diff --git a/ollama/engine.py b/ollama/engine.py
index c43033ef..63eeb769 100644
--- a/ollama/engine.py
+++ b/ollama/engine.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from os import path
-from pathlib import Path
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from fuzzywuzzy import process
+from thefuzz import process
 from llama_cpp import Llama
 from ctransformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
 
@@ -39,16 +38,14 @@ def load(model_name, models={}):
             for model_type in cls.model_types()
         }
 
-        while len(runners) > 0:
+        for match, _ in process.extract(model_path, runners.keys(), limit=len(runners)):
             try:
-                best_match, _ = process.extractOne(model_path, runners.keys())
-                model = runners.get(best_match, LlamaCppRunner)
-                runner = model(model_path, best_match)
+                model = runners.get(match)
+                runner = model(model_path, match)
                 models.update({model_name: runner})
-                return models.get(model_name)
+                return runner
             except Exception:
-                # try the next runner
-                runners.pop(best_match)
+                pass
 
         raise Exception("failed to load model", model_path, model_name)
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ccf07a8a..fdd5a55d 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -443,23 +443,6 @@ smb = ["smbprotocol"]
 ssh = ["paramiko"]
 tqdm = ["tqdm"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fuzzywuzzy"
-version = "0.18.0"
-description = "Fuzzy string matching in python"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "fuzzywuzzy-0.18.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:928244b28db720d1e0ee7587acf660ea49d7e4c632569cad4f1cd7e68a5f0993"},
-    {file = "fuzzywuzzy-0.18.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:45016e92264780e58972dca1b3d939ac864b78437422beecebb3095f8efd00e8"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-python-levenshtein = {version = ">=0.12", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"speedup\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-speedup = ["python-levenshtein (>=0.12)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "huggingface-hub"
 version = "0.15.1"
@@ -1043,6 +1026,23 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thefuzz"
+version = "0.19.0"
+description = "Fuzzy string matching in python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "thefuzz-0.19.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4fcdde8e40f5ca5e8106bc7665181f9598a9c8b18b0a4d38c41a095ba6788972"},
+    {file = "thefuzz-0.19.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6f7126db2f2c8a54212b05e3a740e45f4291c497d75d20751728f635bb74aa3d"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+python-levenshtein = {version = ">=0.12", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"speedup\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+speedup = ["python-levenshtein (>=0.12)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tqdm"
 version = "4.65.0"
@@ -1211,4 +1211,4 @@ termcolor = ">=2.2,<3.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "bd4b373e3903bd26b983163f3cc527a6f768f4280201fcbca4d4dc05dea66912"
+content-hash = "9e9c14aae817d7863b4facda840e246f98b2d6b2517085b22eb5c5d919ae7784"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fdfa4e96..aae2d9e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ validators = "^0.20.0"
 yaspin = "^2.3.0"
 llama-cpp-python = "^0.1.67"
 ctransformers = "^0.2.10"
-fuzzywuzzy = {extras = ["speedup"], version = "^0.18.0"}
+thefuzz = {version = "^0.19.0", extras = ["speedup"]}
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c0f24b3b..d8cc6520 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ frozenlist==1.3.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
 fsspec==2023.6.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:1cbad1faef3e391fba6dc005ae9b5bdcbf43005c9167ce78c915549c352c869a \
     --hash=sha256:d0b2f935446169753e7a5c5c55681c54ea91996cc67be93c39a154fb3a2742af
-fuzzywuzzy[speedup]==0.18.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
-    --hash=sha256:45016e92264780e58972dca1b3d939ac864b78437422beecebb3095f8efd00e8 \
-    --hash=sha256:928244b28db720d1e0ee7587acf660ea49d7e4c632569cad4f1cd7e68a5f0993
 huggingface-hub==0.15.1 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:05b0fb0abbf1f625dfee864648ac3049fe225ac4371c7bafaca0c2d3a2f83445 \
     --hash=sha256:a61b7d1a7769fe10119e730277c72ab99d95c48d86a3d6da3e9f3d0f632a4081
@@ -688,6 +685,9 @@ requests==2.31.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
 termcolor==2.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:3afb05607b89aed0ffe25202399ee0867ad4d3cb4180d98aaf8eefa6a5f7d475 \
     --hash=sha256:b5b08f68937f138fe92f6c089b99f1e2da0ae56c52b78bf7075fd95420fd9a5a
+thefuzz[speedup]==0.19.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
+    --hash=sha256:4fcdde8e40f5ca5e8106bc7665181f9598a9c8b18b0a4d38c41a095ba6788972 \
+    --hash=sha256:6f7126db2f2c8a54212b05e3a740e45f4291c497d75d20751728f635bb74aa3d
 tqdm==4.65.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:1871fb68a86b8fb3b59ca4cdd3dcccbc7e6d613eeed31f4c332531977b89beb5 \
     --hash=sha256:c4f53a17fe37e132815abceec022631be8ffe1b9381c2e6e30aa70edc99e9671