diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index f158c3de4..940299025 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function gg_run_open_llama_7b_v2 {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DLLAMA_CUDA=1 .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                                           ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_1_4b {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                            ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_1_4b {
     check_ppl "q4_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log # note: ppl > 20.0 for this quant and model
     check_ppl "q3_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q4_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_2_8b {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DLLAMA_CUDA=1 .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                                           ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ function gg_run_pythia_2_8b {
     check_ppl "q4_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_0" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_0.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_1" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_1.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
-   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
+   #check_ppl "q2_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q2_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log # note: ppl > 20.0 for this quant and model
     check_ppl "q3_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q3_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q4_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q4_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
     check_ppl "q5_k" "$(cat $OUT/${ci}-tg-q5_k.log | grep "^\[1\]")" | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ppl.log
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
     (time cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time make -j                                            ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
-    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models}
+    python3 ../convert-hf-to-gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
 
     model_f16="${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
     model_q8_0="${path_models}/ggml-model-q8_0.gguf"