diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8af1bc9..a6f4884f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ transformer = MeshTransformer(
 loss = transformer(face_vertex_codes)
 loss.backward()
 
-# to decode back to continuous coordinates for each face (9 vertices)
+# after much training of transformer, you can now sample from the attention net
 
-# (batch, number of faces, vertex (3), coord (3))
+faces_coordinates = transformer.generate()
 
-face_seq_coords = autoencoder.decode_from_codes_to_faces(face_vertex_codes)
+# (batch, num faces, vertices (3), coordinates (3))
+# now post process for the generated 3d asset
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/meshgpt_pytorch/meshgpt_pytorch.py b/meshgpt_pytorch/meshgpt_pytorch.py
index ae41a87f..99aa37b0 100644
--- a/meshgpt_pytorch/meshgpt_pytorch.py
+++ b/meshgpt_pytorch/meshgpt_pytorch.py
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
 from torchtyping import TensorType
 
 from beartype import beartype
-from beartype.typing import Tuple
+from beartype.typing import Tuple, Callable, Optional
 
 from einops import rearrange, repeat, reduce, pack, unpack
 from einops.layers.torch import Rearrange
 
 from x_transformers import Decoder
-
 from x_transformers.attend import Attend
+from x_transformers.autoregressive_wrapper import (
+    eval_decorator,
+    top_k,
+    top_p,
+)
 
 from vector_quantize_pytorch import (
     ResidualVQ,
@@ -445,6 +449,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__()
 
+        self.autoencoder = autoencoder
         self.codebook_size = autoencoder.codebook_size
         self.num_quantizers = autoencoder.num_quantizers
 
@@ -453,10 +458,14 @@ def __init__(
 
         # they use axial positional embeddings
 
+        assert divisible_by(max_seq_len, 3 * self.num_quantizers) # 3 vertices per face, with D codes per vertex
+
         self.token_embed = nn.Embedding(self.codebook_size + 1, dim)
         self.quantize_level_embed = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(self.num_quantizers, dim))
         self.abs_pos_emb = nn.Embedding(max_seq_len, dim)
 
+        self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+
         # main autoregressive attention network
 
         self.decoder = Decoder(
@@ -469,39 +478,88 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.to_logits = nn.Linear(dim, self.codebook_size + 1)
 
-    def generate(self):
-        return self
+    @property
+    def device(self):
+        return next(self.parameters()).device
+
+    @eval_decorator
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    @beartype
+    def generate(
+        self,
+        prompt: Optional[Tensor] = None,
+        batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        filter_logits_fn: Callable = top_k,
+        filter_kwargs: dict = dict(),
+        temperature = 1.,
+        return_codes = False
+    ):
+        if exists(prompt):
+            assert not exists(batch_size)
+
+            prompt = rearrange(prompt, 'b ... -> b (...)')
+            batch_size = prompt.shape[0]
+
+        batch_size = default(batch_size, 1)
+
+        codes = default(prompt, torch.empty((batch_size, 0), dtype = torch.long, device = self.device))
+
+        curr_length = codes.shape[-1]
+
+        for i in range(curr_length, self.max_seq_len):
+            can_eos = (i + 1) % (self.num_quantizers * 3)  # only allow for eos to be decoded at the end of each face, defined as 3 vertices with D residusl VQ codes
+
+            logits = self.forward(codes, return_loss = False)
+            logits = logits[:, -1]
+
+            if not can_eos:
+                logits[:, -1] = -torch.finfo(logits.dtype).max
+
+            filtered_logits = filter_logits_fn(logits, **filter_kwargs)
+            probs = F.softmax(filtered_logits / temperature, dim = -1)
+
+            sample = torch.multinomial(probs, 1)
+            codes, _ = pack([codes, sample], 'b *')
+
+        if return_codes:
+            codes = codes[:, 1:] # remove sos
+            codes = rearrange(codes, 'b (n q) -> b n q', q = self.num_quantizers)
+            return codes
+
+        return self.autoencoder.decode_from_codes_to_faces(codes)
 
     def forward(
         self,
-        codes,
+        codes = None,
         return_loss = True
     ):
-        codes = rearrange(codes, 'b ... -> b (...)')
+        if codes.ndim > 2:
+            codes = rearrange(codes, 'b ... -> b (...)')
 
         batch, seq_len, device = *codes.shape, codes.device
-        assert divisible_by(seq_len, self.num_quantizers)
+
+        assert seq_len <= self.max_seq_len
 
         if return_loss:
             codes, labels = codes[:, :-1], codes
 
         codes = self.token_embed(codes)
 
-        # auto append sos token
-
-        sos = repeat(self.sos_token, 'd -> b d', b = batch)
-        codes, _ = pack([sos, codes], 'b * d')
-
         # codebook embed + absolute positions
 
-        seq_arange = torch.arange(seq_len, device = device)
+        seq_arange = torch.arange(codes.shape[-2], device = device)
 
         codes = codes + self.abs_pos_emb(seq_arange)
 
         # embedding for quantizer level
 
-        level_embed = repeat(self.quantize_level_embed, 'n d -> (r n) d', r = seq_len // self.num_quantizers)
-        codes = codes + level_embed
+        level_embed = repeat(self.quantize_level_embed, 'n d -> (r n) d', r = ceil(seq_len / self.num_quantizers))
+        codes = codes + level_embed[:codes.shape[1]]
+
+        # auto append sos token
+
+        sos = repeat(self.sos_token, 'd -> b d', b = batch)
+        codes, _ = pack([sos, codes], 'b * d')
 
         # attention
 
@@ -511,12 +569,6 @@ def forward(
 
         logits = self.to_logits(attended)
 
-        if self.num_quantizers > 1:
-            eos_mask = ((torch.arange(seq_len, device = device) - 1)  % self.num_quantizers == 0)
-            eos_mask = rearrange(eos_mask, 'n -> 1 n 1')
-            eos_mask = F.pad(eos_mask, (logits.shape[-1] - 1, 0), value = False)
-            logits = logits.masked_fill(eos_mask, -torch.finfo(logits.dtype).max)
-
         if not return_loss:
             return logits
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b737e252..dc303c06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
   name = 'meshgpt-pytorch',
   packages = find_packages(exclude=[]),
-  version = '0.0.4',
+  version = '0.0.5',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'MeshGPT Pytorch',
   author = 'Phil Wang',