diff --git a/wsimod/orchestration/model.py b/wsimod/orchestration/model.py
index 8e890175..50507249 100644
--- a/wsimod/orchestration/model.py
+++ b/wsimod/orchestration/model.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ def load(self, address, config_name="config.yml", overrides={}):
             config_name:
             overrides:
         """
+        from ..extensions import apply_patches
+
         with open(os.path.join(address, config_name), "r") as file:
             data = yaml.safe_load(file)
 
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ def load(self, address, config_name="config.yml", overrides={}):
         if "dates" in data.keys():
             self.dates = [to_datetime(x) for x in data["dates"]]
 
+        apply_patches(self)
+
     def save(self, address, config_name="config.yml", compress=False):
         """Save the model object to a yaml file and input data to csv.gz format in the
         directory specified.