diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dec01cc1..cb75ac01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Its goal is to become the [AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui](https://github.
 * Chat mode for conversation and role playing.
 * Load 13b/20b models in 8-bit mode.
 * Load parameter presets from text files.
+* Option to use the CPU instead of the GPU for generation.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 
 `--chat`: Launch the webui in chat mode.
 
+`--cpu`: Use the CPU to generate text instead of the GPU.
+
 ## Presets
 
 Inference settings presets can be created under `presets/` as text files. These files are detected automatically at startup.
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 8f658b43..d3a8ac22 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('--model', type=str, help='Name of the model to load by default.')
 parser.add_argument('--notebook', action='store_true', help='Launch the webui in notebook mode, where the output is written to the same text box as the input.')
 parser.add_argument('--chat', action='store_true', help='Launch the webui in chat mode.')
+parser.add_argument('--cpu', action='store_true', help='Use the CPU to generate text.')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 loaded_preset = None
 available_models = sorted(set(map(lambda x : str(x.name).replace('.pt', ''), list(Path('models/').glob('*'))+list(Path('torch-dumps/').glob('*')))))
@@ -26,30 +27,37 @@ def load_model(model_name):
     print(f"Loading {model_name}...")
     t0 = time.time()
 
+    if args.cpu:
+        dtype = torch.float32
+    else:
+        dtype = torch.float16
+
     # Loading the model
-    if Path(f"torch-dumps/{model_name}.pt").exists():
+    if not args.cpu and Path(f"torch-dumps/{model_name}.pt").exists():
         print("Loading in .pt format...")
-        model = torch.load(Path(f"torch-dumps/{model_name}.pt")).cuda()
+        model = torch.load(Path(f"torch-dumps/{model_name}.pt"))
     elif model_name.lower().startswith(('gpt-neo', 'opt-', 'galactica')):
         if any(size in model_name.lower() for size in ('13b', '20b', '30b')):
             model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), device_map='auto', load_in_8bit=True)
         else:
-            model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=torch.float16).cuda()
-    elif model_name in ['gpt-j-6B']:
-        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=torch.float16).cuda()
+            model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=dtype)
     elif model_name in ['flan-t5', 't5-large']:
-        model = T5ForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}")).cuda()
+        model = T5ForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"))
     else:
-        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=torch.float16).cuda()
+        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}"), low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=dtype)
 
     # Loading the tokenizer
     if model_name.lower().startswith('gpt4chan'):
         tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(Path("models/gpt-j-6B/"))
-    elif model_name in ['flan-t5']:
+    elif model_name in ['flan-t5', 't5-large']:
         tokenizer = T5Tokenizer.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}/"))
     else:
         tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(Path(f"models/{model_name}/"))
 
+    # Sending to the GPU
+    if not (args.cpu or any(size in model_name.lower() for size in ('13b', '20b', '30b'))):
+        model = model.cuda()
+
     print(f"Loaded the model in {(time.time()-t0):.2f} seconds.")
     return model, tokenizer
 
@@ -76,23 +84,29 @@ def generate_reply(question, temperature, max_length, inference_settings, select
         model_name = selected_model
         model = None
         tokenizer = None
-        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        if not args.cpu:
+            torch.cuda.empty_cache()
         model, tokenizer = load_model(model_name)
     if inference_settings != loaded_preset:
         with open(Path(f'presets/{inference_settings}.txt'), 'r') as infile:
             preset = infile.read()
         loaded_preset = inference_settings
 
-    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
-    input_ids = tokenizer.encode(str(question), return_tensors='pt').cuda()
+    if not args.cpu:
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        input_ids = tokenizer.encode(str(question), return_tensors='pt').cuda()
+        cuda = ".cuda()"
+    else:
+        input_ids = tokenizer.encode(str(question), return_tensors='pt')
+        cuda = ""
 
     if eos_token is None:
-        output = eval(f"model.generate(input_ids, {preset}).cuda()")
+        output = eval(f"model.generate(input_ids, {preset}){cuda}")
     else:
         n = tokenizer.encode(eos_token, return_tensors='pt')[0][1]
-        output = eval(f"model.generate(input_ids, eos_token_id={n}, {preset}).cuda()")
-    reply = tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True)
+        output = eval(f"model.generate(input_ids, eos_token_id={n}, {preset}){cuda}")
 
+    reply = tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True)
     if model_name.lower().startswith('galactica'):
         reply = fix_galactica(reply)
         return reply, reply, 'Only applicable for gpt4chan.'