diff --git a/all_clip/main.py b/all_clip/main.py
index f4b8262..51630df 100644
--- a/all_clip/main.py
+++ b/all_clip/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """load clip"""
 
-from functools import lru_cache
+from functools import lru_cache, partial
 import torch
 from PIL import Image
 import time
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 _CLIP_REGISTRY = {
     "open_clip:": load_open_clip,
+    "open_clip_hf:": partial(load_open_clip, schema="hf-hub"),
+    "open_clip_local:": partial(load_open_clip, schema="local-dir"),
     "hf_clip:": load_hf_clip,
     "nm:": load_deepsparse,
     "ja_clip:": load_japanese_clip,
diff --git a/all_clip/open_clip.py b/all_clip/open_clip.py
index 2530a11..bf69bad 100644
--- a/all_clip/open_clip.py
+++ b/all_clip/open_clip.py
@@ -34,25 +34,46 @@ def forward(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.inner_model(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def load_open_clip(clip_model, use_jit=True, device="cuda", clip_cache_path=None):
+def load_open_clip(clip_model, use_jit=True, device="cuda", clip_cache_path=None, schema=None):
     """load open clip"""
 
     import open_clip  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
     torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 = True
-    clip_model_parts = clip_model.split("/")
-    clip_model = clip_model_parts[0]
-    checkpoint = "/".join(clip_model_parts[1:])
-    if checkpoint == "":
-        pretrained = dict(open_clip.list_pretrained())
-        checkpoint = pretrained[clip_model]
-    model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(
-        clip_model,
-        pretrained=checkpoint,
-        device=device,
-        jit=use_jit,
-        cache_dir=clip_cache_path,
-    )
+
+    if schema is not None:
+        if schema == "hf-hub":
+            from open_clip.factory import HF_HUB_PREFIX
+            clip_model = HF_HUB_PREFIX + clip_model
+        elif schema == "local-dir":
+            try:
+                from open_clip.factory import LOCAL_DIR_PREFIX
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ValueError("Upgrade open clip version to >=3 to load from local directories")
+            clip_model = LOCAL_DIR_PREFIX + clip_model
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unkown open clip schema: {}".format(schema))
+        model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(
+            clip_model,
+            device=device,
+            jit=use_jit,
+            cache_dir=clip_cache_path,
+        )
+    else:
+        clip_model_parts = clip_model.split("/")
+        clip_model = clip_model_parts[0]
+        checkpoint = "/".join(clip_model_parts[1:])
+        if checkpoint == "":
+            pretrained = dict(open_clip.list_pretrained())
+            checkpoint = pretrained[clip_model]
+        model, _, preprocess = open_clip.create_model_and_transforms(
+            clip_model,
+            pretrained=checkpoint,
+            device=device,
+            jit=use_jit,
+            cache_dir=clip_cache_path,
+        )
+
     model = OpenClipWrapper(inner_model=model, device=device)
     model.to(device=device)