diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 402d907..ceb4112 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -299,9 +299,12 @@ def _train_with_truefoundry(config_base: Path = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
                 shutil.copy2(readme_path, os.path.join(model_dir, "README.md"))
             logger.info(f"Merged model has been saved to {model_dir}")
         if cfg.truefoundry_ml_enable_reporting is True and cfg.truefoundry_ml_log_merged_model is True:
-            *_, model_name = cfg.base_model.rsplit("/", 1)
-            model_name = "-".join(["finetuned", model_name, timestamp])
-            model_name = sanitize_name(model_name)
+            if not cfg.truefoundry_ml_finetuned_model_name:
+                *_, model_name = cfg.base_model.rsplit("/", 1)
+                model_name = "-".join(["finetuned", model_name, timestamp])
+                model_name = sanitize_name(model_name)
+            else:
+                model_name = cfg.truefoundry_ml_finetuned_model_name
             run = get_or_create_run(
                 ml_repo=cfg.truefoundry_ml_repo,
                 run_name=cfg.truefoundry_ml_run_name,