diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index df6cc681..578e0dd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y libopencv-dev && sudo ln -s /usr/include/opencv4/opencv2 /usr/include/opencv2
           
           sudo rm -rfv /usr/bin/conda || true
-          PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/huggingface
+          PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/sentencetransformers
 
           # Pre-build piper before we start tests in order to have shared libraries in place
           make sources/go-piper && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d62f0a4c..16e605a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
 
 ENV BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}
-ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/huggingface/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,exllama:/build/backend/python/exllama/run.sh,vall-e-x:/build/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh"
+ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,sentencetransformers:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,exllama:/build/backend/python/exllama/run.sh,vall-e-x:/build/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh"
 ENV GALLERIES='[{"name":"model-gallery", "url":"github:go-skynet/model-gallery/index.yaml"}, {"url": "github:go-skynet/model-gallery/huggingface.yaml","name":"huggingface"}]'
 ARG GO_TAGS="stablediffusion tts"
 
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ RUN if [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = "extras" ]; then \
 	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/vllm \
     ; fi
 RUN if [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = "extras" ]; then \
-	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/huggingface \
+	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/sentencetransformers \
+    ; fi
+RUN if [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = "extras" ]; then \
+	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/transformers \
     ; fi
 RUN if [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = "extras" ]; then \
 	PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin make -C backend/python/vall-e-x \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d7102dc5..666bc8d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ test: prepare test-models/testmodel grpcs
 	@echo 'Running tests'
 	export GO_TAGS="tts stablediffusion"
 	$(MAKE) prepare-test
-	HUGGINGFACE_GRPC=$(abspath ./)/backend/python/huggingface/run.sh TEST_DIR=$(abspath ./)/test-dir/ FIXTURES=$(abspath ./)/tests/fixtures CONFIG_FILE=$(abspath ./)/test-models/config.yaml MODELS_PATH=$(abspath ./)/test-models \
+	HUGGINGFACE_GRPC=$(abspath ./)/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh TEST_DIR=$(abspath ./)/test-dir/ FIXTURES=$(abspath ./)/tests/fixtures CONFIG_FILE=$(abspath ./)/test-models/config.yaml MODELS_PATH=$(abspath ./)/test-models \
 	$(GOCMD) run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo --label-filter="!gpt4all && !llama && !llama-gguf"  --flake-attempts 5 --fail-fast -v -r ./api ./pkg
 	$(MAKE) test-gpt4all
 	$(MAKE) test-llama
@@ -367,13 +367,14 @@ protogen-go:
     backend/backend.proto
 
 protogen-python:
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/huggingface/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/huggingface/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/autogptq/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/autogptq/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/exllama/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/exllama/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/bark/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/bark/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/diffusers/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/diffusers/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/vall-e-x/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/vall-e-x/ backend/backend.proto
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ipkg/grpc/proto/ --python_out=backend/python/vllm/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/vllm/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/sentencetransformers/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/sentencetransformers/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/transformers/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/transformers/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/autogptq/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/autogptq/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/exllama/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/exllama/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/bark/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/bark/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/diffusers/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/diffusers/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/vall-e-x/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/vall-e-x/ backend/backend.proto
+	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Ibackend/ --python_out=backend/python/vllm/ --grpc_python_out=backend/python/vllm/ backend/backend.proto
 
 ## GRPC
 # Note: it is duplicated in the Dockerfile
@@ -382,7 +383,8 @@ prepare-extra-conda-environments:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/bark
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/diffusers
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vllm
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/huggingface
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/sentencetransformers
+	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vall-e-x
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama
 
diff --git a/api/api_test.go b/api/api_test.go
index d76d6aa7..6329df34 100644
--- a/api/api_test.go
+++ b/api/api_test.go
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ var _ = Describe("API test", func() {
 		})
 
 		Context("External gRPC calls", func() {
-			It("calculate embeddings with huggingface", func() {
+			It("calculate embeddings with sentencetransformers", func() {
 				if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 					Skip("test supported only on linux")
 				}
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/README.md b/backend/python/huggingface/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a53b7cc..00000000
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Creating a separate environment for the huggingface project
-
-```
-make huggingface
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/Makefile b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d80872af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.PONY: sentencetransformers
+sentencetransformers:
+	@echo "Creating virtual environment..."
+	@conda env create --name sentencetransformers --file sentencetransformers.yml
+	@echo "Virtual environment created."
+
+.PONY: run
+run:
+	@echo "Running sentencetransformers..."
+	bash run.sh
+	@echo "sentencetransformers run."
+
+# It is not working well by using command line. It only6 works with IDE like VSCode.
+.PONY: test
+test:
+	@echo "Testing sentencetransformers..."
+	bash test.sh
+	@echo "sentencetransformers tested."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/README.md b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..829cf0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Creating a separate environment for the sentencetransformers project
+
+```
+make sentencetransformers
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/backend_pb2.py b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/backend_pb2.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/backend_pb2.py
rename to backend/python/sentencetransformers/backend_pb2.py
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/backend_pb2_grpc.py b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/backend_pb2_grpc.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/backend_pb2_grpc.py
rename to backend/python/sentencetransformers/backend_pb2_grpc.py
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ee14af15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+## A bash script wrapper that runs the sentencetransformers server with conda
+
+export PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin
+
+# Activate conda environment
+source activate sentencetransformers
+
+# get the directory where the bash script is located
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+python $DIR/sentencetransformers.py $@
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/huggingface.py b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/sentencetransformers.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/huggingface.py
rename to backend/python/sentencetransformers/sentencetransformers.py
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/sentencetransformers.yml b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/sentencetransformers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03772885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/sentencetransformers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: sentencetransformers
+channels:
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
+  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
+  - bzip2=1.0.8=h7b6447c_0
+  - ca-certificates=2023.08.22=h06a4308_0
+  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.38=h1181459_1
+  - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_0
+  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libuuid=1.41.5=h5eee18b_0
+  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
+  - openssl=3.0.11=h7f8727e_2
+  - pip=23.2.1=py311h06a4308_0
+  - python=3.11.5=h955ad1f_0
+  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - setuptools=68.0.0=py311h06a4308_0
+  - sqlite=3.41.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - tk=8.6.12=h1ccaba5_0
+  - tzdata=2023c=h04d1e81_0
+  - wheel=0.41.2=py311h06a4308_0
+  - xz=5.4.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_0
+  - pip:
+      - certifi==2023.7.22
+      - charset-normalizer==3.3.0
+      - click==8.1.7
+      - filelock==3.12.4
+      - fsspec==2023.9.2
+      - grpcio==1.59.0
+      - huggingface-hub==0.17.3
+      - idna==3.4
+      - install==1.3.5
+      - jinja2==3.1.2
+      - joblib==1.3.2
+      - markupsafe==2.1.3
+      - mpmath==1.3.0
+      - networkx==3.1
+      - nltk==3.8.1
+      - numpy==1.26.0
+      - nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.1.3.1
+      - nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cudnn-cu12==8.9.2.26
+      - nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.0.2.54
+      - nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.2.106
+      - nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.4.5.107
+      - nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.1.0.106
+      - nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.18.1
+      - nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.2.140
+      - nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.1.105
+      - packaging==23.2
+      - pillow==10.0.1
+      - protobuf==4.24.4
+      - pyyaml==6.0.1
+      - regex==2023.10.3
+      - requests==2.31.0
+      - safetensors==0.4.0
+      - scikit-learn==1.3.1
+      - scipy==1.11.3
+      - sentence-transformers==2.2.2
+      - sentencepiece==0.1.99
+      - sympy==1.12
+      - threadpoolctl==3.2.0
+      - tokenizers==0.14.1
+      - torch==2.1.0
+      - torchvision==0.16.0
+      - tqdm==4.66.1
+      - transformers==4.34.0
+      - triton==2.1.0
+      - typing-extensions==4.8.0
+      - urllib3==2.0.6
+prefix: /opt/conda/envs/sentencetransformers
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test.sh b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ec3bbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+##
+## A bash script wrapper that runs the sentencetransformers server with conda
+
+# Activate conda environment
+source activate sentencetransformers
+
+# get the directory where the bash script is located
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+python -m unittest $DIR/test_sentencetransformers.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test_sentencetransformers.py b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test_sentencetransformers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f935365e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/sentencetransformers/test_sentencetransformers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""
+A test script to test the gRPC service
+"""
+import unittest
+import subprocess
+import time
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+
+import grpc
+
+
+class TestBackendServicer(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    TestBackendServicer is the class that tests the gRPC service
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        This method sets up the gRPC service by starting the server
+        """
+        self.service = subprocess.Popen(["python3", "sentencetransformers.py", "--addr", "localhost:50051"])
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        """
+        This method tears down the gRPC service by terminating the server
+        """
+        self.service.terminate()
+        self.service.wait()
+
+    def test_server_startup(self):
+        """
+        This method tests if the server starts up successfully
+        """
+        time.sleep(2)
+        try:
+            self.setUp()
+            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
+                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
+                response = stub.Health(backend_pb2.HealthMessage())
+                self.assertEqual(response.message, b'OK')
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(err)
+            self.fail("Server failed to start")
+        finally:
+            self.tearDown()
+
+    def test_load_model(self):
+        """
+        This method tests if the model is loaded successfully
+        """
+        try:
+            self.setUp()
+            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
+                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
+                response = stub.LoadModel(backend_pb2.ModelOptions(Model="bert-base-nli-mean-tokens"))
+                self.assertTrue(response.success)
+                self.assertEqual(response.message, "Model loaded successfully")
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(err)
+            self.fail("LoadModel service failed")
+        finally:
+            self.tearDown()
+
+    def test_embedding(self):
+        """
+        This method tests if the embeddings are generated successfully
+        """
+        try:
+            self.setUp()
+            with grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:50051") as channel:
+                stub = backend_pb2_grpc.BackendStub(channel)
+                response = stub.LoadModel(backend_pb2.ModelOptions(Model="bert-base-nli-mean-tokens"))
+                self.assertTrue(response.success)
+                embedding_request = backend_pb2.PredictOptions(Embeddings="This is a test sentence.")
+                embedding_response = stub.Embedding(embedding_request)
+                self.assertIsNotNone(embedding_response.embeddings)
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(err)
+            self.fail("Embedding service failed")
+        finally:
+            self.tearDown()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/Makefile b/backend/python/transformers/Makefile
similarity index 50%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/Makefile
rename to backend/python/transformers/Makefile
index dd884a4d..3644423d 100644
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/Makefile
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-.PONY: huggingface
-huggingface:
+.PONY: transformers
+transformers:
 	@echo "Creating virtual environment..."
-	@conda env create --name huggingface --file huggingface.yml
+	@conda env create --name transformers --file transformers.yml
 	@echo "Virtual environment created."
 
 .PONY: run
 run:
-	@echo "Running huggingface..."
+	@echo "Running transformers..."
 	bash run.sh
-	@echo "huggingface run."
+	@echo "transformers run."
 
 # It is not working well by using command line. It only6 works with IDE like VSCode.
 .PONY: test
 test:
-	@echo "Testing huggingface..."
+	@echo "Testing transformers..."
 	bash test.sh
-	@echo "huggingface tested."
\ No newline at end of file
+	@echo "transformers tested."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/README.md b/backend/python/transformers/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e72e598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Creating a separate environment for the transformers project
+
+```
+make transformers
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2.py b/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b89eb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
+# source: backend.proto
+"""Generated protocol buffer code."""
+from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor
+from google.protobuf import descriptor_pool as _descriptor_pool
+from google.protobuf import symbol_database as _symbol_database
+from google.protobuf.internal import builder as _builder
+# @@protoc_insertion_point(imports)
+
+_sym_db = _symbol_database.Default()
+
+
+
+
+DESCRIPTOR = _descriptor_pool.Default().AddSerializedFile(b'\n\rbackend.proto\x12\x07\x62\x61\x63kend\"\x0f\n\rHealthMessage\"\xa6\x06\n\x0ePredictOptions\x12\x0e\n\x06Prompt\x18\x01 \x01(\t\x12\x0c\n\x04Seed\x18\x02 \x01(\x05\x12\x0f\n\x07Threads\x18\x03 \x01(\x05\x12\x0e\n\x06Tokens\x18\x04 \x01(\x05\x12\x0c\n\x04TopK\x18\x05 \x01(\x05\x12\x0e\n\x06Repeat\x18\x06 \x01(\x05\x12\r\n\x05\x42\x61tch\x18\x07 \x01(\x05\x12\r\n\x05NKeep\x18\x08 \x01(\x05\x12\x13\n\x0bTemperature\x18\t \x01(\x02\x12\x0f\n\x07Penalty\x18\n \x01(\x02\x12\r\n\x05\x46\x31\x36KV\x18\x0b \x01(\x08\x12\x11\n\tDebugMode\x18\x0c \x01(\x08\x12\x13\n\x0bStopPrompts\x18\r \x03(\t\x12\x11\n\tIgnoreEOS\x18\x0e \x01(\x08\x12\x19\n\x11TailFreeSamplingZ\x18\x0f \x01(\x02\x12\x10\n\x08TypicalP\x18\x10 \x01(\x02\x12\x18\n\x10\x46requencyPenalty\x18\x11 \x01(\x02\x12\x17\n\x0fPresencePenalty\x18\x12 \x01(\x02\x12\x10\n\x08Mirostat\x18\x13 \x01(\x05\x12\x13\n\x0bMirostatETA\x18\x14 \x01(\x02\x12\x13\n\x0bMirostatTAU\x18\x15 \x01(\x02\x12\x12\n\nPenalizeNL\x18\x16 \x01(\x08\x12\x11\n\tLogitBias\x18\x17 \x01(\t\x12\r\n\x05MLock\x18\x19 \x01(\x08\x12\x0c\n\x04MMap\x18\x1a \x01(\x08\x12\x16\n\x0ePromptCacheAll\x18\x1b \x01(\x08\x12\x15\n\rPromptCacheRO\x18\x1c \x01(\x08\x12\x0f\n\x07Grammar\x18\x1d \x01(\t\x12\x0f\n\x07MainGPU\x18\x1e \x01(\t\x12\x13\n\x0bTensorSplit\x18\x1f \x01(\t\x12\x0c\n\x04TopP\x18  \x01(\x02\x12\x17\n\x0fPromptCachePath\x18! 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+
+_globals = globals()
+_builder.BuildMessageAndEnumDescriptors(DESCRIPTOR, _globals)
+_builder.BuildTopDescriptorsAndMessages(DESCRIPTOR, 'backend_pb2', _globals)
+if _descriptor._USE_C_DESCRIPTORS == False:
+
+  DESCRIPTOR._options = None
+  DESCRIPTOR._serialized_options = b'\n\031io.skynet.localai.backendB\016LocalAIBackendP\001Z+github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto'
+  _MEMORYUSAGEDATA_BREAKDOWNENTRY._options = None
+  _MEMORYUSAGEDATA_BREAKDOWNENTRY._serialized_options = b'8\001'
+  _globals['_HEALTHMESSAGE']._serialized_start=26
+  _globals['_HEALTHMESSAGE']._serialized_end=41
+  _globals['_PREDICTOPTIONS']._serialized_start=44
+  _globals['_PREDICTOPTIONS']._serialized_end=850
+  _globals['_REPLY']._serialized_start=852
+  _globals['_REPLY']._serialized_end=876
+  _globals['_MODELOPTIONS']._serialized_start=879
+  _globals['_MODELOPTIONS']._serialized_end=1800
+  _globals['_RESULT']._serialized_start=1802
+  _globals['_RESULT']._serialized_end=1844
+  _globals['_EMBEDDINGRESULT']._serialized_start=1846
+  _globals['_EMBEDDINGRESULT']._serialized_end=1883
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTREQUEST']._serialized_start=1885
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTREQUEST']._serialized_end=1952
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTRESULT']._serialized_start=1954
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTRESULT']._serialized_end=2032
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTSEGMENT']._serialized_start=2034
+  _globals['_TRANSCRIPTSEGMENT']._serialized_end=2123
+  _globals['_GENERATEIMAGEREQUEST']._serialized_start=2126
+  _globals['_GENERATEIMAGEREQUEST']._serialized_end=2341
+  _globals['_TTSREQUEST']._serialized_start=2343
+  _globals['_TTSREQUEST']._serialized_end=2397
+  _globals['_TOKENIZATIONRESPONSE']._serialized_start=2399
+  _globals['_TOKENIZATIONRESPONSE']._serialized_end=2453
+  _globals['_MEMORYUSAGEDATA']._serialized_start=2456
+  _globals['_MEMORYUSAGEDATA']._serialized_end=2598
+  _globals['_MEMORYUSAGEDATA_BREAKDOWNENTRY']._serialized_start=2550
+  _globals['_MEMORYUSAGEDATA_BREAKDOWNENTRY']._serialized_end=2598
+  _globals['_STATUSRESPONSE']._serialized_start=2601
+  _globals['_STATUSRESPONSE']._serialized_end=2774
+  _globals['_STATUSRESPONSE_STATE']._serialized_start=2707
+  _globals['_STATUSRESPONSE_STATE']._serialized_end=2774
+  _globals['_BACKEND']._serialized_start=2777
+  _globals['_BACKEND']._serialized_end=3405
+# @@protoc_insertion_point(module_scope)
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2_grpc.py b/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2_grpc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79a7677f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/backend_pb2_grpc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+# Generated by the gRPC Python protocol compiler plugin. DO NOT EDIT!
+"""Client and server classes corresponding to protobuf-defined services."""
+import grpc
+
+import backend_pb2 as backend__pb2
+
+
+class BackendStub(object):
+    """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+
+    def __init__(self, channel):
+        """Constructor.
+
+        Args:
+            channel: A grpc.Channel.
+        """
+        self.Health = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/Health',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.HealthMessage.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+                )
+        self.Predict = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/Predict',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+                )
+        self.LoadModel = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/LoadModel',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.ModelOptions.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+                )
+        self.PredictStream = channel.unary_stream(
+                '/backend.Backend/PredictStream',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+                )
+        self.Embedding = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/Embedding',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.EmbeddingResult.FromString,
+                )
+        self.GenerateImage = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/GenerateImage',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.GenerateImageRequest.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+                )
+        self.AudioTranscription = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/AudioTranscription',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.TranscriptRequest.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.TranscriptResult.FromString,
+                )
+        self.TTS = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/TTS',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.TTSRequest.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+                )
+        self.TokenizeString = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/TokenizeString',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.TokenizationResponse.FromString,
+                )
+        self.Status = channel.unary_unary(
+                '/backend.Backend/Status',
+                request_serializer=backend__pb2.HealthMessage.SerializeToString,
+                response_deserializer=backend__pb2.StatusResponse.FromString,
+                )
+
+
+class BackendServicer(object):
+    """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+
+    def Health(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def Predict(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def LoadModel(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def PredictStream(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def Embedding(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def GenerateImage(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def AudioTranscription(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def TTS(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def TokenizeString(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+    def Status(self, request, context):
+        """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+        context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED)
+        context.set_details('Method not implemented!')
+        raise NotImplementedError('Method not implemented!')
+
+
+def add_BackendServicer_to_server(servicer, server):
+    rpc_method_handlers = {
+            'Health': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.Health,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.HealthMessage.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Reply.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'Predict': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.Predict,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Reply.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'LoadModel': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.LoadModel,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.ModelOptions.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Result.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'PredictStream': grpc.unary_stream_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.PredictStream,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Reply.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'Embedding': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.Embedding,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.EmbeddingResult.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'GenerateImage': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.GenerateImage,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.GenerateImageRequest.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Result.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'AudioTranscription': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.AudioTranscription,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.TranscriptRequest.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.TranscriptResult.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'TTS': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.TTS,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.TTSRequest.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.Result.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'TokenizeString': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.TokenizeString,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.PredictOptions.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.TokenizationResponse.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+            'Status': grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler(
+                    servicer.Status,
+                    request_deserializer=backend__pb2.HealthMessage.FromString,
+                    response_serializer=backend__pb2.StatusResponse.SerializeToString,
+            ),
+    }
+    generic_handler = grpc.method_handlers_generic_handler(
+            'backend.Backend', rpc_method_handlers)
+    server.add_generic_rpc_handlers((generic_handler,))
+
+
+ # This class is part of an EXPERIMENTAL API.
+class Backend(object):
+    """Missing associated documentation comment in .proto file."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Health(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/Health',
+            backend__pb2.HealthMessage.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Predict(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/Predict',
+            backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def LoadModel(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/LoadModel',
+            backend__pb2.ModelOptions.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def PredictStream(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_stream(request, target, '/backend.Backend/PredictStream',
+            backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Reply.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Embedding(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/Embedding',
+            backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.EmbeddingResult.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def GenerateImage(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/GenerateImage',
+            backend__pb2.GenerateImageRequest.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def AudioTranscription(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/AudioTranscription',
+            backend__pb2.TranscriptRequest.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.TranscriptResult.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def TTS(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/TTS',
+            backend__pb2.TTSRequest.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.Result.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def TokenizeString(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/TokenizeString',
+            backend__pb2.PredictOptions.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.TokenizationResponse.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Status(request,
+            target,
+            options=(),
+            channel_credentials=None,
+            call_credentials=None,
+            insecure=False,
+            compression=None,
+            wait_for_ready=None,
+            timeout=None,
+            metadata=None):
+        return grpc.experimental.unary_unary(request, target, '/backend.Backend/Status',
+            backend__pb2.HealthMessage.SerializeToString,
+            backend__pb2.StatusResponse.FromString,
+            options, channel_credentials,
+            insecure, call_credentials, compression, wait_for_ready, timeout, metadata)
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/run.sh b/backend/python/transformers/run.sh
similarity index 61%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/run.sh
rename to backend/python/transformers/run.sh
index d8b82239..6a24de4c 100755
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/run.sh
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/run.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 ##
-## A bash script wrapper that runs the huggingface server with conda
+## A bash script wrapper that runs the transformers server with conda
 
 export PATH=$PATH:/opt/conda/bin
 
 # Activate conda environment
-source activate huggingface
+source activate transformers
 
 # get the directory where the bash script is located
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-python $DIR/huggingface.py $@
+python $DIR/transformers.py $@
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/test.sh b/backend/python/transformers/test.sh
similarity index 54%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/test.sh
rename to backend/python/transformers/test.sh
index 1eead0dc..a440f809 100644
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/test.sh
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/test.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ##
-## A bash script wrapper that runs the huggingface server with conda
+## A bash script wrapper that runs the transformers server with conda
 
 # Activate conda environment
-source activate huggingface
+source activate transformers
 
 # get the directory where the bash script is located
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-python -m unittest $DIR/test_huggingface.py
\ No newline at end of file
+python -m unittest $DIR/test_transformers.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/test_huggingface.py b/backend/python/transformers/test_transformers.py
similarity index 95%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/test_huggingface.py
rename to backend/python/transformers/test_transformers.py
index d351b4d5..d04bd812 100644
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/test_huggingface.py
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/test_transformers.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TestBackendServicer(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         This method sets up the gRPC service by starting the server
         """
-        self.service = subprocess.Popen(["python3", "huggingface.py", "--addr", "localhost:50051"])
+        self.service = subprocess.Popen(["python3", "transformers.py", "--addr", "localhost:50051"])
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/backend/python/transformers/transformers.py b/backend/python/transformers/transformers.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..03a48169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/transformers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+"""
+Extra gRPC server for HuggingFace SentenceTransformer models.
+"""
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from concurrent import futures
+
+import argparse
+import signal
+import sys
+import os
+
+import time
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+
+import grpc
+
+from transformers import AutoModel
+
+_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
+
+# If MAX_WORKERS are specified in the environment use it, otherwise default to 1
+MAX_WORKERS = int(os.environ.get('PYTHON_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS', '1'))
+
+# Implement the BackendServicer class with the service methods
+class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
+    """
+    A gRPC servicer for the backend service.
+
+    This class implements the gRPC methods for the backend service, including Health, LoadModel, and Embedding.
+    """
+    def Health(self, request, context):
+        """
+        A gRPC method that returns the health status of the backend service.
+
+        Args:
+            request: A HealthRequest object that contains the request parameters.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext object that provides information about the RPC.
+
+        Returns:
+            A Reply object that contains the health status of the backend service.
+        """
+        return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
+
+    def LoadModel(self, request, context):
+        """
+        A gRPC method that loads a model into memory.
+
+        Args:
+            request: A LoadModelRequest object that contains the request parameters.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext object that provides information about the RPC.
+
+        Returns:
+            A Result object that contains the result of the LoadModel operation.
+        """
+        model_name = request.Model
+        try:
+            self.model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(model_name, trust_remote_code=True) # trust_remote_code is needed to use the encode method with embeddings models like jinai-v2
+        except Exception as err:
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
+
+        # Implement your logic here for the LoadModel service
+        # Replace this with your desired response
+        return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model loaded successfully", success=True)
+
+    def Embedding(self, request, context):
+        """
+        A gRPC method that calculates embeddings for a given sentence.
+
+        Args:
+            request: An EmbeddingRequest object that contains the request parameters.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext object that provides information about the RPC.
+
+        Returns:
+            An EmbeddingResult object that contains the calculated embeddings.
+        """
+        # Implement your logic here for the Embedding service
+        # Replace this with your desired response
+        print("Calculated embeddings for: " + request.Embeddings, file=sys.stderr)
+        sentence_embeddings = self.model.encode(request.Embeddings)
+        return backend_pb2.EmbeddingResult(embeddings=sentence_embeddings)
+
+
+def serve(address):
+    server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS))
+    backend_pb2_grpc.add_BackendServicer_to_server(BackendServicer(), server)
+    server.add_insecure_port(address)
+    server.start()
+    print("Server started. Listening on: " + address, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    # Define the signal handler function
+    def signal_handler(sig, frame):
+        print("Received termination signal. Shutting down...")
+        server.stop(0)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    # Set the signal handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        server.stop(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the gRPC server.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--addr", default="localhost:50051", help="The address to bind the server to."
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    serve(args.addr)
diff --git a/backend/python/huggingface/huggingface.yml b/backend/python/transformers/transformers.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from backend/python/huggingface/huggingface.yml
rename to backend/python/transformers/transformers.yml
index 7100f6c5..166dcd9b 100644
--- a/backend/python/huggingface/huggingface.yml
+++ b/backend/python/transformers/transformers.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: huggingface
+name: transformers
 channels:
   - defaults
 dependencies:
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ dependencies:
       - triton==2.1.0
       - typing-extensions==4.8.0
       - urllib3==2.0.6
-prefix: /opt/conda/envs/huggingface
+prefix: /opt/conda/envs/transformers