diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/utils/convert.py b/server/text_generation_server/utils/convert.py
index 1bdedf58b..caf1a764a 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/utils/convert.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/utils/convert.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 from loguru import logger
 from pathlib import Path
 from safetensors.torch import load_file, save_file
+from safetensors import safe_open
 from typing import Dict, List
 
 
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ def remove_shared_pointers(tensors: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
                 tensors.pop(name)
 
 
-def convert_file(pt_file: Path, st_file: Path):
+def convert_file(pt_file: Path, sf_file: Path):
     """
     Convert a pytorch file to a safetensors file
     """
-    logger.info(f"Convert {pt_file} to {st_file}.")
+    logger.info(f"Convert {pt_file} to {sf_file}.")
 
     pt_state = torch.load(pt_file, map_location="cpu")
     if "state_dict" in pt_state:
@@ -61,28 +62,28 @@ def convert_file(pt_file: Path, st_file: Path):
     # Tensors need to be contiguous
     pt_state = {k: v.contiguous() for k, v in pt_state.items()}
 
-    st_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    save_file(pt_state, str(st_file), metadata={"format": "pt"})
+    sf_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    save_file(pt_state, str(sf_file), metadata={"format": "pt"})
 
     # Check that both files are close in size
-    check_file_size(pt_file, st_file)
+    check_file_size(pt_file, sf_file)
 
     # Load safetensors state
-    st_state = load_file(str(st_file))
-    for k in st_state:
+    for k in pt_state:
         pt_tensor = pt_state[k]
-        st_tensor = st_state[k]
-        if not torch.equal(pt_tensor, st_tensor):
-            raise RuntimeError(f"The output tensors do not match for key {k}")
+        with safe_open(sf_file, framework="pt") as f:
+            sf_tensor = f.get_tensor(k)
+            if not torch.equal(pt_tensor, sf_tensor):
+                raise RuntimeError(f"The output tensors do not match for key {k}")
 
 
-def convert_files(pt_files: List[Path], st_files: List[Path]):
-    assert len(pt_files) == len(st_files)
+def convert_files(pt_files: List[Path], sf_files: List[Path]):
+    assert len(pt_files) == len(sf_files)
 
     N = len(pt_files)
     # We do this instead of using tqdm because we want to parse the logs with the launcher
-    
-    for i, (pt_file, sf_file) in enumerate(zip(pt_files, st_files)):
+
+    for i, (pt_file, sf_file) in enumerate(zip(pt_files, sf_files)):
         start = datetime.datetime.now()
         convert_file(pt_file, sf_file)
         elapsed = datetime.datetime.now() - start