diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 226146294..8ecadfccf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Fast and easy LLM serving."
 homepage = "https://github.com/EricLBuehler/mistral.rs"
diff --git a/mistralrs-bench/Cargo.toml b/mistralrs-bench/Cargo.toml
index 87407ba19..60b41bddf 100644
--- a/mistralrs-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ candle-core.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
-mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.12", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
+mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.13", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
 tracing.workspace = true
 either.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/mistralrs-core/src/lib.rs b/mistralrs-core/src/lib.rs
index c3c2f7dee..8132071ad 100644
--- a/mistralrs-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mistralrs-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -151,34 +151,26 @@ fn set_gemm_reduced_precision_f16() {
     candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_bf16(true);
     match a.matmul(&a) {
         Ok(_) => (),
-        Err(e) => match e {
-            candle_core::Error::Cuda(e) => {
-                let x = e.downcast::<candle_core::cuda::cudarc::cublas::result::CublasError>();
-                if format!("{x:?}").contains("CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED") {
-                    tracing::info!("GEMM reduced precision in BF16 not supported.");
-                    candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_bf16(false);
-                    INHIBIT_GEMM_F16.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-                }
+        Err(e) => {
+            if format!("{e:?}").contains("CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED") {
+                tracing::info!("GEMM reduced precision in BF16 not supported.");
+                candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_bf16(false);
+                INHIBIT_GEMM_F16.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
             }
-            _ => (),
-        },
+        }
     }
 
     let a = Tensor::zeros((2, 2), DType::F16, &Device::new_cuda(0).unwrap()).unwrap();
     candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_f16(true);
     match a.matmul(&a) {
         Ok(_) => (),
-        Err(e) => match e {
-            candle_core::Error::Cuda(e) => {
-                let x = e.downcast::<candle_core::cuda::cudarc::cublas::result::CublasError>();
-                if format!("{x:?}").contains("CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED") {
-                    tracing::info!("GEMM reduced precision in F16 not supported.");
-                    candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_f16(false);
-                    INHIBIT_GEMM_F16.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-                }
+        Err(e) => {
+            if format!("{e:?}").contains("CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED") {
+                tracing::info!("GEMM reduced precision in F16 not supported.");
+                candle_core::cuda::set_gemm_reduced_precision_f16(false);
+                INHIBIT_GEMM_F16.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
             }
-            _ => (),
-        },
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/mistralrs-core/src/pipeline/paths.rs b/mistralrs-core/src/pipeline/paths.rs
index cc7cf64ea..76af55680 100644
--- a/mistralrs-core/src/pipeline/paths.rs
+++ b/mistralrs-core/src/pipeline/paths.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ pub(crate) fn get_chat_template(
     {
         panic!("Template filename {template_filename:?} must end with `.json`.");
     }
+    let template: ChatTemplate = serde_json::from_str(
+        &fs::read_to_string(&template_filename).expect("Deserialization of chat template failed."),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
     #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
     struct SpecifiedTemplate {
         chat_template: String,
@@ -318,40 +323,46 @@ pub(crate) fn get_chat_template(
     let mut deser: HashMap<String, Value> =
         serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(&template_filename).unwrap()).unwrap();
 
-    match chat_template.clone() {
-        Some(t) => {
-            if t.ends_with(".json") {
-                info!("Loading specified loading chat template file at `{t}`.");
-                let templ: SpecifiedTemplate =
-                    serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(t.clone()).unwrap()).unwrap();
-                deser.insert(
-                    "chat_template".to_string(),
-                    Value::String(templ.chat_template),
-                );
-                if templ.bos_token.is_some() {
-                    deser.insert(
-                        "bos_token".to_string(),
-                        Value::String(templ.bos_token.unwrap()),
-                    );
+    match &template.chat_template {
+        Some(_) => template,
+        None => {
+            match chat_template.clone() {
+                Some(t) => {
+                    if t.ends_with(".json") {
+                        info!("Loading specified loading chat template file at `{t}`.");
+                        let templ: SpecifiedTemplate =
+                            serde_json::from_str(&fs::read_to_string(t.clone()).unwrap()).unwrap();
+                        deser.insert(
+                            "chat_template".to_string(),
+                            Value::String(templ.chat_template),
+                        );
+                        if templ.bos_token.is_some() {
+                            deser.insert(
+                                "bos_token".to_string(),
+                                Value::String(templ.bos_token.unwrap()),
+                            );
+                        }
+                        if templ.eos_token.is_some() {
+                            deser.insert(
+                                "eos_token".to_string(),
+                                Value::String(templ.eos_token.unwrap()),
+                            );
+                        }
+                        info!("Loaded chat template file.");
+                    } else {
+                        deser.insert("chat_template".to_string(), Value::String(t));
+                        info!("Loaded specified literal chat template.");
+                    }
                 }
-                if templ.eos_token.is_some() {
-                    deser.insert(
-                        "eos_token".to_string(),
-                        Value::String(templ.eos_token.unwrap()),
-                    );
+                None => {
+                    info!("No specified chat template. No chat template will be used. Only prompts will be accepted, not messages.");
+                    deser.insert("chat_template".to_string(), Value::Null);
                 }
-                info!("Loaded chat template file.");
-            } else {
-                deser.insert("chat_template".to_string(), Value::String(t));
-                info!("Loaded specified literal chat template.");
             }
+
+            let ser = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&deser)
+                .expect("Serialization of modified chat template failed.");
+            serde_json::from_str(&ser).unwrap()
         }
-        None => {
-            info!("No specified chat template. No chat template will be used. Only prompts will be accepted, not messages.");
-            deser.insert("chat_template".to_string(), Value::Null);
-        }
-    };
-    let ser = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&deser)
-        .expect("Serialization of modified chat template failed.");
-    serde_json::from_str(&ser).unwrap()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo.toml b/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo.toml
index 63315d921..574d7b1c7 100644
--- a/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ doc = false
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3.workspace = true
-mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.12", path = "../mistralrs-core", features = ["pyo3_macros"] }
+mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.13", path = "../mistralrs-core", features = ["pyo3_macros"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 candle-core.workspace = true
diff --git a/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo_template.toml b/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo_template.toml
index bede453ea..d7be7710c 100644
--- a/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo_template.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-pyo3/Cargo_template.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ doc = false
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3.workspace = true
-mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.12", path = "../mistralrs-core", features=["pyo3_macros","$feature_name"] }
+mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.13", path = "../mistralrs-core", features=["pyo3_macros","$feature_name"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 candle-core = { git = "https://github.com/EricLBuehler/candle.git", version = "0.5.0", features=["$feature_name"] }
diff --git a/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject.toml b/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject.toml
index 368f3ca2b..e684a4091 100644
--- a/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "mistralrs"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Rust",
diff --git a/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject_template.toml b/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject_template.toml
index 251a5cba3..3fa3ad241 100644
--- a/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject_template.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-pyo3/pyproject_template.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "$name"
-version = "0.1.12"
+version = "0.1.13"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Rust",
diff --git a/mistralrs-server/Cargo.toml b/mistralrs-server/Cargo.toml
index c76822e94..4355a15a2 100644
--- a/mistralrs-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mistralrs-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ axum = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["tokio"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["cors"]}
 utoipa = { version = "4.2", features = ["axum_extras"] }
 utoipa-swagger-ui = { version = "7.1.0", features = ["axum"]}
-mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.12", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
+mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.13", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
 dyn-fmt = "0.4.0"
 indexmap.workspace = true
 accelerate-src = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/mistralrs/Cargo.toml b/mistralrs/Cargo.toml
index 80170da5e..e0134537f 100644
--- a/mistralrs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mistralrs/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.12", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
+mistralrs-core = { version = "0.1.13", path = "../mistralrs-core" }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 candle-core.workspace = true