diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 245385e..66e985b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,8 +46,21 @@ docker build -t xtts-stream . -f Dockerfile.cuda121
 2. Run the server container:
 
 ```bash
-$ docker run --gpus=all -e COQUI_TOS_AGREED=1 --rm -p 8000:80 xtts-stream
+$ docker run --gpus all -e COQUI_TOS_AGREED=1 --rm -p 8000:80 xtts-stream
 ```
 
 Setting the `COQUI_TOS_AGREED` environment variable to `1` indicates you have read and agreed to
 the terms of the [CPML license](https://coqui.ai/cpml).
+
+2. (bis) Run the server container with your own model:
+
+```bash
+docker run -v /path/to/model/folder:/app/tts_models --gpus all --rm -p 8000:80 xtts-stream
+```
+
+Make sure the model folder contains the following files:
+- `config.json`
+- `model.pth`
+- `vocab.json`
+
+(Fine-tuned XTTS models also are under the [CPML license](https://coqui.ai/cpml))
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diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
index 212d98b..d4a1969 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN python -m pip install --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver -r requirements.txt \
     && python -m pip cache purge
 
 RUN python -m unidic download
+RUN mkdir -p /app/tts_models
 
 COPY main.py .
 ENV NVIDIA_DISABLE_REQUIRE=1
diff --git a/server/Dockerfile.cuda121 b/server/Dockerfile.cuda121
index fe5df2e..7d9d70e 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile.cuda121
+++ b/server/Dockerfile.cuda121
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN python -m pip install --use-deprecated=legacy-resolver -r requirements.txt \
     && python -m pip cache purge
 
 RUN python -m unidic download
+RUN mkdir -p /app/tts_models
 
 COPY main.py .
 
diff --git a/server/main.py b/server/main.py
index dfe56b8..0e83cd9 100644
--- a/server/main.py
+++ b/server/main.py
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@
 torch.set_num_threads(int(os.environ.get("NUM_THREADS", "2")))
 device = torch.device("cuda")
 
-model_name = "tts_models/multilingual/multi-dataset/xtts_v2"
-print("Downloading XTTS Model:",model_name,flush=True)
-ModelManager().download_model(model_name)
-model_path = os.path.join(get_user_data_dir("tts"), model_name.replace("/", "--"))
-print("XTTS Model downloaded",flush=True)
+custom_model_path = os.environ.get("CUSTOM_MODEL_PATH", "/app/tts_models")
+
+if os.path.exists(custom_model_path) and os.path.isfile(custom_model_path + "/config.json"):
+    model_path = custom_model_path
+    print("Loading custom model from", model_path, flush=True)
+else:
+    print("Loading default model", flush=True)
+    model_name = "tts_models/multilingual/multi-dataset/xtts_v2"
+    print("Downloading XTTS Model:",model_name, flush=True)
+    ModelManager().download_model(model_name)
+    model_path = os.path.join(get_user_data_dir("tts"), model_name.replace("/", "--"))
+    print("XTTS Model downloaded",flush=True)
 
 print("Loading XTTS",flush=True)
 config = XttsConfig()