diff --git a/bark/generation.py b/bark/generation.py
index 6967675..d1c7a6b 100644
--- a/bark/generation.py
+++ b/bark/generation.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import gc
 import hashlib
 import os
 import re
-import requests
 
 from encodec import EncodecModel
 import funcy
@@ -126,10 +125,10 @@ def _md5(fname):
 
 def _get_ckpt_path(model_type, use_small=False, path=None):
     model_key = f"{model_type}_small" if use_small or USE_SMALL_MODELS else model_type
-    model_name = _string_md5(REMOTE_MODEL_PATHS[model_key]["file_name"])
+    model_name = REMOTE_MODEL_PATHS[model_key]["file_name"]
     if path is None:
         path = CACHE_DIR
-    return os.path.join(path, f"{model_name}.pt")
+    return os.path.join(path, f"{model_name}")
 
 
 def _grab_best_device(use_gpu=True):
@@ -253,8 +252,8 @@ def _load_model(ckpt_path, device, use_small=False, model_type="text"):
     return model
 
 
-def _load_codec_model(device, path=None):
-    model = EncodecModel.encodec_model_24khz(repository=path)
+def _load_codec_model(device):
+    model = EncodecModel.encodec_model_24khz()
     model.set_target_bandwidth(6.0)
     model.eval()
     model.to(device)
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ def load_model(use_gpu=True, use_small=False, force_reload=False, model_type="te
     return models[model_key]
 
 
-def load_codec_model(use_gpu=True, force_reload=False, path=None):
+def load_codec_model(use_gpu=True, force_reload=False):
     global models
     global models_devices
     device = _grab_best_device(use_gpu=use_gpu)
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ def load_codec_model(use_gpu=True, force_reload=False, path=None):
         device = "cpu"
     if model_key not in models or force_reload:
         clean_models(model_key=model_key)
-        model = _load_codec_model(device, path=path)
+        model = _load_codec_model(device)
         models[model_key] = model
     models[model_key].to(device)
     return models[model_key]
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ def preload_models(
     _ = load_model(
         model_type="fine", use_gpu=fine_use_gpu, use_small=fine_use_small, force_reload=force_reload, path=path
     )
-    _ = load_codec_model(use_gpu=codec_use_gpu, force_reload=force_reload, path=path)
+    _ = load_codec_model(use_gpu=codec_use_gpu, force_reload=force_reload)
 
 
 ####
diff --git a/generate.ipynb b/generate.ipynb
index f5afe6a..a135af3 100644
--- a/generate.ipynb
+++ b/generate.ipynb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -20,32 +20,9 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stdout",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
-      "Downloading suno/bark to models\\343256c8e687c94554ef9f091bb93192.pt\n",
-      "models\n"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "data": {
-      "application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json": {
-       "model_id": "eb3e09a8f3704a57b7ba9344d3b1b938",
-       "version_major": 2,
-       "version_minor": 0
-      },
-      "text/plain": [
-       "Downloading text_2.pt:   0%|          | 0.00/5.35G [00:00<?, ?B/s]"
-      ]
-     },
-     "metadata": {},
-     "output_type": "display_data"
-    }
-   ],
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# download and load all models\n",
     "preload_models(\n",