diff --git a/server/sched_test.go b/server/sched_test.go
index 1fa2a4a2..e451d84a 100644
--- a/server/sched_test.go
+++ b/server/sched_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, done := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Millisecond)
 	defer done()
 	s := InitScheduler(ctx)
+	ggml := nil // value not used in tests
 	req := &LlmRequest{
 		ctx:             ctx,
 		model:           &Model{ModelPath: "foo"},
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("something failed to load model blah")
 	}
 	gpus := gpu.GpuInfoList{}
-	s.load(req, nil, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
 	require.Len(t, req.successCh, 0)
 	require.Len(t, req.errCh, 1)
 	require.Len(t, s.loaded, 0)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	s.newServerFn = func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
 		return server, nil
 	}
-	s.load(req, nil, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
 	select {
 	case err := <-req.errCh:
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req.model.ModelPath = "dummy_model_path"
 	server.waitResp = fmt.Errorf("wait failure")
-	s.load(req, nil, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
 	select {
 	case err := <-req.errCh:
 		require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "wait failure")