diff --git a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
index ecf09e8..2cad888 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
-#include "tts.h"
-#include "args.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <thread>
-#include "ggml.h"
+#include <map>
 #include <vector>
 
-std::vector<ggml_type> valid_quantization_types = {
-    GGML_TYPE_F16,
-    GGML_TYPE_Q4_0,
-    GGML_TYPE_Q5_0,
-    GGML_TYPE_Q8_0,
+#include "args.h"
+#include "ggml.h"
+#include "tts.h"
+
+const std::map<std::string, ggml_type> valid_quantization_types = {
+    {"FP16", GGML_TYPE_F16},
+    {"F16", GGML_TYPE_F16},
+    {"Q4_0", GGML_TYPE_Q4_0},
+    {"Q4", GGML_TYPE_Q4_0},
+    {"Q5_0", GGML_TYPE_Q5_0},
+    {"Q5", GGML_TYPE_Q5_0},
+    {"Q8_0", GGML_TYPE_Q8_0},
+    {"Q8", GGML_TYPE_Q8_0},
 };
 
 int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
-	int default_quantization = (int) GGML_TYPE_Q4_0;
     int default_n_threads = std::max((int)std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 1);
     arg_list args;
     args.add_argument(string_arg("--model-path", "(REQUIRED) The local path of the gguf model file for Parler TTS mini v1 to quantize.", "-mp", true));
     args.add_argument(string_arg("--quantized-model-path", "(REQUIRED) The path to save the model in a quantized format.", "-qp", true));
-    args.add_argument(int_arg("--quantized-type", "(OPTIONAL) The ggml enum of the quantized type to convert compatible model tensors to. For more information see readme. Defaults to Q4_0 quantization (2).", "-qt", false, &default_quantization));
+    args.add_argument(string_arg("--quantized-type", "(OPTIONAL) The ggml enum of the quantized type to convert compatible model tensors to. For more information see readme. Defaults to Q4_0 quantization (2).", "-qt", false, "Q4_0"));
     args.add_argument(int_arg("--n-threads", "(OPTIONAL) The number of cpu threads to run the quantization process with. Defaults to known hardware concurrency.", "-nt", false, &default_n_threads));
     args.add_argument(bool_arg("--convert-dac-to-f16", "(OPTIONAL) Whether to convert the DAC audio decoder model to a 16 bit float.", "-df"));
     args.add_argument(bool_arg("--quantize-output-heads", "(OPTIONAL) Whether to quantize the output heads. Defaults to false and is true when passed (does not accept a parameter).", "-qh"));
@@ -31,12 +36,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
         return 0;
     }
     args.validate();
-    enum ggml_type qtype = static_cast<ggml_type>(*args.get_int_param("--quantized-type"));
-    if (std::find(valid_quantization_types.begin(), valid_quantization_types.end(), qtype) == valid_quantization_types.end()) {
-    	fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %d is not a valid quantization type.\n", qtype);
+    std::string qtype = args.get_string_param("--quantized-type");
+    if (!valid_quantization_types.contains(qtype)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s is not a valid quantization type.\n",
+                qtype.c_str());
         exit(1);
     }
-    struct quantization_params * qp = new quantization_params((uint32_t) *args.get_int_param("--n-threads"), qtype);
+    struct quantization_params * qp = new quantization_params((uint32_t) *args.get_int_param("--n-threads"), valid_quantization_types.at(qtype));
     qp->quantize_output_heads = args.get_bool_param("--quantize-output-heads");
     qp->quantize_text_embeddings = args.get_bool_param("--quantize-text-embedding");
     qp->quantize_cross_attn_kv = args.get_bool_param("--quantize-cross-attn-kv");