diff --git a/mistralrs-bench/src/main.rs b/mistralrs-bench/src/main.rs
index 6d54c860d..53895d4c4 100644
--- a/mistralrs-bench/src/main.rs
+++ b/mistralrs-bench/src/main.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use candle_core::Device;
 use clap::Parser;
 use cli_table::{format::Justify, print_stdout, Cell, CellStruct, Style, Table};
 use mistralrs_core::{
-    initialize_logging, paged_attn_supported, parse_isq_value, Constraint, DefaultSchedulerMethod,
-    DeviceLayerMapMetadata, DeviceMapMetadata, DrySamplingParams, IsqType, Loader, LoaderBuilder,
-    MemoryGpuConfig, MistralRs, MistralRsBuilder, ModelDType, ModelSelected, NormalRequest,
-    PagedAttentionConfig, Request, RequestMessage, Response, SamplingParams, SchedulerConfig,
-    TokenSource, Usage,
+    get_model_dtype, initialize_logging, paged_attn_supported, parse_isq_value, Constraint,
+    DefaultSchedulerMethod, DeviceLayerMapMetadata, DeviceMapMetadata, DrySamplingParams, IsqType,
+    Loader, LoaderBuilder, MemoryGpuConfig, MistralRs, MistralRsBuilder, ModelSelected,
+    NormalRequest, PagedAttentionConfig, Request, RequestMessage, Response, SamplingParams,
+    SchedulerConfig, TokenSource, Usage,
 };
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{fmt::Display, num::NonZeroUsize};
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None => None,
     };
 
+    let dtype = get_model_dtype(&args.model)?;
+
     let loader: Box<dyn Loader> = LoaderBuilder::new(args.model)
         .with_use_flash_attn(use_flash_attn)
         .with_prompt_batchsize(prompt_batchsize)
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let pipeline = loader.load_model_from_hf(
         None,
         token_source,
-        &ModelDType::Auto,
+        &dtype,
         &device,
         false,
         mapper,