diff --git a/internnav/model/basemodel/navdp/navdp_policy.py b/internnav/model/basemodel/navdp/navdp_policy.py
index 316243e7..22e03b7e 100644
--- a/internnav/model/basemodel/navdp/navdp_policy.py
+++ b/internnav/model/basemodel/navdp/navdp_policy.py
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ def __init__(self, config: NavDPModelConfig):
         self.token_dim = self.config.model_cfg['il']['token_dim']
         self.scratch = self.config.model_cfg['il']['scratch']
         self.finetune = self.config.model_cfg['il']['finetune']
+        _da_ckpt = self.config.model_cfg['il'].get('depth_anything_checkpoint')
         self.rgbd_encoder = RGBDBackbone(
-            self.image_size, self.token_dim, memory_size=self.memory_size, finetune=self.finetune, device=self._device
+            self.image_size, self.token_dim, memory_size=self.memory_size, finetune=self.finetune, device=self._device,
+            **({'checkpoint': _da_ckpt} if _da_ckpt else {}),
         )
         self.pixel_encoder = PixelGoalBackbone(
             self.image_size, self.token_dim, pixel_channel=self.pixel_channel, device=self._device