diff --git a/khaosz/data/checkpoint.py b/khaosz/data/checkpoint.py
index d18ee2f..272aaf4 100644
--- a/khaosz/data/checkpoint.py
+++ b/khaosz/data/checkpoint.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-import torch
+import safetensors.torch as st
 import torch.distributed as dist
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ class Checkpoint:
             }
             with open(save_path / "meta.json", "w") as f:
                 json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
-
-            with open(save_path / f"state_dict.pt", "wb") as f:
-                torch.save(self.state_dict, f)
+            
+            st.save_file(self.state_dict, save_path / f"state_dict.safetensors")
 
     @classmethod
     def load(
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ class Checkpoint:
             dist.broadcast_object_list(meta_list, src=0)
             meta = meta_list[0]
 
-        with open(save_path / f"state_dict.pt", "rb") as f:
-            state_dict = torch.load(f)
+        state_dict = st.load_file(save_path / f"state_dict.safetensors")
 
         return cls(
             state_dict=state_dict,