diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eba012b..200c841 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "letsearch"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.9"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19e427c..2c07117 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "letsearch"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.9"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/src/collection/collection_manager.rs b/src/collection/collection_manager.rs
index 46ec617..4f36b48 100644
--- a/src/collection/collection_manager.rs
+++ b/src/collection/collection_manager.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ use super::collection_utils::{CollectionConfig, SearchResult};
 pub struct CollectionManager {
     collections: RwLock<HashMap<String, Arc<RwLock<Collection>>>>,
     model_manager: Arc<RwLock<ModelManager>>,
-    model_lookup: RwLock<HashMap<String, u32>>,
+    model_lookup: RwLock<HashMap<(String, String), u32>>,
+    token: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl CollectionManager {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub fn new(token: Option<String>) -> Self {
         CollectionManager {
             collections: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
             model_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(ModelManager::new())),
             model_lookup: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+            token: token,
         }
     }
 
@@ -30,12 +32,18 @@ impl CollectionManager {
             let manager_guard = self.model_manager.write().await;
             for requested_model in requested_models {
                 let mut lookup_guard = self.model_lookup.write().await;
-                if !lookup_guard.contains_key(requested_model.as_str()) {
+                if !lookup_guard.contains_key(&requested_model) {
+                    let (model_path, model_variant) = requested_model.clone();
                     let model_id = manager_guard
-                        .load_model(requested_model.clone(), Backend::ONNX)
+                        .load_model(
+                            model_path.clone(),
+                            model_variant.clone(),
+                            Backend::ONNX,
+                            self.token.clone(),
+                        )
                         .await
                         .unwrap();
-                    lookup_guard.insert(requested_model.clone(), model_id);
+                    lookup_guard.insert(requested_model, model_id);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -59,12 +67,18 @@ impl CollectionManager {
             let manager_guard = self.model_manager.write().await;
             for requested_model in requested_models {
                 let mut lookup_guard = self.model_lookup.write().await;
-                if !lookup_guard.contains_key(requested_model.as_str()) {
+                if !lookup_guard.contains_key(&requested_model) {
+                    let (model_path, model_variant) = requested_model.clone();
                     let model_id = manager_guard
-                        .load_model(requested_model.clone(), Backend::ONNX)
+                        .load_model(
+                            model_path.clone(),
+                            model_variant.clone(),
+                            Backend::ONNX,
+                            self.token.clone(),
+                        )
                         .await
                         .unwrap();
-                    lookup_guard.insert(requested_model.clone(), model_id);
+                    lookup_guard.insert(requested_model, model_id);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -175,14 +189,16 @@ impl CollectionManager {
         };
 
         // Fetch model ID
-        let model_name = collection.read().await.config().model_name;
-        let model_id = {
-            let lookup_guard = self.model_lookup.read().await;
-            lookup_guard
-                .get(&model_name)
-                .copied()
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Model '{}' is not loaded", model_name))?
-        };
+        let config = collection.read().await.config();
+        let model = (config.model_name, config.model_variant);
+
+        let model_id = self
+            .model_lookup
+            .read()
+            .await
+            .get(&model)
+            .copied()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Model '{:?}' is not loaded", model))?;
 
         // Perform embedding
         let mut collection_guard = collection.write().await;
@@ -212,12 +228,14 @@ impl CollectionManager {
             .ok_or_else(|| {
                 return anyhow::anyhow!("Collection '{}' does not exist", collection_name);
             })?;
-        let model_name = collection.read().await.config().model_name;
+        let config = collection.read().await.config();
+        let model = (config.model_name, config.model_variant);
+
         let model_id = self
             .model_lookup
             .read()
             .await
-            .get(model_name.as_str())
+            .get(&model)
             .copied()
             .ok_or_else(|| {
                 return anyhow::anyhow!(
diff --git a/src/collection/collection_type.rs b/src/collection/collection_type.rs
index e1df691..3017c65 100644
--- a/src/collection/collection_type.rs
+++ b/src/collection/collection_type.rs
@@ -340,8 +340,11 @@ impl Collection {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub async fn requested_models(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        vec![self.config.model_name.clone()]
+    pub async fn requested_models(&self) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+        vec![(
+            self.config.model_name.clone(),
+            self.config.model_variant.clone(),
+        )]
     }
 
     pub async fn search(
diff --git a/src/collection/collection_utils.rs b/src/collection/collection_utils.rs
index 6991d90..a0a30b3 100644
--- a/src/collection/collection_utils.rs
+++ b/src/collection/collection_utils.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pub struct CollectionConfig {
     pub index_columns: Vec<String>,
     #[serde(default = "default_model_name")]
     pub model_name: String,
+    #[serde(default = "default_model_variant")]
+    pub model_variant: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_db_path")]
     pub db_path: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_index_dir")]
@@ -34,7 +36,11 @@ fn default_index_columns() -> Vec<String> {
 }
 
 fn default_model_name() -> String {
-    String::from("minilm")
+    String::from("mys/minilm")
+}
+
+fn default_model_variant() -> String {
+    String::from("f32")
 }
 
 fn default_db_path() -> String {
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ impl CollectionConfig {
             name: default_collection_name(),
             index_columns: default_index_columns(),
             model_name: default_model_name(),
+            model_variant: default_model_variant(),
             db_path: default_db_path(),
             index_dir: default_index_dir(),
             serialization_version: default_serialization_version(),
diff --git a/src/hf_ops.rs b/src/hf_ops.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e128fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hf_ops.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use crate::collection::collection_utils::home_dir;
+use hf_hub::api::sync::ApiBuilder;
+use std::fs;
+
+pub fn download_model(
+    model_path: String,
+    variant: String,
+    token: Option<String>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<(String, String)> {
+    // Build the Hugging Face API instance
+    let cache_dir = home_dir().join("models").to_path_buf();
+    let api = ApiBuilder::new()
+        .with_token(token)
+        .with_cache_dir(cache_dir)
+        .build()?;
+    let model_path = model_path.replace("hf://", "");
+    let repo = api.model(model_path);
+    let config_path = repo.get("metadata.json")?;
+
+    // Read the metadata.json file
+    let config_content = fs::read_to_string(config_path)?;
+    let config: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&config_content)?;
+
+    // Parse the "letsearch_version" and "variants"
+    let version = config["letsearch_version"].as_i64().ok_or_else(|| {
+        anyhow::anyhow!("This is probably not a letsearch-compatible model. Check it out")
+    })?;
+    assert_eq!(version, 1);
+
+    let variants = config["variants"]
+        .as_array()
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("This is probably not a letsearch model. check it out"))?;
+
+    // Check if the requested variant exists
+    let variant_info = variants
+        .iter()
+        .find(|v| v["variant"] == variant)
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Variant not found in config"))?;
+
+    // Download the ONNX model for the specified variant
+    let model_file = match variant_info["path"].as_str() {
+        Some(model_path) => repo.get(model_path)?,
+        _ => unreachable!("unreachable"),
+    };
+
+    if let Some(required_files) = config["required_files"].as_array() {
+        for file in required_files {
+            repo.get(file.as_str().unwrap())?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let model_dir = model_file.parent().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let model_file = model_file
+        .file_name()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+
+    Ok((model_dir, model_file))
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5d67fdf..3f4ff8f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(
     name = "letsearch",
-    version = "0.1.2",
+    version = "0.1.9",
     author = "yusufsarigoz@gmail.com",
     about = "Index and search your documents, and serve it if you wish",
     subcommand_required = true,
@@ -38,10 +38,19 @@ pub enum Commands {
         #[arg(short, long, required = true)]
         collection_name: String,
 
-        /// Model to create embeddings
+        /// Model to create embeddings.
+        /// You can also give a hf:// path and it will be automatically  downloaded.
         #[arg(short, long, required = true)]
         model: String,
 
+        /// model variant. f32, f16 and i8 are supported for now.
+        #[arg(short, long, default_value = "f32")]
+        variant: String,
+
+        /// HuggingFace token. Only needed when you want to access private repos
+        #[arg(long)]
+        hf_token: Option<String>,
+
         /// batch size when embedding texts
         #[arg(short, long, default_value = "32")]
         batch_size: u64,
@@ -70,6 +79,10 @@ pub enum Commands {
         /// port to listen to
         #[arg(short, long, default_value = "7898")]
         port: i32,
+
+        /// HuggingFace token. Only needed when you want to access private repos
+        #[arg(long)]
+        hf_token: Option<String>,
     },
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +109,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             files,
             collection_name,
             model,
+            variant,
+            hf_token,
             batch_size,
             index_columns,
             overwrite,
@@ -104,7 +119,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             config.name = collection_name.to_string();
             config.index_columns = index_columns.to_vec();
             config.model_name = model.to_string();
-            let collection_manager = CollectionManager::new();
+            config.model_variant = variant.to_string();
+            let collection_manager = CollectionManager::new(hf_token.to_owned());
             collection_manager
                 .create_collection(config, overwrite.to_owned())
                 .await?;
@@ -133,11 +149,13 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             collection_name,
             host,
             port,
+            hf_token,
         } => {
             run_server(
                 host.to_string(),
                 port.to_owned(),
                 collection_name.to_string(),
+                hf_token.to_owned(),
             )
             .await?;
         }
@@ -147,5 +165,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 }
 
 mod collection;
+mod hf_ops;
 mod model;
 mod serve;
diff --git a/src/model/backends/onnx/bert_onnx.rs b/src/model/backends/onnx/bert_onnx.rs
index 1a60373..bc0a371 100644
--- a/src/model/backends/onnx/bert_onnx.rs
+++ b/src/model/backends/onnx/bert_onnx.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ impl BertONNX {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ModelTrait for BertONNX {
-    async fn load_model(&mut self, model_path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let model_source_path = Path::new(model_path);
+    async fn load_model(&mut self, model_dir: &str, model_file: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let model_source_path = Path::new(model_dir);
         ort::init()
             .with_name("onnx_model")
             .with_execution_providers([CPUExecutionProvider::default().build()])
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ impl ModelTrait for BertONNX {
             .unwrap()
             .with_intra_threads(available_parallelism()?.get())
             .unwrap()
-            .commit_from_file(Path::join(model_source_path, "model.onnx"))
+            .commit_from_file(model_source_path.join(model_file))
             .unwrap();
 
-        let mut tokenizer =
-            Tokenizer::from_file(Path::join(model_source_path, "tokenizer.json")).unwrap();
+        let mut tokenizer = Tokenizer::from_file(model_source_path.join("tokenizer.json")).unwrap();
 
         tokenizer.with_padding(Some(PaddingParams {
             strategy: tokenizers::PaddingStrategy::BatchLongest,
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ impl ModelTrait for BertONNX {
             pad_token: "<pad>".into(),
         }));
 
-        info!("Model loaded from {}", model_path);
-
         // TODO: instead of using a hardcoded index,
         // use .filter to get the output tensor by name
 
diff --git a/src/model/model_manager.rs b/src/model/model_manager.rs
index 58ff98c..b528ece 100644
--- a/src/model/model_manager.rs
+++ b/src/model/model_manager.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use super::model_utils::{Backend, Embeddings, ModelOutputDType, ONNXModel};
+use crate::hf_ops::download_model;
 use crate::model::backends::onnx::bert_onnx::BertONNX;
 use anyhow::Error;
 use half::f16;
+use log::info;
 use ndarray::Array2;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -20,16 +22,28 @@ impl ModelManager {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn load_model(&self, model_path: String, model_type: Backend) -> anyhow::Result<u32> {
+    pub async fn load_model(
+        &self,
+        model_path: String,
+        model_variant: String,
+        model_type: Backend,
+        token: Option<String>,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<u32> {
         let model: Arc<RwLock<dyn ONNXModel>> = match model_type {
             Backend::ONNX => Arc::new(RwLock::new(BertONNX::new())),
             // _ => unreachable!("not implemented"),
         };
 
+        let (model_dir, model_file) = if model_path.starts_with("hf://") {
+            download_model(model_path.clone(), model_variant.clone(), token)?
+        } else {
+            (model_path.clone(), model_variant.clone())
+        };
+
         {
             let mut model_guard = model.write().await;
             model_guard
-                .load_model(&model_path)
+                .load_model(model_dir.as_str(), model_file.as_str())
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| Error::msg(e.to_string()))?;
         }
@@ -40,6 +54,7 @@ impl ModelManager {
 
         let mut models = self.models.write().await;
         models.insert(model_id, model);
+        info!("Model loaded from {}", model_path.as_str());
 
         Ok(model_id)
     }
diff --git a/src/model/model_utils.rs b/src/model/model_utils.rs
index 645c6ce..33965e4 100644
--- a/src/model/model_utils.rs
+++ b/src/model/model_utils.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub enum Embeddings {
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait ModelTrait {
-    async fn load_model(&mut self, model_path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
+    async fn load_model(&mut self, model_dir: &str, model_file: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     async fn unload_model(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
 }
diff --git a/src/serve.rs b/src/serve.rs
index 9faee1b..cb4ec18 100644
--- a/src/serve.rs
+++ b/src/serve.rs
@@ -156,8 +156,13 @@ async fn search(
     response
 }
 
-pub async fn run_server(host: String, port: i32, collection_name: String) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let collection_manager = CollectionManager::new();
+pub async fn run_server(
+    host: String,
+    port: i32,
+    collection_name: String,
+    token: Option<String>,
+) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let collection_manager = CollectionManager::new(token);
     let _ = collection_manager
         .load_collection(collection_name)
         .await