diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf.py b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf.py
index 742ce2143..6bcb33701 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf.py
@@ -410,10 +410,10 @@ class TokenType(IntEnum):
     UNUSED       = 5
     BYTE         = 6
 
-class RopeScalingType(IntEnum):
-    NONE   = 0
-    LINEAR = 1
-    YARN   = 2
+class RopeScalingType(Enum):
+    NONE   = 'none'
+    LINEAR = 'linear'
+    YARN   = 'yarn'
 
 #
 # implementation
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         self.add_float32(KEY_ROPE_FREQ_BASE.format(arch=self.arch), value)
 
     def add_rope_scaling_type(self, value: RopeScalingType):
-        self.add_uint8(KEY_ROPE_SCALING_TYPE.format(arch=self.arch), int(value))
+        self.add_string(KEY_ROPE_SCALING_TYPE.format(arch=self.arch), value.value)
 
     def add_rope_scaling_factor(self, value: float):
         self.add_float32(KEY_ROPE_SCALING_FACTOR.format(arch=self.arch), value)
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index d862541d1..4f68ba692 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -470,6 +470,22 @@ struct LLM_TN {
     } \
 }
 
+static std::map<llama_rope_scaling_type, std::string> LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_TYPES = {
+    { LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_NONE,   "none"   },
+    { LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_LINEAR, "linear" },
+    { LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_YARN,   "yarn"   },
+};
+
+static llama_rope_scaling_type llama_rope_scaling_type_from_string(const std::string & name) {
+    for (const auto & kv : LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_TYPES) {
+        if (kv.second == name) {
+            return kv.first;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_UNSPECIFIED;
+}
+
 //
 // ggml helpers
 //
@@ -1711,9 +1727,9 @@ static void llm_load_hparams(llama_model_loader & ml, llama_model & model, const
     int8_t rope_scaling_type = params.rope_scaling_type;
 
     if (rope_scaling_type == LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_UNSPECIFIED) {
-        uint8_t type = LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_LINEAR;
-        GGUF_GET_KEY(ctx, type, gguf_get_val_u8, GGUF_TYPE_UINT8, false, kv(LLM_KV_ROPE_SCALING_TYPE));
-        rope_scaling_type = int8_t(type);
+        std::string type("linear");
+        GGUF_GET_KEY(ctx, type, gguf_get_val_str, GGUF_TYPE_UINT8, false, kv(LLM_KV_ROPE_SCALING_TYPE));
+        rope_scaling_type = int8_t(llama_rope_scaling_type_from_string(type));
     }
     GGML_ASSERT(rope_scaling_type >= 0 && rope_scaling_type <= LLAMA_ROPE_SCALING_MAX_VALUE);