diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/VanillaModels.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/VanillaModels.java
index 3595381a..eb4424cc 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/VanillaModels.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/VanillaModels.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ public class VanillaModels {
     public static final String DEFAULT = "default";
 
     public static String of(String model) {
-        return model != null && model.contains(SLIM) ? SLIM : DEFAULT;
+        return model == null ? DEFAULT : model;
     }
 
     public static String nonNull(String model) {
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ public class VanillaModels {
     }
 
     public static boolean isFat(String model) {
-        return DEFAULT.equals(model);
+        return model == null || DEFAULT.equals(model);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resources/PreviewTexture.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resources/PreviewTexture.java
index 3cce99e2..d3e5125b 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resources/PreviewTexture.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resources/PreviewTexture.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class PreviewTexture extends ThreadDownloadImageData {
     public PreviewTexture(@Nullable String model, String url, ResourceLocation fallbackTexture, @Nullable IImageBuffer imageBuffer) {
         super(null, url, fallbackTexture, imageBuffer);
 
-        this.model = VanillaModels.nonNull(model);
+        this.model = VanillaModels.of(model);
         this.fileUrl = url;
     }