diff --git a/PlanktonDetector/DetectionApp/utils.py b/PlanktonDetector/DetectionApp/utils.py
index 7eb3789..5829125 100644
--- a/PlanktonDetector/DetectionApp/utils.py
+++ b/PlanktonDetector/DetectionApp/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from django.conf import settings
 from ultralytics import YOLO
 
-MODEL = YOLO("best.pt")
+MODEL = YOLO("../best.pt")
 
 
 def predict_image(image):