diff --git a/vall_e/export.py b/vall_e/export.py
index 934393a..2e68a56 100755
--- a/vall_e/export.py
+++ b/vall_e/export.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from .config import cfg
 from .models.lora import lora_get_state_dict
 from .utils.io import torch_save, torch_load
 
-# stitches embeddings into one embedding & classifier => lm_head
+# stitches embeddings into one embedding & classifier => lm_head, for use in a HF compatible weight
 def convert_to_hf( state_dict, config = None, save_path = None ):
 	n_tokens = 256 + (1024 * 8) + (1024 * 8) + 1
 	token_dim = 1024
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ def convert_to_hf( state_dict, config = None, save_path = None ):
 			embedding.weight[i + offset] = resps_emb[layer][i] * proms_emb_weight[layer]
 
 	state_dict['module']['model.embed_tokens.weight'] = embedding.state_dict()
+	# to-do: properly recreate the output head weights or something
 	state_dict['module']['lm_head.weight'] = out_proj
 	
+	del state_dict['module']['classifier.weight']
 	del state_dict['module']['classifier.bias']
 
 	return state_dict
 
+# yanks a LoRA from the training checkpoint
 def extract_lora( state_dict, config = None, save_path = None, dtype = None ):
 	if dtype is None:
 		dtype = cfg.inference.dtype
@@ -87,12 +90,12 @@ def extract_lora( state_dict, config = None, save_path = None, dtype = None ):
 
 	return state_dict
 
+# copies a single classifier head into multiple classifier heads per RVQ level
 def split_classifier_heads( state_dict, config = cfg.model, save_path = None, dtype = None):
 	levels = config.max_levels
 
 	if "classifier.weight" not in state_dict['module']:
 		return state_dict
-
 	# copy to new AudioClassifier
 	for i in range(levels):
 		tokens = 1025 if i == 0 else 1024
@@ -107,12 +110,31 @@ def split_classifier_heads( state_dict, config = cfg.model, save_path = None, dt
 
 	return state_dict
 
+# converts a normal LLaMA model to a MoE model, as best as I can
+def moe_ify( state_dict, config = cfg.model, save_path = None, dtype = None ):
+	# to-do: find a good way to pass in requested experts
+	experts = 8
+	for layer in range( config.layers ):
+		#state_dict[f'model.layers.{layer}.block_sparse_moe.gate.weight'] = torch.randn((config.dim, experts))
+		for expert in range( experts ):
+			state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.block_sparse_moe.experts.{expert}.w1.weight'] = state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.up_proj.weight'].clone()
+			state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.block_sparse_moe.experts.{expert}.w2.weight'] = state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.down_proj.weight'].clone()
+			state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.block_sparse_moe.experts.{expert}.w3.weight'] = state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.gate_proj.weight'].clone()
+
+		del state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.up_proj.weight']
+		del state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.down_proj.weight']
+		del state_dict['module'][f'model.layers.{layer}.mlp.gate_proj.weight']
+
+	return state_dict
+
 def main():
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("Save trained model to path.")
 	parser.add_argument("--module-only", action='store_true')
 	parser.add_argument("--hf", action='store_true', default=None) # convert to HF-style
 	parser.add_argument("--lora", action='store_true', default=None) # exports LoRA
 	parser.add_argument("--split-classifiers", action='store_true', default=None) # splits classifier heads
+	parser.add_argument("--moe-ify", action='store_true', default=None) # splits classifier heads
+	parser.add_argument("--experts", type=int, default=8) # set target dtype to export to
 	parser.add_argument("--dtype", type=str, default="auto") # set target dtype to export to
 	parser.add_argument("--format", type=str, default="pth") # set target format to export weights under
 	args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
@@ -123,13 +145,6 @@ def main():
 	if args.module_only:
 		cfg.trainer.load_module_only = True
 
-	callback = None
-	if args.hf:
-		callback = convert_to_hf
-	elif args.lora:
-		callback = extract_lora
-	elif args.split_classifiers:
-		callback = split_classifier_heads
 
 	if args.hf and args.lora:
 		raise Exception("Requesting more than one callback")
@@ -141,6 +156,22 @@ def main():
 	cfg.inference.backend = cfg.trainer.backend
 
 	engines = load_engines(training=False) # to ignore loading optimizer state
+
+	callback = None
+	if args.hf:
+		callback = convert_to_hf
+	elif args.lora:
+		callback = extract_lora
+	elif args.split_classifiers:
+		callback = split_classifier_heads
+	elif args.moe_ify:
+		callback = moe_ify
+		# set it here after the model loads to not influence which model loads
+		cfg.model.experts = args.experts
+		for name, engine in engines.items():
+			engine.module.config.experts = args.experts
+			engine.hyper_config.experts = args.experts
+
 	engines.export(userdata={"symmap": get_phone_symmap()}, callback=callback, format=args.format)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
index 4b5c404..3193ab8 100644
--- a/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/ar_nar.py
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ def example_usage():
 		'n_text_tokens': 256,
 		'n_audio_tokens': 1024,
 
-		'd_model': 1024, # 256, # 1024, # 1536
+		'd_model': 256, # 256, # 1024, # 1536
 		'n_heads': 16, # 4, # 16, # 24
 		'n_layers': 12, # 32
-		'n_experts': 1,
+		'n_experts': 1 if not cfg.model else cfg.model.experts,
 
 		'p_dropout': 0.1,
 
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ def example_usage():
 	engine = Engine(model=model, optimizer=optimizer)
 	engines = Engines({"ar+nar": engine})
 	engines.setup()
+
+	print( model.state_dict().keys() )
 	
 	"""
 	if cfg.optimizations.model_offloading:
diff --git a/vall_e/models/arch/__init__.py b/vall_e/models/arch/__init__.py
index 4ce99e9..d7774a7 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/arch/__init__.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/arch/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ except Exception as e:
 	pass
 
 try:
-	from .mixtral import MixtralModel, MixtralConfig
+	from .mixtral import MixtralModel, MixtralConfig, load_balancing_loss_func
 	AVAILABLE_ARCHES.append("mixtral")
 except Exception as e:
 	ERROR_ARCHES["mixtral"] = e