diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index e4df91c..383a93b 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class Model:
 class Models:
 	_max_levels: int = 0
 	_prom_levels: int = 1
+	_embeddings: str | None = None
 
 	_models: list[Model] = field(default_factory=lambda: [
 		Model(name="ar", resp_levels=1, prom_levels=8, tasks=8, langs=1, experts=1, training=True, interleave=False),
diff --git a/vall_e/engines/__init__.py b/vall_e/engines/__init__.py
index 0a0eb05..9622abb 100755
--- a/vall_e/engines/__init__.py
+++ b/vall_e/engines/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ def load_engines(training=True):
 
 			model.load_state_dict(state, strict=cfg.trainer.strict_loading)
 
+
+
 		# deepspeed inferencing
 		if backend == "local" and inferencing and deepspeed_available and cfg.trainer.deepspeed.inferencing: #and sys.platform.startswith("win"):
 			engine_class = _Engine
@@ -140,6 +142,33 @@ def load_engines(training=True):
 	for name, engine in engines.items():
 		engine.freeze(freeze_all=False)
 
+		# copy embeddings if requested
+		if cfg.models._embeddings is not None:
+			embeddings_path = cfg.relpath / cfg.models._embeddings
+			
+			if embeddings_path.exists():
+				embeddings = torch.load(embeddings_path, map_location=torch.device(cfg.device))
+				if "module" in embeddings:
+					embeddings = embeddings["module"]
+
+				frozen_params = set()
+
+				for k in list(embeddings.keys()):
+					if re.findall(r'_emb\.', k):
+						frozen_params.add(k)
+					else:
+						del embeddings[k]
+
+				engine.module.load_state_dict(embeddings, strict=False)
+
+				# there's definitely a much better way but I can't be assed at the moment
+				for name, param in engine.module.named_parameters():
+					if name not in frozen_params:
+						continue
+					param.requires_grad_(False)
+					engine._frozen_params.add(param)
+			
+		
 	#do_gc()
 
 	return engines
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
index 0984330..3691eca 100644
--- a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ def example_usage():
 	from ..engines import Engine
 	from tqdm import tqdm
 	from ..utils import wrapper as ml
+	import re
 
 	device = "cuda"
 	x8 = partial(repeat, pattern="t -> t l", l=cfg.models.prom_levels) 
@@ -367,6 +368,30 @@ def example_usage():
 	#optimizer = ml.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=1.0e-4)
 	engine = Engine(model=model, optimizer=optimizer)
 
+	# copy embeddings if requested
+	if cfg.models._embeddings is not None:
+		embeddings_path = cfg.relpath / cfg.models._embeddings
+		
+		if embeddings_path.exists():
+			embeddings = torch.load(embeddings_path, map_location=torch.device(cfg.device))
+			if "module" in embeddings:
+				embeddings = embeddings["module"]
+
+			frozen_params = set()
+			for k in list(embeddings.keys()):
+				if re.findall(r'_emb\.', k):
+					frozen_params.add(k)
+				else:
+					del embeddings[k]
+
+			engine.module.load_state_dict(embeddings, strict=False)
+
+			for name, param in engine.module.named_parameters():
+				if name not in frozen_params:
+					continue
+				param.requires_grad_(False)
+				engine._frozen_params.add(param)
+
 	if cfg.bitsandbytes.enabled and cfg.bitsandbytes.replace:
 		model.model = ml.replace_linear( model.model )
 
diff --git a/vall_e/models/base.py b/vall_e/models/base.py
index 26eb385..e008d91 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/base.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import traceback
 import numpy as np
+import re
 
 from typing import Literal, overload
 from functools import partial
@@ -41,13 +42,34 @@ except Exception as e:
 	pass
 
 try:
-	from bitnet import BitNetTransformer
+	from bitnet.bit_transformer import Transformer as BitNetTransformerBlock, RMSNorm as BitNetRMSNorm
 
+	class BitNetTransformer(nn.Module):
+		def __init__(
+			self,
+			dim: int,
+			depth: int,
+			num_tokens: int,
+			heads=8,
+			ff_mult=4,
+		):
+			super().__init__()
+
+			self.transformer = BitNetTransformerBlock( dim=dim, depth=depth, heads=heads, ff_mult=ff_mult )
+			self.norm = BitNetRMSNorm(dim)
+
+		def forward(self, x):
+			x = self.transformer(x)
+			return self.norm( x )
+
+	"""
+	from bitnet import BitNetTransformer
 	def NoEmbedding_BitNetTransformer_Forward(self, x):
 		x = self.transformer(x)
 		return self.to_logits[0](x)
 
 	BitNetTransformer.forward = NoEmbedding_BitNetTransformer_Forward 
+	"""
 
 except Exception as e:
 	print("Error importing `bitnet` arch:", e)