# Python issue\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** 🙃 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/python-issue/128112 "2020-12-20T22:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lac\_ekim](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/lac_ekim/32/102075_2.png) [@lac\_ekim](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/lac_ekim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/python-issue/128112/1 "2020-12-20T22:26:51Z")
"Saving and Loading a Model In [76]: from tensorflow.keras.models import load\_model In [77]: model.save(‘my\_model.h5’) # creates a HDF5 file ‘my\_model.h5’ In [78]: ## later\_model = load\_model(‘my\_model.h5’) AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last) in ----\> 1 later\_model = load\_model(‘my\_model.h5’) ~/PycharmProjects/NNTrading/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow\_core/python/keras/saving/save.py in load\_model(filepath, custom\_objects, compile) 144 if (h5py is not None and ( 145 isinstance(filepath, h5py.File) or h5py.is\_hdf5(filepath))): → 146 return hdf5\_format.load\_model\_from\_hdf5(filepath, custom\_objects, compile) 147 148 if isinstance(filepath, six.string\_types): ~/PycharmProjects/NNTrading/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow\_core/python/keras/saving/hdf5\_format.py in load\_model\_from\_hdf5(filepath, custom\_objects, compile) 164 if model\_config is None: 165 raise ValueError(‘No model found in config file.’) → 166 model\_config = json.loads(model\_config.decode(‘utf-8’)) 167 model = model\_config\_lib.model\_from\_config(model\_config, 168 custom\_objects=custom\_objects) AttributeError: ‘str’ object has no attribute ‘decode’ In [79]: ## later\_model.predict(new\_gem) NameError Traceback (most recent call last) in ----\> 1 later\_model.predict(new\_gem) NameError: name ‘later\_model’ is not defined " how do I fix this? im running python 3.7