diff --git a/declearn/quickrun/run.py b/declearn/quickrun/run.py
index 136e2afa7a712ed7acbcf6f5f9706aa23bc7710c..ae51b5f22f24d09c0c8b4eb43907f0cffab5c725 100644
--- a/declearn/quickrun/run.py
+++ b/declearn/quickrun/run.py
@@ -57,19 +57,23 @@ from declearn.utils import LOGGING_LEVEL_MAJOR, get_logger, run_as_processes
 
 __all__ = ["quickrun"]
 
-DEFAULT_FOLDER = "./examples/quickrun"
+
+DEFAULT_FOLDER = os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(__file__),
+    "../../examples/quickrun",
+)
 
 
 def get_model(folder, model_config) -> Model:
     "Return a model instance from a model config instance"
-    file = "model"
-    if m_file := model_config.model_file:
-        folder = os.path.dirname(m_file)
-        file = m_file.rsplit("/", 1)[-1].split(".")[0]
-    with make_importable(folder):
-        mod = importlib.import_module(file)
-        model_cls = getattr(mod, model_config.model_name)
-    return model_cls
+    path = model_config.model_file or os.path.join(folder, "model.py")
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    if not os.path.isfile(path):
+        raise FileNotFoundError("Model file not found: '{path}'.")
+    with make_importable(os.path.dirname(path)):
+        mod = importlib.import_module(os.path.basename(path)[:-3])
+        model = getattr(mod, model_config.model_name)
+    return model
 
 
 def get_checkpoint(folder: str, expe_config: ExperimentConfig) -> str:
@@ -152,6 +156,10 @@ def get_toml_folder(config: Optional[str] = None) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     elif os.path.isdir(config):
         folder = config
         toml = f"{folder}/config.toml"
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            f"Failed to find quickrun config file at '{config}'."
+        )
     return toml, folder