diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index eb8178b39..47d79015f 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -8471,7 +8471,7 @@ static void llama_convert_tensor_internal(
      hpx::future<void> fut =
            hpx::run_as_hpx_thread([&futures, nthread, qtype, block_size, block_size_bytes, blocks_per_thread, spare_blocks, &tensor, &in_buff_offs, &f32_output, &out_buff_offs]() -> hpx::future<void>
            {
-               for (int tnum = 0; tnum < nthread; tnum++) {
+               for (int tnum = 1; tnum < nthread; tnum++) {
                    size_t thr_blocks = blocks_per_thread + (tnum == nthread - 1 ? spare_blocks : 0); // num blocks for this thread
                    size_t thr_elems = thr_blocks * block_size; // number of elements for this thread
                    size_t thr_block_bytes = thr_blocks * block_size_bytes; // number of input bytes for this thread
@@ -8490,6 +8490,25 @@ static void llama_convert_tensor_internal(
                    out_buff_offs += thr_elems;
                }
 
+               { 
+                   size_t thr_blocks = blocks_per_thread + (0 == nthread - 1 ? spare_blocks : 0); // num blocks for this thread
+                   size_t thr_elems = thr_blocks * block_size; // number of elements for this thread
+                   size_t thr_block_bytes = thr_blocks * block_size_bytes; // number of input bytes for this thread
+
+                   auto compute = [qtype] (ggml_type typ, uint8_t * inbuf, float * outbuf, int nels) {
+                       if (typ == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
+                           ggml_fp16_to_fp32_row((ggml_fp16_t *)inbuf, outbuf, nels);
+                       } else {
+                           qtype.to_float(inbuf, outbuf, nels);
+                       }
+                   };
+
+                   compute(tensor->type, (uint8_t *) tensor->data + in_buff_offs, f32_output + out_buff_offs, thr_elems);
+
+                   in_buff_offs += thr_block_bytes;
+                   out_buff_offs += thr_elems;
+               }
+
                hpx::wait_all(futures);
                return hpx::make_ready_future<void>();
          });
@@ -8772,12 +8791,13 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
 
 #if defined(GGML_USE_HPX)
     std::vector<hpx::future<void>> futures;
-    futures.reserve(nthread);
+    futures.reserve(nthread-1);
+    hpx::mutex mutex;
 #else
     std::vector<std::thread> workers;
     workers.reserve(nthread);
-#endif
     std::mutex mutex;
+#endif
 
     int idx = 0;
 
@@ -8875,7 +8895,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
                 work.resize(nelements * 4); // upper bound on size
             }
             new_data = work.data();
-            std::array<int64_t, 1 << 4> hist_cur = {};
+            std::vector<std::array<int64_t, 1 << 4> hist_cur = {};
 
             static const int chunk_size = 32 * 512;
             const int nchunk = (nelements + chunk_size - 1)/chunk_size;
@@ -8885,6 +8905,51 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
             } else {
                 size_t counter = 0;
                 new_size = 0;
+
+#if defined(GGML_USE_HPX)
+                std::vector<std::array<int64_t, 1 << 4>> thread_local_hist(nthread_use);
+                std::vector<std::size_t> local_sizes(nthread_use, 0);
+                std::vector<std::size_t> counters(nthread_use, counter);
+                std::generate(counters.begin(), counters.end(), 0, [chunk_size, n = 0]() mutable { return (++n) * chunk_size; });
+
+                std::function<hpx::future<void>()> computefn =
+                   [&new_size, new_type, f32_data, new_data, nelements](const std::size_t thread, const std::size_t counter) -> hpx::future<void> {
+
+                   auto & local_hist = thread_local_hist[thread];
+                   std::size_t & local_size = local_sizes[thread];
+                   std:size_t first = counter;
+
+                   while(true) {
+                        first = counter;
+                        if (first >= nelements) {
+                            if (local_size > 0) {
+                                for (int j=0; j<int(local_hist.size()); ++j) {
+                                    local_hist[j] += local_hist[j];
+                                }
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        size_t last = std::min(nelements, first + chunk_size);
+                        local_size += ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, first, last - first, local_hist.data());
+                   } 
+                   return hpx::make_ready_future<void>();
+                }
+
+                hpx::future<void> this_fut = compute(0, counters[0]);
+                for (int it = 1; it < nthread_use - 1; ++it) {
+                    futures.push_back(hpx::run_as_hpx_thread(compute, it, counters[it]));
+                }
+                hpx::wait_all(futures);
+                this_fut.wait();
+                for(auto & local_hist : thread_local_hist) {
+                    for(auto j = 0; j < int(local_hist.size()); ++j) {
+                        hist_cur[j] += local_hist[j];
+                    }
+                }
+
+                new_size = std::reduce(local_sizes.begin(), local_sizes.end(), new_size, std::plus<std::size_t>{});
+                futures.clear();
+#else
                 auto compute = [&mutex, &counter, &hist_cur, &new_size, new_type, f32_data, new_data, nelements]() {
                     std::array<int64_t, 1 << 4> local_hist = {};
                     size_t local_size = 0;
@@ -8905,14 +8970,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
                         local_size += ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, first, last - first, local_hist.data());
                     }
                 };
-#if defined(GGML_USE_HPX)
-                for (int it = 0; it < nthread_use - 1; ++it) {
-                    futures.push_back(hpx::async(compute));
-                }
-                compute();
-                hpx::wait_all(futures);
-                futures.clear();
-#else
+
                 for (int it = 0; it < nthread_use - 1; ++it) {
                     workers.emplace_back(compute);
                 }