diff --git a/deeppavlov/core/models/torch_model.py b/deeppavlov/core/models/torch_model.py
index e14ac658de..9fc5912baf 100644
--- a/deeppavlov/core/models/torch_model.py
+++ b/deeppavlov/core/models/torch_model.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 from logging import getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 import torch
 from overrides import overrides
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def init_from_opt(self, model_func: str) -> None:
             raise AttributeError("Model is not defined.")
 
     @overrides
-    def load(self, fname: Optional[str] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+    def load(self, fname: Optional[Union[str, Path]] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Load model from `fname` (if `fname` is not given, use `self.load_path`) to `self.model` along with
             the optimizer `self.optimizer`, optionally `self.lr_scheduler`.
             If `fname` (if `fname` is not given, use `self.load_path`) does not exist, initialize model from scratch.
@@ -139,15 +139,18 @@ def load(self, fname: Optional[str] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         if fname is not None:
             self.load_path = fname
 
+        if isinstance(self.load_path, str):
+            self.load_path = Path(self.load_path)
+
         model_func = getattr(self, self.opt.get("model_name"), None)
 
         if self.load_path:
             log.info(f"Load path {self.load_path} is given.")
-            if isinstance(self.load_path, Path) and not self.load_path.parent.is_dir():
+            if not self.load_path.parent.is_dir():
                 raise ConfigError("Provided load path is incorrect!")
 
-            weights_path = Path(self.load_path.resolve())
-            weights_path = weights_path.with_suffix(f".pth.tar")
+            weights_path = self.load_path.resolve()
+            weights_path = weights_path.with_suffix(".pth.tar")
             if weights_path.exists():
                 log.info(f"Load path {weights_path} exists.")
                 log.info(f"Initializing `{self.__class__.__name__}` from saved.")
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ def load(self, fname: Optional[str] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
             self.init_from_opt(model_func)
 
     @overrides
-    def save(self, fname: Optional[str] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+    def save(self, fname: Optional[Union[str, Path]] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Save torch model to `fname` (if `fname` is not given, use `self.save_path`). Checkpoint includes
             `model_state_dict`, `optimizer_state_dict`, and `epochs_done` (number of training epochs).
 
@@ -184,10 +187,11 @@ def save(self, fname: Optional[str] = None, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         if fname is None:
             fname = self.save_path
 
+        fname = Path(fname)
         if not fname.parent.is_dir():
             raise ConfigError("Provided save path is incorrect!")
 
-        weights_path = Path(fname).with_suffix(f".pth.tar")
+        weights_path = fname.with_suffix(".pth.tar")
         log.info(f"Saving model to {weights_path}.")
         # move the model to `cpu` before saving to provide consistency
         torch.save({