diff --git a/private_gpt/components/embedding/embedding_component.py b/private_gpt/components/embedding/embedding_component.py
index 89a577b..5d3e997 100644
--- a/private_gpt/components/embedding/embedding_component.py
+++ b/private_gpt/components/embedding/embedding_component.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class EmbeddingComponent:
                 self.embedding_model = HuggingFaceEmbedding(
                     model_name=settings.huggingface.embedding_hf_model_name,
                     cache_folder=str(models_cache_path),
+                    trust_remote_code=settings.huggingface.trust_remote_code,
                 )
             case "sagemaker":
                 try:
diff --git a/private_gpt/settings/settings.py b/private_gpt/settings/settings.py
index c968f80..4cf192a 100644
--- a/private_gpt/settings/settings.py
+++ b/private_gpt/settings/settings.py
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ class HuggingFaceSettings(BaseModel):
         None,
         description="Huggingface access token, required to download some models",
     )
+    trust_remote_code: bool = Field(
+        False,
+        description="If set to True, the code from the remote model will be trusted and executed.",
+    )
 
 
 class EmbeddingSettings(BaseModel):
diff --git a/settings.yaml b/settings.yaml
index a890733..cac3630 100644
--- a/settings.yaml
+++ b/settings.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ embedding:
 huggingface:
   embedding_hf_model_name: nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5
   access_token: ${HF_TOKEN:}
+  trust_remote_code: false
 
 vectorstore:
   database: qdrant