diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b412e6e4..35e4c344 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -152,9 +152,11 @@ ifeq ($(findstring tts,$(GO_TAGS)),tts)
 	OPTIONAL_GRPC+=backend-assets/grpc/piper
 endif
 
-ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS=backend-assets/grpc/langchain-huggingface
+ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS=backend-assets/grpc/huggingface
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/bert-embeddings
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp
+ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-noavx
+ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-fallback
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/llama-ggml
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/gpt4all
 ALL_GRPC_BACKENDS+=backend-assets/grpc/rwkv
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ clean: ## Remove build related file
 	rm -rf backend-assets/*
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/grpc clean
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama clean
+	rm -rf backend/cpp/llama-* || true
 	$(MAKE) dropreplace
 	$(MAKE) protogen-clean
 	rmdir pkg/grpc/proto || true
@@ -311,7 +314,7 @@ build: prepare backend-assets grpcs ## Build the project
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o $(BINARY_NAME) ./
 
 build-minimal:
-	BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA=true GRPC_BACKENDS=backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp GO_TAGS=none $(MAKE) build
+	BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA=true GRPC_BACKENDS="backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp" GO_TAGS=none $(MAKE) build
 
 build-api:
 	BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA=true BUILD_API_ONLY=true GO_TAGS=none $(MAKE) build
@@ -616,8 +619,8 @@ backend-assets/grpc/gpt4all: sources/gpt4all sources/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/go
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" C_INCLUDE_PATH=$(CURDIR)/sources/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang/ LIBRARY_PATH=$(CURDIR)/sources/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang/ \
 	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/gpt4all ./backend/go/llm/gpt4all/
 
-backend-assets/grpc/langchain-huggingface: backend-assets/grpc
-	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/langchain-huggingface ./backend/go/llm/langchain/
+backend-assets/grpc/huggingface: backend-assets/grpc
+	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/huggingface ./backend/go/llm/langchain/
 
 backend/cpp/llama/llama.cpp:
 	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama llama.cpp
@@ -629,7 +632,7 @@ ADDED_CMAKE_ARGS=-Dabsl_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/absl \
 				 -Dutf8_range_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/utf8_range \
 				 -DgRPC_DIR=${INSTALLED_LIB_CMAKE}/grpc \
 				 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/include
-backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server:
+build-llama-cpp-grpc-server:
 # Conditionally build grpc for the llama backend to use if needed
 ifdef BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/grpc build
@@ -638,19 +641,37 @@ ifdef BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA
 	PATH="${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}/bin:${PATH}" \
 	CMAKE_ARGS="${CMAKE_ARGS} ${ADDED_CMAKE_ARGS}" \
 	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) \
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama grpc-server
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/${VARIANT} grpc-server
 else
 	echo "BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA is not defined."
-	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama grpc-server
+	LLAMA_VERSION=$(CPPLLAMA_VERSION) $(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/${VARIANT} grpc-server
 endif
 
-backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp: backend-assets/grpc backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server
-	cp -rfv backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp
+backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp: backend-assets/grpc
+	$(info ${GREEN}I llama-cpp build info:standard${RESET})
+	cp -rf backend/cpp/llama backend/cpp/llama-default
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama-default purge
+	$(MAKE) VARIANT="llama-default" build-llama-cpp-grpc-server
+	cp -rfv backend/cpp/llama-default/grpc-server backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp
 # TODO: every binary should have its own folder instead, so can have different metal implementations
 ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),metal)
-	cp backend/cpp/llama/llama.cpp/build/bin/default.metallib backend-assets/grpc/
+	cp backend/cpp/llama-default/llama.cpp/build/bin/default.metallib backend-assets/grpc/
 endif
 
+backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-noavx: backend-assets/grpc
+	cp -rf backend/cpp/llama backend/cpp/llama-noavx
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama-noavx purge
+	$(info ${GREEN}I llama-cpp build info:noavx${RESET})
+	CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DLLAMA_AVX512=OFF -DLLAMA_AVX2=OFF" $(MAKE) VARIANT="llama-noavx" build-llama-cpp-grpc-server
+	cp -rfv backend/cpp/llama-noavx/grpc-server backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-noavx
+
+backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-fallback: backend-assets/grpc
+	cp -rf backend/cpp/llama backend/cpp/llama-fallback
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/cpp/llama-fallback purge
+	$(info ${GREEN}I llama-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
+	CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DLLAMA_F16C=OFF -DLLAMA_AVX512=OFF -DLLAMA_AVX2=OFF -DLLAMA_FMA=OFF" $(MAKE) VARIANT="llama-fallback" build-llama-cpp-grpc-server
+	cp -rfv backend/cpp/llama-fallback/grpc-server backend-assets/grpc/llama-cpp-fallback
+
 backend-assets/grpc/llama-ggml: sources/go-llama.cpp sources/go-llama.cpp/libbinding.a backend-assets/grpc
 	CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" C_INCLUDE_PATH=$(CURDIR)/sources/go-llama.cpp LIBRARY_PATH=$(CURDIR)/sources/go-llama.cpp \
 	$(GOCMD) build -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)" -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -o backend-assets/grpc/llama-ggml ./backend/go/llm/llama-ggml/
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
index 3d31284a..ed610861 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
@@ -43,31 +43,23 @@ llama.cpp:
 
 llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server: llama.cpp
 	mkdir -p llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server
-	cp -r $(abspath ./)/CMakeLists.txt llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	cp -r $(abspath ./)/grpc-server.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	cp -rfv $(abspath ./)/json.hpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	cp -rfv $(abspath ./)/utils.hpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	echo "add_subdirectory(grpc-server)" >> llama.cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
-## XXX: In some versions of CMake clip wasn't being built before llama.
-## This is an hack for now, but it should be fixed in the future.
-	cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/clip.h llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/clip.h
-	cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/llava.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.cpp
-	echo '#include "llama.h"' > llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.h
-	cat llama.cpp/examples/llava/llava.h >> llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.h
-	cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/clip.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/clip.cpp
+	bash prepare.sh
 
 rebuild:
-	cp -rfv $(abspath ./)/CMakeLists.txt llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	cp -rfv $(abspath ./)/grpc-server.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
-	cp -rfv $(abspath ./)/json.hpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
+	bash prepare.sh
 	rm -rf grpc-server
 	$(MAKE) grpc-server
 
-clean:
-	rm -rf llama.cpp
+purge:
+	rm -rf llama.cpp/build
+	rm -rf llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server
 	rm -rf grpc-server
 
+clean: purge
+	rm -rf llama.cpp
+
 grpc-server: llama.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server
+	@echo "Building grpc-server with $(BUILD_TYPE) build type and $(CMAKE_ARGS)"
 ifneq (,$(findstring sycl,$(BUILD_TYPE)))
 	bash -c "source $(ONEAPI_VARS); \
 	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release"	
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/prepare.sh b/backend/cpp/llama/prepare.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c00f27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/prepare.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cp -r CMakeLists.txt llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
+cp -r grpc-server.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
+cp -rfv json.hpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
+cp -rfv utils.hpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/
+    
+if grep -q "grpc-server" llama.cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt; then
+    echo "grpc-server already added"
+else
+    echo "add_subdirectory(grpc-server)" >> llama.cpp/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+fi
+
+## XXX: In some versions of CMake clip wasn't being built before llama.
+## This is an hack for now, but it should be fixed in the future.
+cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/clip.h llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/clip.h
+cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/llava.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.cpp
+echo '#include "llama.h"' > llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.h
+cat llama.cpp/examples/llava/llava.h >> llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/llava.h
+cp -rfv llama.cpp/examples/llava/clip.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server/clip.cpp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/go/llm/langchain/langchain.go b/backend/go/llm/langchain/langchain.go
index f1dee360..472d24d3 100644
--- a/backend/go/llm/langchain/langchain.go
+++ b/backend/go/llm/langchain/langchain.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 // It is meant to be used by the main executable that is the server for the specific backend type (falcon, gpt3, etc)
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/base"
 	pb "github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
@@ -18,9 +19,14 @@ type LLM struct {
 }
 
 func (llm *LLM) Load(opts *pb.ModelOptions) error {
-	llm.langchain, _ = langchain.NewHuggingFace(opts.Model)
+	var err error
+	hfToken := os.Getenv("HUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKEN")
+	if hfToken == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no huggingface token provided")
+	}
+	llm.langchain, err = langchain.NewHuggingFace(opts.Model, hfToken)
 	llm.model = opts.Model
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 func (llm *LLM) Predict(opts *pb.PredictOptions) (string, error) {
diff --git a/core/http/app_test.go b/core/http/app_test.go
index f4728770..e9ff3e28 100644
--- a/core/http/app_test.go
+++ b/core/http/app_test.go
@@ -787,11 +787,11 @@ var _ = Describe("API test", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("returns errors", func() {
-			backends := len(model.AutoLoadBackends) + 1 // +1 for huggingface
 			_, err := client.CreateCompletion(context.TODO(), openai.CompletionRequest{Model: "foomodel", Prompt: testPrompt})
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("error, status code: 500, message: could not load model - all backends returned error: %d errors occurred:", backends)))
+			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("error, status code: 500, message: could not load model - all backends returned error:"))
 		})
+
 		It("transcribes audio", func() {
 			if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 				Skip("test supported only on linux")
diff --git a/pkg/langchain/huggingface.go b/pkg/langchain/huggingface.go
index 38c55cd5..9be5ee9d 100644
--- a/pkg/langchain/huggingface.go
+++ b/pkg/langchain/huggingface.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package langchain
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/tmc/langchaingo/llms"
 	"github.com/tmc/langchaingo/llms/huggingface"
@@ -9,11 +10,16 @@ import (
 
 type HuggingFace struct {
 	modelPath string
+	token     string
 }
 
-func NewHuggingFace(repoId string) (*HuggingFace, error) {
+func NewHuggingFace(repoId, token string) (*HuggingFace, error) {
+	if token == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no huggingface token provided")
+	}
 	return &HuggingFace{
 		modelPath: repoId,
+		token:     token,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ func (s *HuggingFace) PredictHuggingFace(text string, opts ...PredictOption) (*P
 	po := NewPredictOptions(opts...)
 
 	// Init client
-	llm, err := huggingface.New()
+	llm, err := huggingface.New(huggingface.WithToken(s.token))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/model/initializers.go b/pkg/model/initializers.go
index 5a65d01f..88051d5c 100644
--- a/pkg/model/initializers.go
+++ b/pkg/model/initializers.go
@@ -2,27 +2,32 @@ package model
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	grpc "github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/phayes/freeport"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 var Aliases map[string]string = map[string]string{
-	"go-llama":       LLamaCPP,
-	"llama":          LLamaCPP,
-	"embedded-store": LocalStoreBackend,
+	"go-llama":              LLamaCPP,
+	"llama":                 LLamaCPP,
+	"embedded-store":        LocalStoreBackend,
+	"langchain-huggingface": LCHuggingFaceBackend,
 }
 
 const (
-	LlamaGGML           = "llama-ggml"
-	LLamaCPP            = "llama-cpp"
+	LlamaGGML = "llama-ggml"
+	LLamaCPP  = "llama-cpp"
+
+	LLamaCPPFallback = "llama-cpp-fallback"
+
 	Gpt4AllLlamaBackend = "gpt4all-llama"
 	Gpt4AllMptBackend   = "gpt4all-mpt"
 	Gpt4AllJBackend     = "gpt4all-j"
@@ -34,21 +39,73 @@ const (
 	StableDiffusionBackend = "stablediffusion"
 	TinyDreamBackend       = "tinydream"
 	PiperBackend           = "piper"
-	LCHuggingFaceBackend   = "langchain-huggingface"
+	LCHuggingFaceBackend   = "huggingface"
 
 	LocalStoreBackend = "local-store"
 )
 
-var AutoLoadBackends []string = []string{
-	LLamaCPP,
-	LlamaGGML,
-	Gpt4All,
-	BertEmbeddingsBackend,
-	RwkvBackend,
-	WhisperBackend,
-	StableDiffusionBackend,
-	TinyDreamBackend,
-	PiperBackend,
+func backendPath(assetDir, backend string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(assetDir, "backend-assets", "grpc", backend)
+}
+
+func backendsInAssetDir(assetDir string) ([]string, error) {
+	excludeBackends := []string{"local-store"}
+	entry, err := os.ReadDir(backendPath(assetDir, ""))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var backends []string
+ENTRY:
+	for _, e := range entry {
+		for _, exclude := range excludeBackends {
+			if e.Name() == exclude {
+				continue ENTRY
+			}
+		}
+		if !e.IsDir() {
+			backends = append(backends, e.Name())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// order backends from the asset directory.
+	// as we scan for backends, we want to keep some order which backends are tried of.
+	// for example, llama.cpp should be tried first, and we want to keep the huggingface backend at the last.
+
+	// sets a priority list
+	// First has more priority
+	priorityList := []string{
+		// First llama.cpp and llama-ggml
+		LLamaCPP, LLamaCPPFallback, LlamaGGML, Gpt4All,
+	}
+	toTheEnd := []string{
+		// last has to be huggingface
+		LCHuggingFaceBackend,
+		// then bert embeddings
+		BertEmbeddingsBackend,
+	}
+	slices.Reverse(priorityList)
+	slices.Reverse(toTheEnd)
+
+	// order certain backends first
+	for _, b := range priorityList {
+		for i, be := range backends {
+			if be == b {
+				backends = append([]string{be}, append(backends[:i], backends[i+1:]...)...)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// make sure that some others are pushed at the end
+	for _, b := range toTheEnd {
+		for i, be := range backends {
+			if be == b {
+				backends = append(append(backends[:i], backends[i+1:]...), be)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return backends, nil
 }
 
 // starts the grpcModelProcess for the backend, and returns a grpc client
@@ -99,7 +156,7 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) grpcModel(backend string, o *Options) func(string, string
 				client = ModelAddress(uri)
 			}
 		} else {
-			grpcProcess := filepath.Join(o.assetDir, "backend-assets", "grpc", backend)
+			grpcProcess := backendPath(o.assetDir, backend)
 			// Check if the file exists
 			if _, err := os.Stat(grpcProcess); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				return "", fmt.Errorf("grpc process not found: %s. some backends(stablediffusion, tts) require LocalAI compiled with GO_TAGS", grpcProcess)
@@ -243,7 +300,12 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) GreedyLoader(opts ...Option) (grpc.Backend, error) {
 
 	// autoload also external backends
 	allBackendsToAutoLoad := []string{}
-	allBackendsToAutoLoad = append(allBackendsToAutoLoad, AutoLoadBackends...)
+	autoLoadBackends, err := backendsInAssetDir(o.assetDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	log.Debug().Msgf("Loading from the following backends (in order): %+v", autoLoadBackends)
+	allBackendsToAutoLoad = append(allBackendsToAutoLoad, autoLoadBackends...)
 	for _, b := range o.externalBackends {
 		allBackendsToAutoLoad = append(allBackendsToAutoLoad, b)
 	}
@@ -271,10 +333,10 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) GreedyLoader(opts ...Option) (grpc.Backend, error) {
 			log.Info().Msgf("[%s] Loads OK", b)
 			return model, nil
 		} else if modelerr != nil {
-			err = multierror.Append(err, modelerr)
+			err = errors.Join(err, modelerr)
 			log.Info().Msgf("[%s] Fails: %s", b, modelerr.Error())
 		} else if model == nil {
-			err = multierror.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("backend returned no usable model"))
+			err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("backend returned no usable model"))
 			log.Info().Msgf("[%s] Fails: %s", b, "backend returned no usable model")
 		}
 	}