diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 54de059cf5601..1143ce6436b88 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -20990,6 +20990,14 @@
     github = "tirimia";
     githubId = 11174371;
   };
+  titaniumtown = {
+    email = "titaniumtown@proton.me";
+    name = "Simon Gardling";
+    github = "titaniumtown";
+    githubId = 11786225;
+    matrix = "@titaniumtown:envs.net";
+    keys = [ { fingerprint = "D15E 4754 FE1A EDA1 5A6D  4702 9AB2 8AC1 0ECE 533D"; } ];
+  };
   tjni = {
     email = "43ngvg@masqt.com";
     matrix = "@tni:matrix.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/embedding-local.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/embedding-local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fee7702102ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/embedding-local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+commit 1e8fdf3f90fd142c5ddd63e44ca1e5c172dbfb7f
+Author: Simon Gardling <titaniumtown@proton.me>
+Date:   Tue Aug 27 12:45:14 2024 -0400
+
+    use locally downloaded embeddings
+
+index 27f3f5d9..9e25528a 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ elseif (APPLE)
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Embedding model
++#[[
+ set(LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL "nomic-embed-text-v1.5.f16.gguf")
+ set(LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL_MD5 "a5401e7f7e46ed9fcaed5b60a281d547")
+ set(LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/resources/${LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL}")
+@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
+ if (APPLE)
+     list(APPEND CHAT_EXE_RESOURCES "${LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH}")
+ endif()
++]]
+ 
+ qt_add_executable(chat
+     main.cpp
+@@ -383,11 +385,13 @@
+     endif()
+ endif()
+ 
++#[[
+ if (NOT APPLE)
+     install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/resources/${LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL}"
+             DESTINATION resources
+             COMPONENT ${COMPONENT_NAME_MAIN})
+ endif()
++]]
+ 
+ set(CPACK_GENERATOR "IFW")
+ set(CPACK_VERBATIM_VARIABLES YES)
+--- a/embllm.cpp
++++ b/embllm.cpp
+@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool EmbeddingLLMWorker::loadModel()
+ 
+     QString filePath = embPathFmt.arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath(), LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL);
+     if (!QFileInfo::exists(filePath)) {
+-        qWarning() << "embllm WARNING: Local embedding model not found";
++        qWarning() << "embllm WARNING: Local embedding model not found: " << filePath;
+         return false;
+     }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/package.nix
index 60a6e05de211b..893e3594bc50b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpt4all/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , config
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
 , cmake
 , qt6
 , fmt
@@ -14,16 +15,25 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gpt4all";
-  version = "2.8.0";
+  version = "3.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-aSz37+1K26Xizf4cpV45a2DnSsl959VQok/ppFRk/hs=";
+    hash = "sha256-h6hcqafTjQsqVlpnqVeohh38A67VSGrW3WrCErjaKIQ=";
     owner = "nomic-ai";
     repo = "gpt4all";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
   };
 
+  embed_model = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://gpt4all.io/models/gguf/nomic-embed-text-v1.5.f16.gguf";
+    sha256 = "f7af6f66802f4df86eda10fe9bbcfc75c39562bed48ef6ace719a251cf1c2fdb";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./embedding-local.patch
+  ];
+
   sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/gpt4all-chat";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -41,6 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     qt6.qthttpserver
     qt6.qtwebengine
     qt6.qt5compat
+    qt6.qttools
     shaderc
     vulkan-headers
     wayland
@@ -64,8 +75,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     rm -rf $out/include
     rm -rf $out/lib/*.a
     mv $out/bin/chat $out/bin/${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram}
+    install -D ${finalAttrs.embed_model} $out/resources/nomic-embed-text-v1.5.f16.gguf
     install -m 444 -D $src/gpt4all-chat/flatpak-manifest/io.gpt4all.gpt4all.desktop $out/share/applications/io.gpt4all.gpt4all.desktop
-    install -m 444 -D $src/gpt4all-chat/icons/logo.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.gpt4all.gpt4all.svg
+    install -m 444 -D $src/gpt4all-chat/icons/nomic_logo.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.gpt4all.gpt4all.svg
     substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/io.gpt4all.gpt4all.desktop \
       --replace-fail 'Exec=chat' 'Exec=${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram}'
   '';
@@ -76,6 +88,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "gpt4all";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ polygon ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ polygon titaniumtown ];
   };
 })