diff --git a/model_adapter.cpp b/model_adapter.cpp
index da9fa193e..514764ec0 100644
--- a/model_adapter.cpp
+++ b/model_adapter.cpp
@@ -133,28 +133,36 @@ void print_tok_vec(std::vector<float> &embd)
        else if(vocabsiz==50257 || (vocabsiz>=49152&&vocabsiz<=49157)) //49152-6 is starcoder
        {
            fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_1;
-           uint32_t temp;
-           fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //ctx
-           fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //n_embd
-           fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //n_head
+           uint32_t temp, v1,v2,v3;
+           fin.read((char *)&v1, sizeof(temp)); //ctx
+           fin.read((char *)&v2, sizeof(temp)); //n_embd
+           fin.read((char *)&v3, sizeof(temp)); //n_head
            fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //n_layer
-           fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //f16
-           const int32_t qntvr = temp / 1000;
-           temp %= 1000;
-           if (qntvr != 0)
+           if(vocabsiz==49152 && v1==4096 && v2==2560 && v3==32 && temp==32)
            {
-               if (qntvr == 1)
-               {
-                   fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_3;
-               }
-               else
-               {
-                   fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_4;
-               }
+                //special case, Stablecode Completion Alpha 3B
+               fileformat = FileFormat::NEOX_6;
            }
-           else if (temp != 0 && temp != 1)
+           else
            {
-               fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_2; //quantized format cannot be legacy type
+                fin.read((char *)&temp, sizeof(temp)); //f16
+                const int32_t qntvr = temp / 1000;
+                temp %= 1000;
+                if (qntvr != 0)
+                {
+                    if (qntvr == 1)
+                    {
+                        fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_3;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_4;
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (temp != 0 && temp != 1)
+                {
+                    fileformat = FileFormat::GPT2_2; //quantized format cannot be legacy type
+                }
            }
        }
        else if(vocabsiz < 31998 || vocabsiz > 33000)