diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/layers/mlp.py b/server/text_generation_server/layers/mlp.py
index f08cb673..35f0bf56 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/layers/mlp.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/layers/mlp.py
@@ -45,12 +45,95 @@ class MLPSpeculatorLayerNorm(nn.Module):
         return x
 
 
+class MLPSpeculatorModelTied(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config, prefix, weights):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.config = config
+        self.n_predict = get_speculate()
+        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
+
+        self.emb = TensorParallelEmbedding(f"{prefix}.emb.0", weights)
+        self.proj0 = FastLinear.load(
+            config,
+            prefix=f"{prefix}.proj.0",
+            weights=weights,
+            bias=False,
+        )
+        self.proj1 = FastLinear.load(
+            config,
+            prefix=f"{prefix}.proj.1",
+            weights=weights,
+            bias=False,
+        )
+        self.head = FastLinear.load(config, f"{prefix}.head.0", weights, bias=False)
+        self.ln = MLPSpeculatorLayerNorm(
+            prefix=f"{prefix}.ln.0",
+            config=config,
+            weights=weights,
+        )
+
+        # Weights ensure that state_0 accounts for 50% of state magnitude by final head in expectation
+        self.state_weight = 0.5 ** (0.5 / self.n_predict) if self.n_predict > 0 else 1
+        self.emb_weight = math.sqrt(1 - self.state_weight**2)
+        self.activation = nn.GELU()
+        # TODO
+        self.vsize = config.vocab_size
+        self.inner_dim = config.speculator_config["inner_dim"]
+        self.top_k_tokens_per_head = [1] * self.n_predict
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+    ):
+        top_k_tokens_per_head = self.top_k_tokens_per_head
+
+        # k indicates # of candidates
+        # h indicates # of generated tokens
+        state = hidden_states
+        b = state.size(0)
+        ind = input_ids.unsqueeze(0)
+        all_probs = torch.empty(
+            b, self.n_predict, self.vsize, device=state.device
+        )  # b k h v
+        assert (
+            len(top_k_tokens_per_head) == self.n_predict
+        ), f"You must provide a topk number for each head ({self.n_predict} heads, {len(top_k_tokens_per_head)} provided)"
+        for i in range(self.n_predict):
+            # Project and predict
+            z = self.emb(ind)
+            z = z.mul(self.emb_weight * math.sqrt(self.inner_dim / 2))  # b k d
+            if i == 0:
+                state = self.proj0(state) * self.state_weight + z
+            else:
+                state = self.proj1(state) * self.state_weight + z
+            state = self.activation(self.ln(state))  # b k d
+            probs = F.log_softmax(self.head(state), dim=-1)  # b k v
+            _probs, preds = probs.topk(top_k_tokens_per_head[i], dim=-1)  # b k k'
+
+            # Update candidate set with new predictions
+
+            # Update distribution set with new logits
+            all_probs[:, i] = probs.exp()
+
+            # Update state, log_probs and ind for new predictions
+            state = state.unsqueeze(2).expand(
+                -1, -1, top_k_tokens_per_head[i], -1
+            )  # b k k' d
+            state = state.reshape(-1, b, state.size(3))  # b kk' d
+            ind = preds.view(-1, b)  # b kk'
+
+        speculative_logits = all_probs
+        return speculative_logits
+
+
 class MLPSpeculatorModel(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, config, prefix, weights):
         super().__init__()
         self.config = config
         self.n_predict = get_speculate()
         self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
+
         self.emb = nn.ModuleList(
             [
                 TensorParallelEmbedding(f"{prefix}.emb.{i}", weights)
@@ -171,6 +254,10 @@ class MLPSpeculatorHead(nn.Module):
                         )
                     routing[k] = filename
 
-        mlp_speculator = MLPSpeculatorModel(config, "speculator", weights)
+        tie_weights = config.speculator_config.get("tie_weights", False)
+        if tie_weights:
+            mlp_speculator = MLPSpeculatorModelTied(config, "speculator", weights)
+        else:
+            mlp_speculator = MLPSpeculatorModel(config, "speculator", weights)
         lm_head = TensorParallelHead.load(config, prefix, weights)
         return MLPSpeculatorHead(lm_head, mlp_speculator)
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
index e03cc30d..52f332c1 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ def get_model(
                     revision=mlp_revision,
                     filename=filename,
                 )
+            speculator_dir_path = Path(mlp_speculator_config).parent
+            # if these are downloaded, they get converted to safetensors
+            filenames.extend(
+                [p for p in os.listdir(speculator_dir_path) if p.endswith(extension)]
+            )
             speculator = {
                 "path": Path(mlp_speculator_config).parent,
                 "model_paths": filenames,