diff --git a/llm.cpp b/llm.cpp
index 5b08bcb0..4125eb7e 100644
--- a/llm.cpp
+++ b/llm.cpp
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ bool LLMObject::loadModelPrivate(const QString &modelName)
     if (info.exists()) {
 
         auto fin = std::ifstream(filePath.toStdString(), std::ios::binary);
-
         uint32_t magic;
         fin.read((char *) &magic, sizeof(magic));
         fin.seekg(0);
+        fin.close();
         isGPTJ = magic == 0x67676d6c;
         if (isGPTJ) {
             m_llmodel = new GPTJ;
-            m_llmodel->loadModel(modelName.toStdString(), fin);
+            m_llmodel->loadModel(filePath.toStdString());
         } else {
             m_llmodel = new LLamaModel;
             m_llmodel->loadModel(filePath.toStdString());
diff --git a/llmodel/gptj.cpp b/llmodel/gptj.cpp
index c3ee6585..0d65c5cb 100644
--- a/llmodel/gptj.cpp
+++ b/llmodel/gptj.cpp
@@ -645,16 +645,12 @@ GPTJ::GPTJ()
     d_ptr->modelLoaded = false;
 }
 
-bool GPTJ::loadModel(const std::string &modelPath)
-{
-    std::cerr << "GPTJ ERROR: loading gpt model from file unsupported!\n";
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool GPTJ::loadModel(const std::string &modelPath, std::istream &fin) {
+bool GPTJ::loadModel(const std::string &modelPath) {
     std::mt19937 rng(time(NULL));
     d_ptr->rng = rng;
 
+    auto fin = std::ifstream(modelPath, std::ios::binary);
+
     // load the model
     if (!gptj_model_load(modelPath, fin, d_ptr->model, d_ptr->vocab)) {
         std::cerr << "GPT-J ERROR: failed to load model from " <<  modelPath;
diff --git a/llmodel/gptj.h b/llmodel/gptj.h
index 6f19dcd1..70a4655a 100644
--- a/llmodel/gptj.h
+++ b/llmodel/gptj.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ public:
     ~GPTJ();
 
     bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath) override;
-    bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath, std::istream &fin) override;
     bool isModelLoaded() const override;
     void prompt(const std::string &prompt,
         std::function<bool(int32_t)> promptCallback,
diff --git a/llmodel/llamamodel.cpp b/llmodel/llamamodel.cpp
index c1638c10..0da930b6 100644
--- a/llmodel/llamamodel.cpp
+++ b/llmodel/llamamodel.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ LLamaModel::LLamaModel()
     d_ptr->modelLoaded = false;
 }
 
-bool LLamaModel::loadModel(const std::string &modelPath, std::istream &fin)
-{
-    std::cerr << "LLAMA ERROR: loading llama model from stream unsupported!\n";
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool LLamaModel::loadModel(const std::string &modelPath)
 {
     // load the model
diff --git a/llmodel/llamamodel.h b/llmodel/llamamodel.h
index c97f80b7..13e221a7 100644
--- a/llmodel/llamamodel.h
+++ b/llmodel/llamamodel.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ public:
     ~LLamaModel();
 
     bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath) override;
-    bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath, std::istream &fin) override;
     bool isModelLoaded() const override;
     void prompt(const std::string &prompt,
         std::function<bool(int32_t)> promptCallback,
diff --git a/llmodel/llmodel.h b/llmodel/llmodel.h
index 0cc53689..08dc1764 100644
--- a/llmodel/llmodel.h
+++ b/llmodel/llmodel.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ public:
     virtual ~LLModel() {}
 
     virtual bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath) = 0;
-    virtual bool loadModel(const std::string &modelPath, std::istream &fin) = 0;
     virtual bool isModelLoaded() const = 0;
     struct PromptContext {
         std::vector<float> logits;      // logits of current context