diff --git a/rasa_nlu_examples/featurizers/sparse/sparse_bpemb_featurizer.py b/rasa_nlu_examples/featurizers/sparse/sparse_bpemb_featurizer.py
index 3d3fe4b..c61a44e 100644
--- a/rasa_nlu_examples/featurizers/sparse/sparse_bpemb_featurizer.py
+++ b/rasa_nlu_examples/featurizers/sparse/sparse_bpemb_featurizer.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def __init__(self, component_config: Optional[Dict[Text, Any]] = None) -> None:
             model_path = (
                 Path(component_config["cache_dir"])
                 / self.component_config["lang"]
-                / f"en.wiki.bpe.vs{self.component_config['vs']}.model"
+                / f"{self.component_config['lang']}.wiki.bpe.vs{self.component_config['vs']}.model"
             )
             if not model_path.exists():
                 raise FileNotFoundError(