diff --git a/playground/offline.py b/playground/offline.py
index 76193da..178398c 100644
--- a/playground/offline.py
+++ b/playground/offline.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 model_id = ModelIdentifier(language="english", model_name="wiki-50", is_stemmed=False)
+# model_id = ModelIdentifier(language="english", model_name="glove-twitter-25", is_stemmed=False)
 # model_id = ModelIdentifier(language="english", model_name="google-300", is_stemmed=False)
 # model_id = ModelIdentifier(language="hebrew", model_name="twitter", is_stemmed=False)
 # model_id = ModelIdentifier(language="hebrew", model_name="ft-200", is_stemmed=False)
@@ -46,7 +47,13 @@ def run_offline(board: Board = ENGLISH_BOARDS[2]):  # noqa: F405
     game_runner = None
     try:
         # blue_hinter = GPTHinter(name="Yoda", api_key=GPT_API_KEY)
-        blue_hinter = NaiveHinter(name="Yoda", team_color=TeamColor.BLUE, model_adapter=adapter, max_group_size=4)
+        blue_hinter = NaiveHinter(
+            name="Yoda",
+            team_color=TeamColor.BLUE,
+            model_identifier=model_id,
+            model_adapter=adapter,
+            max_group_size=4,
+        )
         red_hinter = NaiveHinter(
             name="Einstein",
             team_color=TeamColor.RED,
diff --git a/playground/printer.py b/playground/printer.py
index 662b352..b0a3d3f 100644
--- a/playground/printer.py
+++ b/playground/printer.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def print_results(game_runner: Optional[GameRunner]):
 
 def _print_board(state: GameState):
     log.info("")
-    log.info(f"{state.board}")
+    log.info(f"\n{state.board}")
 
 
 def _print_moves(game_runner: GameRunner):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 426f025..940eb44 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "codenames-solvers"
-version = "1.6.1"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "Solvers implementation for Codenames board game in python."
 authors = ["Michael Kali <michael.kali@mail.huji.ac.il>", "Asaf Kali <asaf.kali@mail.huji.ac.il>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/solvers/models/cache.py b/solvers/models/cache.py
index c0be07a..70b0c4b 100644
--- a/solvers/models/cache.py
+++ b/solvers/models/cache.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import Dict
 
+import gensim.downloader as gensim_api
 from generic_iterative_stemmer.models import StemmedKeyedVectors
 from gensim.models import KeyedVectors
 
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@
 
 
 class ModelCache:
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.language_data_folder = "~/.cache/language_data"
+    def __init__(self, language_data_folder: str = "~/.cache/language_data"):
+        self.language_data_folder = language_data_folder
         self._cache: Dict[ModelIdentifier, KeyedVectors] = {}
         self._main_lock = Lock()
         self._model_locks: Dict[ModelIdentifier, Lock] = {}
@@ -35,25 +36,33 @@ def load_model(self, model_identifier: ModelIdentifier) -> KeyedVectors:
             return self._cache[model_identifier]
 
     def _load_model(self, model_identifier: ModelIdentifier) -> KeyedVectors:
-        # TODO: in case loading fails, try gensim downloader
-        # import gensim.downloader as api
-        # model = api.load("wiki-he")
         log.info("Loading model...", extra={"model": model_identifier.dict()})
         language_base_folder = expanduser(os.path.join(self.language_data_folder, model_identifier.language))
-        model = load_kv_format(
-            language_base_folder=language_base_folder,
-            model_name=model_identifier.model_name,
-            is_stemmed=model_identifier.is_stemmed,
-        )
-        log.info("Model loaded", extra={"model": model_identifier.dict()})
-        return model
+        try:
+            return load_kv_format(
+                language_base_folder=language_base_folder,
+                model_name=model_identifier.model_name,
+                is_stemmed=model_identifier.is_stemmed,
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning(f"Failed to load model: {e}", exc_info=True)
+            return load_from_gensim(model_identifier)
 
 
 def load_kv_format(language_base_folder: str, model_name: str, is_stemmed: bool = False) -> KeyedVectors:
     model_folder = os.path.join(language_base_folder, model_name)
-    file_path = os.path.join(model_folder, "model.kv")  # TODO: This needs fixing
+    file_path = os.path.join(model_folder, "model.kv")
+    log.debug(f"Looking for [{model_name}] in {file_path}...")
     if is_stemmed:
         model = StemmedKeyedVectors.load(file_path)
     else:
         model = KeyedVectors.load(file_path)
+    log.debug(f"Successfully loaded [{model_name}] from {file_path}")
+    return model
+
+
+def load_from_gensim(model_identifier: ModelIdentifier) -> KeyedVectors:
+    log.debug(f"Looking for [{model_identifier.model_name}] in gensim API...")
+    model = gensim_api.load(model_identifier.model_name)
+    log.debug(f"Successfully loaded [{model_identifier.model_name}] from gensim API")
     return model
diff --git a/solvers/models/identifier.py b/solvers/models/identifier.py
index aa1c01f..1d91d09 100644
--- a/solvers/models/identifier.py
+++ b/solvers/models/identifier.py
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ class ModelIdentifier(BaseModel):
 
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(f"{self.language}-{self.model_name}-{self.is_stemmed}")
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.language}-{self.model_name}"