diff --git a/bob/ip/tensorflow_extractor/FaceNet.py b/bob/ip/tensorflow_extractor/FaceNet.py
index 169573c43d1d164b83a052f9e6526c6a45a8cbfe..510b00a6924e6b80e2d438f4c9f593efa707765a 100644
--- a/bob/ip/tensorflow_extractor/FaceNet.py
+++ b/bob/ip/tensorflow_extractor/FaceNet.py
@@ -73,15 +73,18 @@ class FaceNet(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 model_path=rc["bob.ip.tensorflow_extractor.facenet_modelpath"],
-                 image_size=160,
-                 **kwargs):        
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            model_path=rc["bob.ip.tensorflow_extractor.facenet_modelpath"],
+            image_size=160,
+            layer_name='embeddings:0',
+            **kwargs):
         super(FaceNet, self).__init__()
         self.model_path = model_path
         self.image_size = image_size
         self.session = None
         self.embeddings = None
+        self.layer_name = layer_name
 
     def _check_feature(self, img):
         img = numpy.ascontiguousarray(img)
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ class FaceNet(object):
         if not os.path.exists(self.model_path):
             bob.io.base.create_directories_safe(FaceNet.get_modelpath())
             zip_file = os.path.join(FaceNet.get_modelpath(),
-                                   "20170512-110547.zip")
+                                    "20170512-110547.zip")
             urls = [
                 # This is a private link at Idiap to save bandwidth.
                 "http://beatubulatest.lab.idiap.ch/private/wheels/gitlab/"
@@ -107,9 +110,9 @@ class FaceNet(object):
                 # this works for everybody
                 "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id="
                 "0B5MzpY9kBtDVZ2RpVDYwWmxoSUk",
-            ]            
+            ]
             bob.extension.download.download_and_unzip(urls, zip_file)
- 
+
         # code from https://github.com/davidsandberg/facenet
         model_exp = os.path.expanduser(self.model_path)
         if (os.path.isfile(model_exp)):
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ class FaceNet(object):
                           os.path.join(model_exp, ckpt_file))
         # Get input and output tensors
         self.images_placeholder = self.graph.get_tensor_by_name("input:0")
-        self.embeddings = self.graph.get_tensor_by_name("embeddings:0")
+        self.embeddings = self.graph.get_tensor_by_name(self.layer_name)
         self.phase_train_placeholder = self.graph.get_tensor_by_name(
             "phase_train:0")
         logger.info("Successfully loaded the model.")
@@ -156,26 +159,26 @@ class FaceNet(object):
     def get_rcvariable():
         """
         Variable name used in the Bob Global Configuration System
-        https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.extension/stable/rc.html#global-configuration-system
+        https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.extension/stable/rc.html
         """
         return "bob.ip.tensorflow_extractor.facenet_modelpath"
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_modelpath():
         """
-        Get default model path.        
+        Get default model path.
 
         First we try the to search this path via Global Configuration System.
-        If we can not find it, we set the path in the directory `<project>/data`
+        If we can not find it, we set the path in the directory
+        `<project>/data`
         """
-        
+
         # Priority to the RC path
         model_path = rc[FaceNet.get_rcvariable()]
 
         if model_path is None:
             import pkg_resources
-            model_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__,
-                                                         'data/FaceNet/20170512-110547')
+            model_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+                __name__, 'data/FaceNet/20170512-110547')
 
         return model_path
-