diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index bf2639089..61f456ac7 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Model:
         ftype_lw: str = ftype_up.lower()
         # allow templating the file name with the output ftype, useful with the "auto" ftype
         self.fname_out = fname_out.parent / fname_out.name.format(ftype_lw, outtype=ftype_lw, ftype=ftype_lw, OUTTYPE=ftype_up, FTYPE=ftype_up)
-        self.gguf_writer = gguf.GGUFWriter(None, gguf.MODEL_ARCH_NAMES[self.model_arch],endianess=self.endianess, use_temp_file=self.use_temp_file,
+        self.gguf_writer = gguf.GGUFWriter(path=None, arch=gguf.MODEL_ARCH_NAMES[self.model_arch], endianess=self.endianess, use_temp_file=self.use_temp_file,
                                            split_max_tensors=split_max_tensors, split_max_size=split_max_size, dry_run=dry_run, small_first_shard=small_first_shard)
 
     @classmethod