diff --git a/openbr/core/core.cpp b/openbr/core/core.cpp
index 1faf8b5..a9eec23 100644
--- a/openbr/core/core.cpp
+++ b/openbr/core/core.cpp
@@ -522,30 +522,41 @@ struct AlgorithmCore
 private:
     QString name;
 
-    QString getFileName(const QString &description) const
+    // Check if description is either an abbreviation or a model file, if so load it
+    bool loadOrExpand(const QString &description)
     {
-        const QString file = Globals->sdkPath + "/share/openbr/models/algorithms/" + description;
-        QFileInfo qFile(file);
-        return qFile.exists() && !qFile.isDir() ? file : QString();
+        // Check if a trained binary already exists for this algorithm
+        QString file = Globals->sdkPath + "/share/openbr/models/algorithms/" + description;
+        QFileInfo eFile(file);
+        file = eFile.exists() && !eFile.isDir() ? file : description;
+
+        QFileInfo dFile(file);
+        if (dFile.exists() && !dFile.isDir()) {
+            qDebug("Loading %s", qPrintable(dFile.fileName()));
+            load(file);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // Expand abbreviated algorithms to their full strings
+        if (Globals->abbreviations.contains(description)) {
+            init(Globals->abbreviations[description]);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     void init(const QString &description)
     {
-        // Check if a trained binary already exists for this algorithm
-        const QString file = getFileName(description);
-        if (!file.isEmpty()) return init(file);
+        if (loadOrExpand(description))
+            return;
 
-        QFileInfo dFile(description);
-        if (dFile.exists()) {
-            qDebug("Loading %s", qPrintable(dFile.fileName()));
-            load(description);
+        // check if the description is an abbreviation or model file with additional arguments supplied
+        File parsed("."+description);
+        if (loadOrExpand(parsed.suffix())) {
+            applyAdditionalProperties(parsed, transform.data());
             return;
         }
 
-        // Expand abbreviated algorithms to their full strings
-        if (Globals->abbreviations.contains(description))
-            return init(Globals->abbreviations[description]);
-
         const bool compareTransform = description.contains('!');
         QStringList words = QtUtils::parse(description, compareTransform ? '!' : ':');
 
diff --git a/openbr/openbr_plugin.cpp b/openbr/openbr_plugin.cpp
index 3c0d05d..0d84260 100644
--- a/openbr/openbr_plugin.cpp
+++ b/openbr/openbr_plugin.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "core/common.h"
 #include "core/opencvutils.h"
 #include "core/qtutils.h"
+#include "openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h"
 
 using namespace br;
 using namespace cv;
@@ -721,7 +722,6 @@ bool Object::setPropertyRecursive(const QString &name, QVariant value)
 {
     if (this->metaObject()->indexOfProperty(qPrintable(name)) == -1)
         return false;
-
     setProperty(name, value);
     init();
     return true;
@@ -1235,6 +1235,13 @@ Transform *Transform::make(QString str, QObject *parent)
     if (Globals->abbreviations.contains(str))
         return make(Globals->abbreviations[str], parent);
 
+    File parsed("."+str);
+    if (Globals->abbreviations.contains(parsed.suffix())) {
+        Transform *res = make(Globals->abbreviations[parsed.suffix()], parent);
+        applyAdditionalProperties(parsed, res);
+        return res;
+    }
+
     //! [Make a pipe]
     { // Check for use of '+' as shorthand for Pipe(...)
         QStringList words = parse(str, '+');
@@ -1435,3 +1442,14 @@ void Distance::compareBlock(const TemplateList &target, const TemplateList &quer
             if (target[j].isEmpty() || query[i].isEmpty()) output->setRelative(-std::numeric_limits<float>::max(),i+queryOffset, j+targetOffset);
             else output->setRelative(compare(target[j], query[i]), i+queryOffset, j+targetOffset);
 }
+
+void br::applyAdditionalProperties(const File &temp, Transform *target)
+{
+    QVariantMap meta = temp.localMetadata();
+    for (QVariantMap::iterator i = meta.begin(); i != meta.end(); ++i) {
+        if (i.key().startsWith("_Arg"))
+            continue;
+
+        target->setPropertyRecursive(i.key(), i.value() );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h b/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
index 085a0d5..2283760 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
+++ b/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ public:
     qint64 position() { return f.pos(); }
 };
 
+
+void applyAdditionalProperties(const File &temp, Transform *target);
+
 }
 
 #endif // OPENBR_INTERNAL_H