diff --git a/convert.py b/convert.py
index f6237579d..df589928b 100755
--- a/convert.py
+++ b/convert.py
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ Vocab = Union[BpeVocab, SentencePieceVocab]
 #
 
 def permute(weights: NDArray, n_head: int, n_head_kv: int) -> NDArray:
+    #print( "permute debug " + str(weights.shape[0]) + " x " + str(weights.shape[1]) + " nhead " + str(n_head) + " nheadkv " + str(n_kv_head) )
     if n_head_kv is not None and n_head != n_head_kv:
         n_head //= n_head_kv
     return (weights.reshape(n_head, 2, weights.shape[0] // n_head // 2, *weights.shape[1:])
@@ -818,12 +819,12 @@ def convert_model_names(model: LazyModel, params: Params) -> LazyModel:
     for i in itertools.count():
         if f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight" in model:
             print(f"Permuting layer {i}")
-            tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"] = permute_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"], params.n_head, params.n_head_kv)
+            tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"] = permute_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"], params.n_head, params.n_head)
             tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.k_proj.weight"] = permute_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.k_proj.weight"], params.n_head, params.n_head_kv)
            #tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.v_proj.weight"] =              model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.v_proj.weight"]
         elif f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.W_pack.weight" in model:
             print(f"Unpacking and permuting layer {i}")
-            tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"] = permute_part_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.W_pack.weight"], 0, params.n_head, params.n_head_kv)
+            tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight"] = permute_part_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.W_pack.weight"], 0, params.n_head, params.n_head)
             tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.k_proj.weight"] = permute_part_lazy(model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.W_pack.weight"], 1, params.n_head, params.n_head_kv)
             tmp[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.v_proj.weight"] = part_lazy        (model[f"model.layers.{i}.self_attn.W_pack.weight"], 2)
         else: