diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
index e27d304..4640878 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def cosine_beta_schedule(timesteps, s = 0.008):
     as proposed in https://openreview.net/forum?id=-NEXDKk8gZ
     """
     steps = timesteps + 1
-    x = torch.linspace(0, timesteps, steps)
+    x = torch.linspace(0, timesteps, steps, dtype = torch.float64)
     alphas_cumprod = torch.cos(((x / timesteps) + s) / (1 + s) * torch.pi * 0.5) ** 2
     alphas_cumprod = alphas_cumprod / alphas_cumprod[0]
     betas = 1 - (alphas_cumprod[1:] / alphas_cumprod[:-1])
@@ -314,21 +314,21 @@ def linear_beta_schedule(timesteps):
     scale = 1000 / timesteps
     beta_start = scale * 0.0001
     beta_end = scale * 0.02
-    return torch.linspace(beta_start, beta_end, timesteps)
+    return torch.linspace(beta_start, beta_end, timesteps, dtype = torch.float64)
 
 
 def quadratic_beta_schedule(timesteps):
     scale = 1000 / timesteps
     beta_start = scale * 0.0001
     beta_end = scale * 0.02
-    return torch.linspace(beta_start**2, beta_end**2, timesteps) ** 2
+    return torch.linspace(beta_start**2, beta_end**2, timesteps, dtype = torch.float64) ** 2
 
 
 def sigmoid_beta_schedule(timesteps):
     scale = 1000 / timesteps
     beta_start = scale * 0.0001
     beta_end = scale * 0.02
-    betas = torch.linspace(-6, 6, timesteps)
+    betas = torch.linspace(-6, 6, timesteps, dtype = torch.float64)
     return torch.sigmoid(betas) * (beta_end - beta_start) + beta_start
 
 
@@ -368,17 +368,21 @@ class BaseGaussianDiffusion(nn.Module):
         self.loss_type = loss_type
         self.loss_fn = loss_fn
 
-        self.register_buffer('betas', betas)
-        self.register_buffer('alphas_cumprod', alphas_cumprod)
-        self.register_buffer('alphas_cumprod_prev', alphas_cumprod_prev)
+        # register buffer helper function to cast double back to float
+
+        register_buffer = lambda name, val: self.register_buffer(name, val.to(torch.float32))
+
+        register_buffer('betas', betas)
+        register_buffer('alphas_cumprod', alphas_cumprod)
+        register_buffer('alphas_cumprod_prev', alphas_cumprod_prev)
 
         # calculations for diffusion q(x_t | x_{t-1}) and others
 
-        self.register_buffer('sqrt_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(alphas_cumprod))
-        self.register_buffer('sqrt_one_minus_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. - alphas_cumprod))
-        self.register_buffer('log_one_minus_alphas_cumprod', torch.log(1. - alphas_cumprod))
-        self.register_buffer('sqrt_recip_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. / alphas_cumprod))
-        self.register_buffer('sqrt_recipm1_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. / alphas_cumprod - 1))
+        register_buffer('sqrt_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('sqrt_one_minus_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. - alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('log_one_minus_alphas_cumprod', torch.log(1. - alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('sqrt_recip_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. / alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('sqrt_recipm1_alphas_cumprod', torch.sqrt(1. / alphas_cumprod - 1))
 
         # calculations for posterior q(x_{t-1} | x_t, x_0)
 
@@ -386,13 +390,13 @@ class BaseGaussianDiffusion(nn.Module):
 
         # above: equal to 1. / (1. / (1. - alpha_cumprod_tm1) + alpha_t / beta_t)
 
-        self.register_buffer('posterior_variance', posterior_variance)
+        register_buffer('posterior_variance', posterior_variance)
 
         # below: log calculation clipped because the posterior variance is 0 at the beginning of the diffusion chain
 
-        self.register_buffer('posterior_log_variance_clipped', torch.log(posterior_variance.clamp(min =1e-20)))
-        self.register_buffer('posterior_mean_coef1', betas * torch.sqrt(alphas_cumprod_prev) / (1. - alphas_cumprod))
-        self.register_buffer('posterior_mean_coef2', (1. - alphas_cumprod_prev) * torch.sqrt(alphas) / (1. - alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('posterior_log_variance_clipped', torch.log(posterior_variance.clamp(min =1e-20)))
+        register_buffer('posterior_mean_coef1', betas * torch.sqrt(alphas_cumprod_prev) / (1. - alphas_cumprod))
+        register_buffer('posterior_mean_coef2', (1. - alphas_cumprod_prev) * torch.sqrt(alphas) / (1. - alphas_cumprod))
 
     def q_mean_variance(self, x_start, t):
         mean = extract(self.sqrt_alphas_cumprod, t, x_start.shape) * x_start
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8eea324..4789852 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setup(
       'dream = dalle2_pytorch.cli:dream'
     ],
   },
-  version = '0.2.8',
+  version = '0.2.9',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'DALL-E 2',
   author = 'Phil Wang',