diff --git a/cht-petals/download.py b/cht-petals/download.py
index bddad6b..64c07bf 100644
--- a/cht-petals/download.py
+++ b/cht-petals/download.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import argparse
-from platform import machine
 
 import torch
 from petals import AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM
@@ -8,20 +7,18 @@
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("--model", help="Model to download")
+parser.add_argument("--dht-prefix", help="DHT prefix to use")
 args = parser.parse_args()
-
-print(f"Downloading model {args.model}")
+print(f"Downloading model {args.model} with DHT prefix {args.dht_prefix}")
 
 
 @retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_fixed(5))
 def download_model() -> None:
     Tokenizer = LlamaTokenizer if "llama" in args.model.lower() else AutoTokenizer
     _ = Tokenizer.from_pretrained(args.model)
-
-    kwargs = {}
-    if "x86_64" in machine():
-        kwargs["torch_dtype"] = torch.float32
-    _ = AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(args.model, **kwargs)
+    _ = AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+        args.model, torch_dtype=torch.float32, dht_prefix=args.dht_prefix
+    )
 
 
 download_model()
diff --git a/cht-petals/main.py b/cht-petals/main.py
index 0b416bb..795ddd8 100644
--- a/cht-petals/main.py
+++ b/cht-petals/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import argparse
 import logging
+import os
 
 import uvicorn
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -8,6 +10,19 @@
 
 load_dotenv()
 
+MODEL_ID = os.getenv("MODEL_ID", "petals-team/StableBeluga2")
+MODEL_PATH = os.getenv("MODEL_PATH", "./models")
+DHT_PREFIX = os.getenv("DHT_PREFIX", "StableBeluga2")
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--model-id", help="HuggingFace Model", default=MODEL_ID)
+    parser.add_argument("--model-path", help="Path to Model files directory", default=MODEL_PATH)
+    parser.add_argument("--dht-prefix", help="DHT prefix to use", default=DHT_PREFIX)
+    parser.add_argument("--port", help="Port to run model server on", type=int, default=8000)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    MODEL_PATH = args.model_path
+    DHT_PREFIX = args.dht_prefix
+
 logging.basicConfig(
     format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s",
     level=logging.INFO,
@@ -19,7 +34,8 @@ def create_start_app_handler(app: FastAPI):
     def start_app() -> None:
         from models import PetalsBasedModel
 
-        PetalsBasedModel.get_model()
+        print(f"Using {MODEL_PATH=} and {DHT_PREFIX=}")
+        PetalsBasedModel.get_model(MODEL_PATH, DHT_PREFIX)
 
     return start_app
 
@@ -40,6 +56,5 @@ def get_application() -> FastAPI:
 
 app = get_application()
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    uvicorn.run("main:app", host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=args.port)
diff --git a/cht-petals/models.py b/cht-petals/models.py
index 8e83a15..7b54bad 100644
--- a/cht-petals/models.py
+++ b/cht-petals/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from platform import machine
 from typing import List
 
 import torch
@@ -56,13 +54,16 @@ def generate(
         return [cls.tokenizer.decode(outputs[0])]
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_model(cls):
+    def get_model(
+        cls,
+        model_path: str = "./models",
+        dht_prefix: str = "StableBeluga2",
+        model_id: str = "petals-team/StableBeluga2",
+    ):
         if cls.model is None:
-            Tokenizer = LlamaTokenizer if "llama" in os.getenv("MODEL_ID").lower() else AutoTokenizer
-            cls.tokenizer = Tokenizer.from_pretrained(os.getenv("MODEL_ID"))
-
-            kwargs = {}
-            if "x86_64" in machine():
-                kwargs["torch_dtype"] = torch.float32
-            cls.model = AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(os.getenv("MODEL_ID"), **kwargs)
+            Tokenizer = LlamaTokenizer if "llama" in model_path.lower() else AutoTokenizer
+            cls.tokenizer = Tokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
+            cls.model = AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+                model_id, torch_dtype=torch.float32, dht_prefix=dht_prefix
+            )
         return cls.model
diff --git a/cht-petals/requirements.txt b/cht-petals/requirements.txt
index 205b6a1..0863be0 100644
--- a/cht-petals/requirements.txt
+++ b/cht-petals/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-fastapi==0.95.0
-uvicorn==0.21.1
-pytest==7.2.2
-requests==2.28.2
-tqdm==4.65.0
-httpx==0.23.3
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
-tenacity==8.2.2
-petals==2.2.0
+fastapi
+uvicorn
+pytest==7.*
+requests==2.*
+tqdm==4.*
+httpx
+python-dotenv==1.*
+tenacity==8.*
+petals==2.*
diff --git a/cht-petals/setup-petals.sh b/cht-petals/setup-petals.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f62aabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cht-petals/setup-petals.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage: setup-petals.sh [--model-path=<DIR>] [--dht-prefix=<PREFIX>] [--port=<INT>]
+set -eEuo pipefail
+
+tmpdir="${PREM_APPDIR:-.}/petals-$(uuid)"
+
+cleanup(){
+  for i in $(jobs -p); do
+    kill -n 9 $i || :
+  done
+  rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+trap "cleanup" SIGTERM
+trap "cleanup" SIGINT
+trap "cleanup" ERR
+
+# clone source
+git clone -n --depth=1 --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/premAI-io/prem-services.git "$tmpdir"
+git -C "$tmpdir" sparse-checkout set --no-cone cht-petals
+git -C "$tmpdir" checkout
+# install deps
+"${PREM_PYTHON:-python}" -m pip install -r "$tmpdir/cht-petals/requirements.txt"
+# run server
+PYTHONPATH="$tmpdir/cht-petals" "${PREM_PYTHON:-python}" "$tmpdir/cht-petals/main.py" "$@" &
+
+wait