--- a/system76-driver-cli	2016-03-05 15:53:48.000000000 -0500
+++ b/system76-driver-cli	2016-03-05 18:03:49.068840665 -0500
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import logging
 
 import system76driver
+from system76driver import daemon
 from system76driver.products import PRODUCTS
 from system76driver.actions import ActionRunner
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
-product_version = args.model or system76driver.get_product_version()
+product_version = args.model or daemon.load_json_conf('/etc/system76-daemon.json').get('model') or system76driver.get_product_version()
 try:
     product = PRODUCTS[product_version]
     log.info('product_version: %r', product_version)