diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e0af3cc3..09dd74496 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ plac
 six
 ujson
 cloudpickle
-sputnik>=0.9.0,<0.10.0
+sputnik>=0.9.2,<0.10.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e646cc0f8..176434151 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def setup_package():
             ext_modules=ext_modules,
             install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash>=0.26,<0.27', 'cymem>=1.30,<1.32.0', 'preshed>=0.46.1,<0.47',
                               'thinc>=5.0.0,<5.1.0', 'plac', 'six',
-                              'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik>=0.9.0,<0.10.0'],
+                              'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik>=0.9.2,<0.10.0'],
             cmdclass = {
                 'build_ext': build_ext_subclass},
         )
diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 556027a42..70e72b7a1 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from . import util
 from .en import English
 
 
-def load(name, via=None):
-    package = util.get_package_by_name(name, via=via)
-    return English(package=package)
+def load(name, vectors=None, via=None):
+    return English(
+        package=util.get_package_by_name(name, via=via),
+        vectors_package=util.get_package_by_name(vectors, via=via))
diff --git a/spacy/language.py b/spacy/language.py
index ae8aa4560..157f7d040 100644
--- a/spacy/language.py
+++ b/spacy/language.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Language(object):
         return {0: {'PER': True, 'LOC': True, 'ORG': True, 'MISC': True}}
 
     @classmethod
-    def default_vocab(cls, package, get_lex_attr=None):
+    def default_vocab(cls, package, get_lex_attr=None, vectors_package=None):
         if get_lex_attr is None:
             if package.has_file('vocab', 'oov_prob'):
                 with package.open(('vocab', 'oov_prob')) as file_:
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ class Language(object):
             else:
                 get_lex_attr = cls.default_lex_attrs()
         if hasattr(package, 'dir_path'):
-            return Vocab.from_package(package, get_lex_attr=get_lex_attr)
+            return Vocab.from_package(package, get_lex_attr=get_lex_attr,
+                vectors_package=vectors_package)
         else:
             return Vocab.load(package, get_lex_attr)
 
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ class Language(object):
         matcher=None,
         serializer=None,
         load_vectors=True,
-        package=None):
+        package=None,
+        vectors_package=None):
         """
            a model can be specified:
 
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ class Language(object):
             warn("load_vectors is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
 
         if vocab in (None, True):
-            vocab = self.default_vocab(package)
+            vocab = self.default_vocab(package, vectors_package=vectors_package)
         self.vocab = vocab
         if tokenizer in (None, True):
             tokenizer = Tokenizer.from_package(package, self.vocab)
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 7a5a1aa0c..bcc55c656 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ def get_package_by_name(name=None, via=None):
         return sputnik.package(about.__title__, about.__version__,
                                name or about.__default_model__, data_path=via)
     except PackageNotFoundException as e:
-        raise RuntimeError("Model not installed. Please run 'python -m "
+        raise RuntimeError("Model %s not installed. Please run 'python -m "
                            "spacy.en.download' to install latest compatible "
-                           "model.")
+                           "model." % name)
     except CompatiblePackageNotFoundException as e:
         raise RuntimeError("Installed model is not compatible with spaCy "
                            "version. Please run 'python -m spacy.en.download "
diff --git a/spacy/vocab.pyx b/spacy/vocab.pyx
index a0a07f305..de4909f30 100644
--- a/spacy/vocab.pyx
+++ b/spacy/vocab.pyx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         return cls.from_package(get_package(data_dir), get_lex_attr=get_lex_attr)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_package(cls, package, get_lex_attr=None):
+    def from_package(cls, package, get_lex_attr=None, vectors_package=None):
         tag_map = package.load_json(('vocab', 'tag_map.json'), default={})
 
         lemmatizer = Lemmatizer.from_package(package)
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ cdef class Vocab:
             self.strings.load(file_)
         self.load_lexemes(package.file_path('vocab', 'lexemes.bin'))
 
-        if package.has_file('vocab', 'vec.bin'):
+        if vectors_package and vectors_package.has_file('vocab', 'vec.bin'):
+            self.vectors_length = self.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(
+                vectors_package.file_path('vocab', 'vec.bin'))
+        elif package.has_file('vocab', 'vec.bin'):
             self.vectors_length = self.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(
                 package.file_path('vocab', 'vec.bin'))
         return self