diff --git a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_converter.py b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_converter.py
index e8d1fcb1ca3..b0c4ed25f8d 100644
--- a/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_converter.py
+++ b/extensions/tokenizers/src/main/python/djl_converter/huggingface_converter.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def save_onnx_model(self, model_info, task: str, args: Namespace,
             sys.argv.extend(["--dtype", args.dtype])
         if args.trust_remote_code:
             sys.argv.append("--trust-remote-code")
-        if os.path.exists(model_id):
+        if task:
             sys.argv.extend(["--task", task])
         sys.argv.append(temp_dir)