diff --git a/python/turbine_models/model_builder.py b/python/turbine_models/model_builder.py
index 22139ca64..03b56dc1a 100644
--- a/python/turbine_models/model_builder.py
+++ b/python/turbine_models/model_builder.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig
+from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig, AutoModelForCausalLM
+import safetensors
+from iree.compiler.ir import Context
 import torch
 import shark_turbine.aot as aot
+from shark_turbine.aot import *
 
 
 class HFTransformerBuilder:
@@ -19,10 +22,10 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         example_input: torch.Tensor,
         hf_id: str,
-        auto_model: AutoModel = AutoModel,
-        auto_tokenizer: AutoTokenizer = None,
+        auto_model: AutoModel = AutoModelForCausalLM,
+        auto_tokenizer: AutoTokenizer = AutoTokenizer,
         auto_config: AutoConfig = None,
-        hf_auth_token=None,
+        hf_auth_token="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",
     ) -> None:
         self.example_input = example_input
         self.hf_id = hf_id
@@ -40,14 +43,14 @@ def build_model(self) -> None:
         """
         # TODO: check cloud storage for existing ir
         self.model = self.auto_model.from_pretrained(
-            self.hf_id, token=self.hf_auth_token, config=self.auto_config
+            self.hf_id, token=self.hf_auth_token, torch_dtype=torch.float, trust_remote_code=True
         )
-        if self.auto_tokenizer is not None:
-            self.tokenizer = self.auto_tokenizer.from_pretrained(
-                self.hf_id, token=self.hf_auth_token
-            )
-        else:
-            self.tokenizer = None
+        #if self.auto_tokenizer is not None:
+        #    self.tokenizer = self.auto_tokenizer.from_pretrained(
+        #        self.hf_id, token=self.hf_auth_token, use_fast=False
+        #    )
+        #else:
+        self.tokenizer = None
 
     def get_compiled_module(self, save_to: str = None) -> aot.CompiledModule:
         """
@@ -62,3 +65,33 @@ def get_compiled_module(self, save_to: str = None) -> aot.CompiledModule:
         module = aot.export(self.model, self.example_input)
         compiled_binary = module.compile(save_to=save_to)
         return compiled_binary
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    hf_id = sys.argv[-1]
+    safe_name = hf_id.replace("/", "_").replace("-", "_")
+    inp = torch.zeros(1, 1, dtype=torch.int64)
+    model = HFTransformerBuilder(inp, hf_id)
+    mapper=dict()
+    mod_params = dict(model.model.named_parameters())
+    for name in mod_params:
+        mapper["params." + name] = name
+#        safetensors.torch.save_file(mod_params, safe_name+".safetensors")
+    class GlobalModule(CompiledModule):
+        params = export_parameters(model.model, external=True, external_scope="",)
+        compute = jittable(model.model.forward)
+
+        def run(self, x=abstractify(inp)):
+            return self.compute(x)
+
+    print("module defined")
+    inst = GlobalModule(context=Context())
+    print("module inst")
+    module = CompiledModule.get_mlir_module(inst)
+#    compiled = module.compile()
+    print("got mlir module")
+    with open(safe_name+".mlir", "w+") as f:
+        f.write(str(module))
+
+    print("done")