
     init_file = get_data_path() / name / '__init__.py'
-    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name, init_file)
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name, str(init_file))
     try:
         cls = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
     except AttributeError: