diff --git a/model-scoring-core/pom.xml b/model-scoring-core/pom.xml
index e7ec13d..f364bec 100644
--- a/model-scoring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/model-scoring-core/pom.xml
@@ -589,5 +589,10 @@
             <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
             <version>2.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-aws</artifactId>
+            <version>${tap.hadoop2.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/model-scoring-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/model-scoring-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index c237fbb..36d1526 100644
--- a/model-scoring-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/model-scoring-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ trustedanalytics.scoring-engine {
   archive-mar = ""
 }
 
+#-Dtrustedanalytics.aws.fs.s3a.access.key="ACCESS_KEY"
+trustedanalytics.aws {
+  fs.s3a.proxy.host = ""
+  fs.s3a.proxy.port = ""
+  fs.s3a.access.key = ""
+  fs.s3a.secret.key = ""
+}
 #-Dtrustedanalytics.scoring.port="SOME_PORT"
 trustedanalytics.scoring {
   identifier = "ia"
diff --git a/model-scoring-core/src/main/scala/org/trustedanalytics/scoring/ScoringEngineHelper.scala b/model-scoring-core/src/main/scala/org/trustedanalytics/scoring/ScoringEngineHelper.scala
index ca8211d..ce377a7 100644
--- a/model-scoring-core/src/main/scala/org/trustedanalytics/scoring/ScoringEngineHelper.scala
+++ b/model-scoring-core/src/main/scala/org/trustedanalytics/scoring/ScoringEngineHelper.scala
@@ -17,14 +17,20 @@
 package org.trustedanalytics.scoring
 
 import java.io.File
+import java.net.URI
 import java.util.{ArrayList => JArrayList}
 
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.trustedanalytics.model.archive.format.ModelArchiveFormat
 import org.trustedanalytics.scoring.interfaces.Model
 
 object ScoringEngineHelper {
   private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
+  val config = ConfigFactory.load(this.getClass.getClassLoader)
 
   /**
     *
@@ -39,13 +45,50 @@ object ScoringEngineHelper {
       model.output().deep == revisedModel.output().deep
   }
 
+  private def getAWSConfig(): Configuration = {
+    val proxyHost = config.getString("trustedanalytics.aws.fs.s3a.proxy.host")
+    val proxyPort  = config.getString("trustedanalytics.aws.fs.s3a.proxy.port")
+    val accessKey = config.getString("trustedanalytics.aws.fs.s3a.access.key")
+    val secretKey = config.getString("trustedanalytics.aws.fs.s3a.secret.key")
+
+    val cfg =  new Configuration()
+    if(proxyHost != "" && proxyPort != "") {
+      cfg.set("fs.s3a.proxy.host",proxyHost)
+      cfg.set("fs.s3a.proxy.port",proxyPort)
+    }
+    if(accessKey != "") cfg.set("fs.s3a.access.key",accessKey) else throw new Exception("Configuration do not have AWS access key")
+    if(secretKey != "") cfg.set("fs.s3a.secret.key",secretKey) else throw new Exception("Configuration do not have AWS secret key")
+    cfg
+  }
   def getModel(marFilePath: String): Model = {
     if (marFilePath != "") {
-      logger.info("calling ModelArchiveFormat to get the model")
-      ModelArchiveFormat.read(new File(marFilePath), this.getClass.getClassLoader, None)
-    }
-    else {
-      null
+      try {
+        logger.info("Calling ModelArchiveFormat.read() to load the model stored locally")
+        return ModelArchiveFormat.read(new File(marFilePath), this.getClass.getClassLoader, None)
+      } catch {
+        case e: Exception =>
+          logger.info("Unale to load model from local filesystem, trying to load the model from HDFS")
+          var tempMarFile: File = null
+          tempMarFile = File.createTempFile("model", ".mar")
+          try
+          {
+            val cfg = getAWSConfig()
+            val hdfsFileSystem = org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.get(new URI(marFilePath), cfg)
+            hdfsFileSystem.copyToLocalFile(false, new Path(marFilePath), new Path(tempMarFile.getAbsolutePath))
+            val hdfsMarFilePath = tempMarFile.getAbsolutePath
+            sys.addShutdownHook(FileUtils.deleteQuietly(tempMarFile)) // Delete temporary directory on exit
+            return ModelArchiveFormat.read(new File(hdfsMarFilePath), this.getClass.getClassLoader, None)
+          } catch {
+            case e: Exception =>
+              logger.info("Unale to load model from HDFS...\n"+e.getMessage)
+              logger.info("\n"+e.getStackTraceString)
+              return null
+          } finally {
+            FileUtils.deleteQuietly(tempMarFile)
+          }
+      }
+    } else {
+      return null
     }
   }
 }
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