diff --git a/llm/ggml.go b/llm/ggml.go
index c714011c7..1fdd3c071 100644
--- a/llm/ggml.go
+++ b/llm/ggml.go
@@ -476,3 +476,11 @@ func (llm GGML) GraphSize(context, batch uint64) (partialOffload, fullOffload ui
 
 	return
 }
+
+type TensorWriter struct {
+	io.Reader
+}
+
+func (tw TensorWriter) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
+	return io.Copy(w, tw.Reader)
+}
diff --git a/llm/gguf.go b/llm/gguf.go
index 745826942..ccbaa1c2a 100644
--- a/llm/gguf.go
+++ b/llm/gguf.go
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func (gguf GGUFWriter) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	if err := binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(gguf.T))); err != nil {
+	if err := binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(gguf.Tensors))); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ func (gguf GGUFWriter) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 
 	for _, key := range keys {
 		if err := ggufWriteKV(w, key, gguf.KV[key]); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -762,9 +762,13 @@ func (gguf GGUFWriter) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 func ggufWriteTensor(io.Writer, *Tensor, int64) error {
-
+	return nil
 }
 
 func ggufWriteTensorInfo(io.Writer, *Tensor) error {
-
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ggufWriteKV(io.Writer, string, any) error {
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/model.go b/server/model.go
index a4c1bfab2..b83166cda 100644
--- a/server/model.go
+++ b/server/model.go
@@ -245,11 +245,24 @@ func parseFromFile(ctx context.Context, file *os.File, digest string, fn func(ap
 		var reader io.Reader = io.NewSectionReader(file, offset, n)
 		if !sort.IsSorted(ggml.Tensors()) {
 			// create a new Tensors containing Tensors that have a writeTo
+			var tensors llm.Tensors
+
+			for _, tensor := range ggml.Tensors() {
+				tensors = append(tensors, &llm.Tensor{
+					Name:  tensor.Name,
+					Kind:  tensor.Kind,
+					Shape: tensor.Shape,
+
+					WriterTo: &llm.TensorWriter{
+						Reader: io.NewSectionReader(file, int64(tensor.Offset), int64(tensor.Size())),
+					},
+				})
+			}
 
 			reader = &llm.GGUFWriter{
 				KV: ggml.KV(),
 				// Update .Tensors
-				Tensors: ggml.Tensors(),
+				Tensors: tensors,
 			}
 		}