diff --git a/model2vec/model.py b/model2vec/model.py
index ae41904..4973627 100644
--- a/model2vec/model.py
+++ b/model2vec/model.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def __init__(
             self._normalize = normalize
             self.config["normalize"] = normalize
         else:
-            self._normalize = self.config.get("normalize", False)
+            self.normalize = self.config.get("normalize", False)
 
     @property
     def dim(self) -> int: