diff --git a/sharktank/sharktank/examples/export_paged_llm_v1.py b/sharktank/sharktank/examples/export_paged_llm_v1.py
index 49f3d5130..1d621e506 100644
--- a/sharktank/sharktank/examples/export_paged_llm_v1.py
+++ b/sharktank/sharktank/examples/export_paged_llm_v1.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def main():
 
     hp = configs.LlamaHParams.from_gguf_props(dataset.properties)
     llama_config = LlamaModelConfig(hp)
+    llama_config.use_hf = False
     llama_config.static_tables = False  # Rely on the compiler for hoisting tables.
     llama_config.kv_cache_type = "direct" if args.bs == [1] else "paged"
     if llama_config.hp.expert_count: