diff --git a/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml b/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
index 3739351..41badcf 100644
--- a/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
+++ b/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ callback_dict:
   save_model:
     # Stores the model after each epoch
     _target_: niceml.dlframeworks.keras.callbacks.callback_factories.ModelCallbackFactory
-    model_subfolder: models
-    model_filename: model-id_{short_id}-ep{epoch:03d}
+#    model_subfolder may include model name or declare them separately
+    model_subfolder: models/model-id_{short_id}-ep{epoch:03d}
+#    model_subfolder: models
+#    model_filename: model-id_{short_id}-ep{epoch:03d}
diff --git a/niceml/dlframeworks/keras/callbacks/callback_factories.py b/niceml/dlframeworks/keras/callbacks/callback_factories.py
index de6c0ce..2c219ba 100644
--- a/niceml/dlframeworks/keras/callbacks/callback_factories.py
+++ b/niceml/dlframeworks/keras/callbacks/callback_factories.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from os.path import join
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, List
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
 from niceml.dlframeworks.keras.callbacks.csvlogger import CSVLogger
 from niceml.dlframeworks.keras.callbacks.modelcheckpoint import (
@@ -39,19 +39,25 @@ def create_callback(self, exp_context: ExperimentContext):
 class ModelCallbackFactory(CallbackFactory):
     """Creates the model checkpoint callback"""
 
-    def __init__(self, model_subfolder: str, model_filename: str, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self, model_subfolder: str, model_filename: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs
+    ):
         """
         Initializes the ModelCallbackFactory object, which creates
-        ModelCheckpoint callbacks.
+        ModelCheckpoint callbacks. If model_filename is not given, it will
+        be inferred from the model_subfolder. Fileextensions will be ignored.
 
         Args:
             model_subfolder: name of the subfolder to save the model in
-            model_filename: filename of the model file without the file extension
+            model_filename: filename of the model file without the file extension. If
+                model_filename is not given, it will be inferred from the model_subfolder
             **kwargs: additional keyword arguments for ModelCheckpoint initialization
         """
         self.kwargs = kwargs
-        self.model_subfolder = model_subfolder
-        self.model_filename = model_filename
+        self.model_subfolder = (
+            model_subfolder if model_filename else str(Path(model_subfolder).parent)
+        )
+        self.model_filename = model_filename or str(Path(model_subfolder).stem)
 
     def create_callback(self, exp_context: ExperimentContext) -> ModelCheckpoint:
         """
diff --git a/template/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml b/template/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
index bc7565a..3739351 100644
--- a/template/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
+++ b/template/configs/ops/train/callbacks/callbacks_base.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ callback_dict:
   save_model:
     # Stores the model after each epoch
     _target_: niceml.dlframeworks.keras.callbacks.callback_factories.ModelCallbackFactory
-    model_subfolder: models/model-id_{short_id}-ep{epoch:03d}.hdf5
+    model_subfolder: models
+    model_filename: model-id_{short_id}-ep{epoch:03d}