diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index e1486e7c1..942b2e00c 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -196,17 +196,17 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_3b_v2 {
     (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
     (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -s 1234 -n 64 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
 
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q2_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q3_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
-    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q6_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_0} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_1} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q2_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q3_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q4_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q5_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q6_k} -f ${wiki_test_60} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
 
     function check_ppl {
         qnt="$1"
@@ -233,6 +233,48 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_3b_v2 {
     check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q6_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
 
+    # lora
+    function compare_ppl {
+        qnt="$1"
+        ppl1=$(echo "$2" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+        ppl2=$(echo "$3" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+
+        if [ $(echo "$ppl1 < $ppl2" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+            printf '  - %s @ %s (FAIL: %s > %s)\n' "$qnt" "$ppl" "$ppl1" "$ppl2"
+            return 20
+        fi
+
+        printf '  - %s @ %s %s OK\n' "$qnt" "$ppl1" "$ppl2"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    path_lora="../models-mnt/open-llama/3B-v2/lora"
+    path_shakespeare="../models-mnt/shakespeare"
+
+    shakespeare="${path_shakespeare}/shakespeare.txt"
+    lora_shakespeare="${path_lora}/ggml-adapter-model.bin"
+
+    gg_wget ${path_lora} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_3b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/adapter_config.json
+    gg_wget ${path_lora} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_3b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/adapter_model.bin
+    gg_wget ${path_shakespeare} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_3b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/shakespeare.txt
+
+    python3 ../convert-lora-to-ggml.py ${path_lora}
+
+    # f16
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16} -f ${shakespeare}                            -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log
+    compare_ppl "f16 shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
+    # q8_0
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare}                            -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log
+    compare_ppl "q8_0 shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
+    # q8_0 + f16 lora-base
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} --lora-base ${model_f16} -c 128 -b 128 --chunks 2 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log
+    compare_ppl "q8_0 / f16 base shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
+
     set +e
 }
 
@@ -242,6 +284,7 @@ function gg_sum_open_llama_3b_v2 {
     gg_printf 'OpenLLaMA 3B-v2:\n'
     gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
     gg_printf '- perplexity:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log)"
+    gg_printf '- lora:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log)"
     gg_printf '- f16: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log)"
     gg_printf '- q8_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log)"
     gg_printf '- q4_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log)"
@@ -253,6 +296,11 @@ function gg_sum_open_llama_3b_v2 {
     gg_printf '- q4_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log)"
     gg_printf '- q5_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log)"
     gg_printf '- q6_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (f16):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (f16 lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0 lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0 / f16 base lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log)"
 }
 
 # open_llama_7b_v2
@@ -310,17 +358,17 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q5_k} q5_k
     ./bin/quantize ${model_f16} ${model_q6_k} q6_k
 
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_f16}  -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q8_0} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_0} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_1} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_0} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_1} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q2_k} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q3_k} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_k} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
-    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_f16}  -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q8_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_1} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_0} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_1} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q2_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q3_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q4_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q5_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log
+    (time ./bin/main --model ${model_q6_k} -t 1 -ngl 999 -s 1234 -n 256 --ignore-eos -p "I believe the meaning of life is" ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log
 
     (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16}  -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log
     (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${wiki_test} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 4 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log
@@ -359,6 +407,48 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q6_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
 
+    # lora
+    function compare_ppl {
+        qnt="$1"
+        ppl1=$(echo "$2" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+        ppl2=$(echo "$3" | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" | tail -n 1)
+
+        if [ $(echo "$ppl1 < $ppl2" | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+            printf '  - %s @ %s (FAIL: %s > %s)\n' "$qnt" "$ppl" "$ppl1" "$ppl2"
+            return 20
+        fi
+
+        printf '  - %s @ %s %s OK\n' "$qnt" "$ppl1" "$ppl2"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    path_lora="../models-mnt/open-llama/7B-v2/lora"
+    path_shakespeare="../models-mnt/shakespeare"
+
+    shakespeare="${path_shakespeare}/shakespeare.txt"
+    lora_shakespeare="${path_lora}/ggml-adapter-model.bin"
+
+    gg_wget ${path_lora} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_7b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/adapter_config.json
+    gg_wget ${path_lora} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_7b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/adapter_model.bin
+    gg_wget ${path_shakespeare} https://huggingface.co/slaren/open_llama_7b_v2_shakespeare_lora/resolve/main/shakespeare.txt
+
+    python3 ../convert-lora-to-ggml.py ${path_lora}
+
+    # f16
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16} -f ${shakespeare}                            -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log
+    (time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_f16} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log
+    compare_ppl "f16 shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
+    # currently not supported by the CUDA backend
+    # q8_0
+    #(time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare}                            -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log
+    #(time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log
+    #compare_ppl "q8_0 shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
+    # q8_0 + f16 lora-base
+    #(time ./bin/perplexity --model ${model_q8_0} -f ${shakespeare} --lora ${lora_shakespeare} --lora-base ${model_f16} -t 1 -ngl 999 -c 2048 -b 512 --chunks 3 ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log
+    #compare_ppl "q8_0 / f16 shakespeare" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log
+
     set +e
 }
 
@@ -368,6 +458,7 @@ function gg_sum_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     gg_printf 'OpenLLaMA 7B-v2:\n'
     gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
     gg_printf '- perplexity:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log)"
+    gg_printf '- lora:\n%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-lora-ppl.log)"
     gg_printf '- f16: \n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-f16.log)"
     gg_printf '- q8_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q8_0.log)"
     gg_printf '- q4_0:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_0.log)"
@@ -379,6 +470,11 @@ function gg_sum_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     gg_printf '- q4_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log)"
     gg_printf '- q5_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log)"
     gg_printf '- q6_k:\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q6_k.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (f16):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-f16.log)"
+    gg_printf '- shakespeare (f16 lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-f16.log)"
+    #gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-q8_0.log)"
+    #gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0 lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0.log)"
+    #gg_printf '- shakespeare (q8_0 / f16 base lora):\n```\n%s\n```\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-ppl-shakespeare-lora-q8_0-f16.log)"
 }
 
 ## main