diff --git a/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/__init__.py b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/__init__.py
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+from brainscore_vision import model_registry
+from .model import get_model
+
+# Register the Barlow Twins model with custom weights
+model_registry['barlow_twins_custom'] = lambda: get_model('barlow_twins_custom')
diff --git a/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/download_google_drive.sh b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/download_google_drive.sh
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+++ b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/download_google_drive.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <file_url> <destination_path>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+file_url=$1
+destination_path=$2
+
+# Get the confirmation page
+confirmation_page=$(curl -s -L "$file_url")
+
+# Extract the necessary parameters
+file_id=$(echo "$confirmation_page" | grep -oE "name=\"id\" value=\"[^\"]+" | sed 's/name="id" value="//')
+file_confirm=$(echo "$confirmation_page" | grep -oE "name=\"confirm\" value=\"[^\"]+" | sed 's/name="confirm" value="//')
+file_uuid=$(echo "$confirmation_page" | grep -oE "name=\"uuid\" value=\"[^\"]+" | sed 's/name="uuid" value="//')
+
+# Construct the download URL
+download_url="https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=$file_id&export=download&confirm=$file_confirm&uuid=$file_uuid"
+
+# Download the file
+curl -L -o "$destination_path" "$download_url"
+
+# Check if the download succeeded
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Download completed successfully."
+else
+    echo "Download failed."
+fi
diff --git a/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/model.py b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/model.py
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+++ b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/model.py
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+import subprocess
+import torch
+from pathlib import Path
+from torchvision.models import resnet18
+from brainscore_vision.model_helpers.activations.pytorch import PytorchWrapper
+from brainscore_vision.model_helpers.brain_transformation import ModelCommitment
+from brainscore_vision.model_helpers.activations.pytorch import load_preprocess_images
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import functools
+
+# Define preprocessing
+preprocessing = functools.partial(load_preprocess_images, image_size=224)
+
+def run_download_script(file_url, destination_path):
+    # Get the directory of the current script
+    script_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    script_path = script_dir / "download_google_drive.sh"
+    
+    if not script_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Script not found: {script_path}")
+
+    print(f"Running script: {script_path}")
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [str(script_path), file_url, destination_path],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True
+    )
+
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Script failed with return code {result.returncode}:\n{result.stderr}")
+    print("Download completed successfully.")
+
+
+# Custom model loader
+def get_model(name):
+    assert name == 'barlow_twins_custom'
+
+    # File URL, script path, and destination path for the checkpoint
+    file_url = "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=16j13GkdftLYHNGutKeP2LWhMGcTIis5n"
+    script_path = "./download_google_drive.sh"
+    checkpoint_path = Path("./barlow_twins-custom_dataset_3-685qxt9j-ep=399.ckpt")
+
+    # Download the checkpoint using the shell script if it doesn't exist
+    if not checkpoint_path.exists():
+        print("Checkpoint not found. Downloading...")
+        run_download_script(file_url, str(checkpoint_path))
+
+    # Validate checkpoint file
+    if checkpoint_path.exists() and checkpoint_path.stat().st_size < 1e6:  # Adjust size threshold if needed
+        raise ValueError(f"Downloaded checkpoint seems invalid. File size: {checkpoint_path.stat().st_size} bytes")
+
+    # Load the checkpoint
+    try:
+        checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=torch.device('cpu'))
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise ValueError(f"Failed to load checkpoint. Error: {e}")
+
+    # Fix state_dict by removing 'backbone.' prefix
+    state_dict = checkpoint['state_dict']
+    new_state_dict = OrderedDict()
+    for k, v in state_dict.items():
+        if k.startswith('backbone.'):  # Remove 'backbone.' prefix
+            new_key = k.replace('backbone.', '')
+            new_state_dict[new_key] = v
+      
+    # Load the modified state_dict into the model
+    model = resnet18(pretrained=False)
+    model.load_state_dict(new_state_dict, strict=False)
+    print(model)
+    
+    # Wrap the model for Brain-Score
+    activations_model = PytorchWrapper(identifier='barlow_twins_custom', model=model, preprocessing=preprocessing)
+    return ModelCommitment(
+        identifier='barlow_twins_custom',
+        activations_model=activations_model,
+        layers=['layer1', 'layer2', 'layer3', 'layer4', 'avgpool']
+    )
+
+def get_model_list():
+    return ['barlow_twins_custom']
+
+# Specify layers to test
+def get_layers(name):
+    assert name == 'barlow_twins_custom'
+    return ['layer1', 'layer2', 'layer3', 'layer4', 'avgpool']
+
+# Optional: Add a BibTeX reference
+def get_bibtex(model_identifier):
+    return """
+@article{your_barlow_twins_reference,
+  title={Barlow Twins Trained on Custom Dataset},
+  author={Claudia Noche},
+  year={2024},
+"""
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from brainscore_vision.model_helpers.check_submission import check_models
+    check_models.check_base_models(__name__)
diff --git a/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/requirements.txt b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/requirements.txt
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+++ b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/requirements.txt
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+torch
+torchvision
+requests
+pathlib
+subprocess
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diff --git a/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/test.py b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/test.py
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+++ b/brainscore_vision/models/barlow_twins_custom/test.py
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+import pytest
+import brainscore_vision
+
+@pytest.mark.travis_slow
+def test_barlow_twins_custom():
+    model = brainscore_vision.load_model('barlow_twins_custom')
+    assert model.identifier == 'barlow_twins_custom'
+
+
+
+# AssertionError: No registrations found for resnet18_random
+# ⚡ master ~/vision python -m brainscore_vision score --model_identifier='resnet50_tutorial' --benchmark_identifier='MajajHong2015public.IT-pls'
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