diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index 660dc7cc..c0d784eb 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ if(not vars.model in ["InferKit", "Colab", "OAI", "ReadOnly"]):
                     model.lm_head.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     model.transformer.wte.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     model.transformer.ln_f.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
-                    if(not model.config.rotary):
+                    if(not hasattr(model.config, 'rotary') or not model.config.rotary):
                         model.transformer.wpe.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     gc.collect()
                     if(vars.bmsupported and args.breakmodel):
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ if(not vars.model in ["InferKit", "Colab", "OAI", "ReadOnly"]):
                     model.lm_head.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     model.transformer.wte.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     model.transformer.ln_f.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
-                    if(not model.config.rotary):
+                    if(not hasattr(model.config, 'rotary') or not model.config.rotary):
                         model.transformer.wpe.to(breakmodel.gpu_device)
                     gc.collect()
                     if(vars.bmsupported and args.breakmodel):
diff --git a/breakmodel.py b/breakmodel.py
index 7417db36..8154b623 100644
--- a/breakmodel.py
+++ b/breakmodel.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def new_forward(
             inputs_embeds[:, pos:pos+emb.shape[1]] = emb
             offset += emb.shape[1]
 
-    if self.rotary:
+    if hasattr(self, 'rotary') and self.rotary:
         hidden_states = inputs_embeds
     else:
         position_embeds = self.wpe(position_ids)