diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d35e0b..655bc72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ challenge_final_results: bool = False
 judge_intervention: Optional[str] = None
 judge_metric: Optional[str] = None
 judge_endpoint_url: Optional[str] = None
+judge_model_name: Optional[str] = None
 judge_api_key: str = "-"
 judge_always_intervene: bool = False
 ```
diff --git a/mallm/__init__.py b/mallm/__init__.py
index c521d64..35d8e9b 100644
--- a/mallm/__init__.py
+++ b/mallm/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__='v1.0.4'
+__version__ = 'v1.0.4'
diff --git a/mallm/models/Chat.py b/mallm/models/Chat.py
index 9f03fb8..20cbe7f 100644
--- a/mallm/models/Chat.py
+++ b/mallm/models/Chat.py
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ def _call(  # type: ignore
                 log_prob_sum = 0.0
                 for message in chat_completion:
                     message_str = message.choices[0].delta.content
-                    log_prob_sum += message.choices[0].logprobs.content[0].logprob
+                    if message.choices[0].logprobs:
+                        log_prob_sum += message.choices[0].logprobs.content[0].logprob
                     if message_str and message_str not in self.stop_tokens:
                         collected_messages.append(message_str)
                 log_prob_sum = log_prob_sum / len(collected_messages)
diff --git a/mallm/scheduler.py b/mallm/scheduler.py
index 5dad52a..67f5303 100644
--- a/mallm/scheduler.py
+++ b/mallm/scheduler.py
@@ -147,15 +147,18 @@ def __init__(self, config: Config) -> None:
         self.llm = Chat(
             client=OpenAI(
                 base_url=self.config.endpoint_url, api_key=self.config.api_key
-            )
+            ),
+            model=self.config.model_name
         )
 
         self.judge_llm = None
         if self.config.judge_endpoint_url:
             self.judge_llm = Chat(
-            client=OpenAI(
-                base_url=self.config.judge_endpoint_url, api_key=self.config.judge_api_key
-            )
+                client=OpenAI(
+                    base_url=self.config.judge_endpoint_url,
+                    api_key=self.config.judge_api_key,
+                ),
+                model=self.config.judge_model_name,
             )
 
         if config.response_generator not in RESPONSE_GENERATORS:
diff --git a/mallm/utils/config.py b/mallm/utils/config.py
index d01c539..ccdde01 100644
--- a/mallm/utils/config.py
+++ b/mallm/utils/config.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Config:
     judge_intervention: Optional[str] = None
     judge_metric: Optional[str] = None
     judge_endpoint_url: Optional[str] = None
+    judge_model_name: Optional[str] = None
     judge_api_key: str = "-"
     judge_always_intervene: bool = False
 
@@ -117,15 +118,6 @@ def check_config(self) -> None:
         if self.endpoint_url.endswith("/"):
             logger.warning("Removing trailing / from the endpoint url.")
             self.endpoint_url = self.endpoint_url[:-1]
-        try:
-            logger.info("Testing availability of the endpoint...")
-            page = requests.head(self.endpoint_url.replace("/v1", ""))
-            logger.info("Status: " + str(page.status_code))
-            assert page.status_code == 200
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("HTTP Error: Could not connect to the provided endpoint url.")
-            logger.error(e)
-            sys.exit(1)
         if self.concurrent_api_requests > 250:
             logger.warning(
                 "concurrent_api_requests is very large. Please make sure the API endpoint you are using can handle that many simultaneous requests."
diff --git a/mallm/utils/dicts.py b/mallm/utils/dicts.py
index 2d0e07a..17dfb1b 100644
--- a/mallm/utils/dicts.py
+++ b/mallm/utils/dicts.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 from mallm.discourse_policy.report import DiscourseReport
 from mallm.models.discussion.CriticalResponseGenerator import CriticalResponseGenerator
 from mallm.models.discussion.FreeTextResponseGenerator import FreeTextResponseGenerator
-from mallm.models.discussion.ReasoningResponseGenerator import ReasoningResponseGenerator
+from mallm.models.discussion.ReasoningResponseGenerator import (
+    ReasoningResponseGenerator,
+)
 from mallm.models.discussion.ResponseGenerator import ResponseGenerator
 from mallm.models.discussion.SimpleResponseGenerator import SimpleResponseGenerator
 from mallm.models.discussion.SplitFreeTextResponseGenerator import (