diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf9f390..8d506bc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ fire
 loguru
 datasets
 typer
-rich
+rich
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diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 754f161..e603ea9 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@
     generate_openai,
     inject_references_to_messages,
     generate_with_references,
+    generate_hf,
 )
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    #####
+    ####
     messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hello!"}]
-    output = generate_together(
-        "meta-llama/Llama-3-8b-chat-hf",
-        messages,
-        temperature=0,
-    )
+    try:
+        output = generate_together(
+            "meta-llama/Llama-3-8b-chat-hf",
+            messages,
+            temperature=0,
+        )
+    except:
+        output = generate_hf(
+            "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct",
+            messages,
+            temperature=0,
+        )
     assert (
         output.strip()
         == "Hello! It's nice to meet you. Is there something I can help you with, or would you like to chat?"
@@ -39,11 +46,18 @@
     )
     assert len(messages) == 2
     assert messages[0]["role"] == "system"
-    output = generate_together(
-        "meta-llama/Llama-3-8b-chat-hf",
-        messages,
-        temperature=0,
-    )
+    try:
+        output = generate_together(
+            "meta-llama/Llama-3-8b-chat-hf",
+            messages,
+            temperature=0,
+        )
+    except:
+        output = generate_hf(
+            "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct",
+            messages,
+            temperature=0,
+        )
     assert (
         output.strip()
         == "Hello! It seems like you're looking for assistance with something. I'm here to help! Could you please provide more context or clarify what's on your mind? I'll do my best to offer a helpful and accurate response."
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 4651745..9639204 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 import requests
 import openai
 import copy
+try:
+    import transformers
+    import torch
+except:
+    pass
 
 from loguru import logger
 
@@ -133,6 +138,40 @@ def generate_openai(
 
     return output
 
+def generate_hf(
+    model,
+    messages,
+    max_tokens=2048,
+    temperature=0.7,
+):
+    
+    tokenizer = transformers.AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model)
+
+    bnb_config = transformers.BitsAndBytesConfig(
+        load_in_4bit=True,
+        bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4",
+        bnb_4bit_compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16
+    )
+    
+    pipeline = transformers.pipeline(
+        "text-generation",
+        model=model,
+        device_map="auto",
+        tokenizer=tokenizer,
+        model_kwargs={
+            "torch_dtype": torch.float16,
+            "quantization_config": bnb_config,
+            "low_cpu_mem_usage": True,
+        },)
+
+    output = pipeline(
+        messages,
+        max_new_tokens=max_tokens,
+        do_sample=(temperature > 0),
+        temperature=temperature,
+    )
+
+    return output[0]["generated_text"][-1]["content"]
 
 def inject_references_to_messages(
     messages,
@@ -178,4 +217,4 @@ def generate_with_references(
         messages=messages,
         temperature=temperature,
         max_tokens=max_tokens,
-    )
+    )
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