2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/main.rs b/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/main.rs
index 8b64fdd2..612dc358 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/main.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/main.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct InferenceCmd {
     #[arg(long, default_value = "")]
     prompt: String,
 
-    /// Config file in binary format.
+    /// Config file in binary or safetensors format.
     #[arg(long)]
     config: Option<String>,
 
@@ -225,11 +225,22 @@ fn run_inference(args: &InferenceCmd, common_args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
 
     let device = candle_examples::device(common_args.cpu)?;
 
-    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(config_path)?;
-    let config = Config::from_reader(&mut file)?;
-    println!("{config:?}");
-    let weights = TransformerWeights::from_reader(&mut file, &config, &device)?;
-    let vb = weights.var_builder(&config, &device)?;
+    let is_safetensors = config_path
+        .extension()
+        .map_or(false, |v| v == "safetensors");
+    let (vb, config) = if is_safetensors {
+        let config = Config::tiny();
+        let tensors = candle::safetensors::load(config_path, &device)?;
+        let vb = candle_nn::VarBuilder::from_tensors(tensors, candle::DType::F32, &device);
+        (vb, config)
+    } else {
+        let mut file = std::fs::File::open(config_path)?;
+        let config = Config::from_reader(&mut file)?;
+        println!("{config:?}");
+        let weights = TransformerWeights::from_reader(&mut file, &config, &device)?;
+        let vb = weights.var_builder(&config, &device)?;
+        (vb, config)
+    };
     let cache = model::Cache::new(true, &config, vb.pp("rot"))?;
     let model = Llama::load(vb, &cache, config)?;
 
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/weights.rs b/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/weights.rs
index ae1fd6d9..2daed057 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/weights.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/llama2-c/weights.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl TransformerWeights {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn var_builder(&self, cfg: &Config, device: &Device) -> Result<VarBuilder> {
+    pub fn var_builder(&self, cfg: &Config, device: &Device) -> Result<VarBuilder<'static>> {
         let mut ws = std::collections::HashMap::new();
         let mut insert = |name: &str, t: Tensor| {
             ws.insert(name.to_string(), t);