diff --git a/examples/common.h b/examples/common.h
index 62772eff7..de04b4c5b 100644
--- a/examples/common.h
+++ b/examples/common.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     std::string cfg_negative_prompt;       // string to help guidance
     float       cfg_scale         = 1.f;   // How strong is guidance
 
-    std::string model             = "models/7B/ggml-model-f16.bin"; // model path
+    std::string model             = "models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf"; // model path
     std::string model_alias       = "unknown"; // model alias
     std::string prompt            = "";
     std::string path_prompt_cache = "";  // path to file for saving/loading prompt eval state