diff --git a/inference/generate.py b/inference/generate.py
index 7e9bffe..7a811e6 100644
--- a/inference/generate.py
+++ b/inference/generate.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 from safetensors.torch import load_model
 
-from model import Transformer, ModelArgs
+from model import Transformer, ModelArgs, set_global_args
 
 
 def sample(logits, temperature: float = 1.0):
@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ def main(
     torch.set_num_threads(8)
     torch.manual_seed(965)
     with open(config) as f:
-        args = ModelArgs(**json.load(f))
+        config_dict = json.load(f)
+        args = ModelArgs(**config_dict)
+        quantization_config = config_dict.get("quantization_config", None)
+        if quantization_config is not None:
+            args.scale_fmt = quantization_config.get("scale_fmt", None)
+        set_global_args(args)
     print(args)
     with torch.device("cuda"):
         model = Transformer(args)
diff --git a/inference/kernel.py b/inference/kernel.py
index ba18dca..af69daa 100644
--- a/inference/kernel.py
+++ b/inference/kernel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Tuple, Optional
 
 import torch
 import triton
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from triton import Config
 
 
 @triton.jit
-def act_quant_kernel(x_ptr, y_ptr, s_ptr, BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr):
+def act_quant_kernel(x_ptr, y_ptr, s_ptr, BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr, scale_fmt: tl.constexpr):
     """
     Quantizes the input tensor `x_ptr` and stores the result in `y_ptr` and the scaling factor in `s_ptr`.
 
@@ -24,20 +24,23 @@ def act_quant_kernel(x_ptr, y_ptr, s_ptr, BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr):
     offs = pid * BLOCK_SIZE + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
     x = tl.load(x_ptr + offs).to(tl.float32)
     s = tl.max(tl.abs(x)) / 448.
+    if scale_fmt == "ue8m0":
+        exp = tl.math.ceil(tl.math.log2(s))
+        s = tl.math.exp2(exp)
     y = x / s
     y = y.to(y_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
     tl.store(y_ptr + offs, y)
     tl.store(s_ptr + pid, s)
 
 
-def act_quant(x: torch.Tensor, block_size: int = 128) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+def act_quant(x: torch.Tensor, block_size: int = 128, scale_fmt: Optional[str] = None) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
     """
     Quantizes the input tensor `x` using block-wise quantization.
 
     Args:
         x (torch.Tensor): The input tensor to be quantized. Must be contiguous and its last dimension size must be divisible by `block_size`.
         block_size (int, optional): The size of the blocks to be used for quantization. Default is 128.
-
+        scale_fmt (Optional[str], optional): The format of the scale. Default is None.
     Returns:
         Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]: A tuple containing:
             - The quantized tensor with dtype `torch.float8_e4m3fn`.
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ def act_quant(x: torch.Tensor, block_size: int = 128) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, tor
     y = torch.empty_like(x, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
     s = x.new_empty(*x.size()[:-1], x.size(-1) // block_size, dtype=torch.float32)
     grid = lambda meta: (triton.cdiv(x.numel(), meta['BLOCK_SIZE']), )
-    act_quant_kernel[grid](x, y, s, BLOCK_SIZE=block_size)
+    act_quant_kernel[grid](x, y, s, BLOCK_SIZE=block_size, scale_fmt=scale_fmt)
     return y, s
 
 
diff --git a/inference/model.py b/inference/model.py
index c143e97..2e0af14 100644
--- a/inference/model.py
+++ b/inference/model.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class ModelArgs:
         max_batch_size (int): Maximum batch size.
         max_seq_len (int): Maximum sequence length.
         dtype (Literal["bf16", "fp8"]): Data type for computations.
+        scale_fmt (Optional[str]): Format for quantization scale.
         vocab_size (int): Vocabulary size.
         dim (int): Model dimension.
         inter_dim (int): Intermediate dimension for MLP layers.
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class ModelArgs:
     max_batch_size: int = 8
     max_seq_len: int = 4096 * 4
     dtype: Literal["bf16", "fp8"] = "bf16"
+    scale_fmt: Optional[str] = None
     vocab_size: int = 102400
     dim: int = 2048
     inter_dim: int = 10944
@@ -83,6 +85,12 @@ class ModelArgs:
     beta_slow: int = 1
     mscale: float = 1.
 
+global_args: Optional[ModelArgs] = None
+
+def set_global_args(args: ModelArgs):
+    global global_args
+    global_args = args
+
 
 class ParallelEmbedding(nn.Module):
     """
@@ -154,7 +162,8 @@ def linear(x: torch.Tensor, weight: torch.Tensor, bias: Optional[torch.Tensor] =
         weight = weight_dequant(weight, weight.scale)
         return F.linear(x, weight, bias)
     else:
-        x, scale = act_quant(x, block_size)
+        assert global_args is not None, "global_args is required for fp8_gemm"
+        x, scale = act_quant(x, block_size, global_args.scale_fmt)
         y = fp8_gemm(x, scale, weight, weight.scale)
         if bias is not None:
             y += bias