diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/base.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/base.py
index c4c2debca..4c8c97728 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/base.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/base.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def compress(self, model_state: Dict[str, Tensor], **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Tensor
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def decompress(
-        self, path_to_model_or_tensors: str, device: str = "cpu"
+        self, path_to_model_or_tensors: str, device: str = "cpu", **kwargs
     ) -> Generator[Tuple[str, Tensor], None, None]:
         """
         Reads a compressed state dict located at path_to_model_or_tensors
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/marlin_24.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/marlin_24.py
index 1c172e96b..1abf0a754 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/marlin_24.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/marlin_24.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def validate_sparsity_structure(name: str, weight: Tensor) -> bool:
     def compress(
         self,
         model_state: Dict[str, Tensor],
-        model_quant_args: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
+        names_to_scheme: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
         **kwargs,
     ) -> Dict[str, Tensor]:
         """
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ def compress(
         with the Marlin24 kernel
 
         :param model_state: state dict of uncompressed model
-        :param model_quant_args: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
+        :param names_to_scheme: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
            quantize function to calculate bit depth
         :return: compressed state dict
         """
-        self.validate_quant_compatability(model_quant_args)
+        self.validate_quant_compatability(names_to_scheme)
 
         compressed_dict = {}
         weight_suffix = ".weight"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def compress(
                     value = value.to(torch.float16)
 
                     # quantize weight, keeping it as a float16 for now
-                    quant_args = model_quant_args[prefix]
+                    quant_args = names_to_scheme[prefix]
                     value = quantize(
                         x=value, scale=scale, zero_point=zp, args=quant_args
                     )
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/model_compressor.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/model_compressor.py
index e57dbff6d..ac176291c 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/model_compressor.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/model_compressor.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def compress(
         quantized_modules_to_args = map_modules_to_quant_args(model)
         if self.quantization_compressor is not None:
             compressed_state_dict = self.quantization_compressor.compress(
-                state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+                state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
             )
 
         if self.sparsity_compressor is not None:
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ def decompress(self, model_path: str, model: Module):
             setattr(model, SPARSITY_CONFIG_NAME, self.sparsity_compressor.config)
 
         if self.quantization_compressor is not None:
-            apply_quantization_config(model, self.quantization_config)
+            names_to_scheme = apply_quantization_config(model, self.quantization_config)
             load_pretrained_quantization(model, model_path)
-            dense_gen = self.quantization_compressor.decompress(model_path)
+            dense_gen = self.quantization_compressor.decompress(
+                model_path, names_to_scheme=names_to_scheme
+            )
             self._replace_weights(dense_gen, model)
 
             def update_status(module):
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/naive_quantized.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/naive_quantized.py
index e3a9a42fd..f54d78c49 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/naive_quantized.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/naive_quantized.py
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ class QuantizationCompressor(Compressor):
     def compress(
         self,
         model_state: Dict[str, Tensor],
-        model_quant_args: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
+        names_to_scheme: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
         **kwargs,
     ) -> Dict[str, Tensor]:
         """
         Compresses a dense state dict
 
         :param model_state: state dict of uncompressed model
-        :param model_quant_args: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
+        :param names_to_scheme: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
         quantize function to calculate bit depth
         :return: compressed state dict
         """
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def compress(
                 zp = model_state.get(merge_names(prefix, "weight_zero_point"), None)
                 if scale is not None and zp is not None:
                     # weight is quantized, compress it
-                    quant_args = model_quant_args[prefix]
+                    quant_args = names_to_scheme[prefix]
                     if can_quantize(value, quant_args):
                         # only quantize if not already quantized
                         value = quantize(
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/pack_quantized.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/pack_quantized.py
index 74b78132d..b8585fd54 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/pack_quantized.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/pack_quantized.py
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
-__all__ = ["PackedQuantizationCompressor", "pack_4bit_ints", "unpack_4bit_ints"]
+__all__ = [
+    "PackedQuantizationCompressor",
+    "pack_4bit_ints",
+    "pack_8bit_ints",
+    "unpack_4bit_ints",
+    "unpack_8bit_ints",
+]
 
 _LOGGER: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -50,14 +56,14 @@ class PackedQuantizationCompressor(Compressor):
     def compress(
         self,
         model_state: Dict[str, Tensor],
-        model_quant_args: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
+        names_to_scheme: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
         **kwargs,
     ) -> Dict[str, Tensor]:
         """
         Compresses a dense state dict
 
         :param model_state: state dict of uncompressed model
-        :param model_quant_args: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
+        :param names_to_scheme: quantization args for each quantized weight, needed for
         quantize function to calculate bit depth
         :return: compressed state dict
         """
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ def compress(
                 shape = torch.tensor(value.shape)
                 if scale is not None and zp is not None:
                     # weight is quantized, compress it
-                    quant_args = model_quant_args[prefix]
+                    quant_args = names_to_scheme[prefix]
                     if can_quantize(value, quant_args):
                         # convert weight to an int if not already compressed
                         value = quantize(
@@ -85,7 +91,11 @@ def compress(
                             args=quant_args,
                             dtype=torch.int8,
                         )
-                    value = pack_4bit_ints(value.cpu())
+
+                    if quant_args.num_bits == 8:
+                        value = pack_8bit_ints(value.cpu())
+                    else:
+                        value = pack_4bit_ints(value.cpu())
                     compressed_dict[merge_names(prefix, "weight_shape")] = shape
                     compressed_dict[merge_names(prefix, "weight_packed")] = value
                     continue
@@ -101,7 +111,10 @@ def compress(
         return compressed_dict
 
     def decompress(
-        self, path_to_model_or_tensors: str, device: str = "cpu"
+        self,
+        path_to_model_or_tensors: str,
+        names_to_scheme: Dict[str, QuantizationArgs],
+        device: str = "cpu",
     ) -> Generator[Tuple[str, Tensor], None, None]:
         """
         Reads a compressed state dict located at path_to_model_or_tensors
@@ -119,6 +132,7 @@ def decompress(
         for weight_name in weight_mappings.keys():
             weight_data = {}
             for param_name, safe_path in weight_mappings[weight_name].items():
+                weight_data["num_bits"] = names_to_scheme.get(weight_name).num_bits
                 full_name = merge_names(weight_name, param_name)
                 with safe_open(safe_path, framework="pt", device=device) as f:
                     weight_data[param_name] = f.get_tensor(full_name)
@@ -127,8 +141,12 @@ def decompress(
                 zero_point = weight_data.get("weight_zero_point", None)
                 scale = weight_data["weight_scale"]
                 weight = weight_data["weight_packed"]
+                num_bits = weight_data["num_bits"]
                 original_shape = torch.Size(weight_data["weight_shape"])
-                unpacked = unpack_4bit_ints(weight, original_shape)
+                if num_bits == 4:
+                    unpacked = unpack_4bit_ints(weight, original_shape)
+                else:
+                    unpacked = unpack_8bit_ints(weight, original_shape)
                 decompressed = dequantize(
                     x_q=unpacked,
                     scale=scale,
@@ -137,6 +155,19 @@ def decompress(
                 yield merge_names(weight_name, "weight"), decompressed
 
 
+def pack_8bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """
+    Packs a tensor of int8 into int32s with padding
+
+    :param value: tensor to pack
+    :returns: packed int32 tensor
+    """
+    # need to convert to unsigned 8bit to use numpy's pack/unpack
+    value_uint = (value - 128).to(torch.uint8)
+    bits = np.unpackbits(value_uint, axis=-1, bitorder="little")
+    return _pack_bits(bits_to_pack=bits)
+
+
 def pack_4bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     """
     Packs a tensor of int4 weights stored in int8 into int32s with padding
@@ -152,22 +183,31 @@ def pack_4bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     bits = np.unpackbits(temp.numpy(), axis=-1, bitorder="little")
     ranges = np.array([range(x, x + 4) for x in range(0, bits.shape[1], 8)]).flatten()
     only_4_bits = bits[:, ranges]  # top 4 bits are 0 because we're really uint4
+    return _pack_bits(bits_to_pack=only_4_bits)
 
-    # pad each row to fill a full 32bit int
-    pack_depth = 32
-    padding = (
-        math.ceil(only_4_bits.shape[1] / pack_depth) * pack_depth - only_4_bits.shape[1]
-    )
-    padded_bits = np.pad(
-        only_4_bits, pad_width=[(0, 0), (0, padding)], constant_values=0
-    )
 
-    # after packbits each uint8 is two packed uint4s
-    # then we keep the bit pattern the same but convert to int32
-    compressed = np.packbits(padded_bits, axis=-1, bitorder="little")
-    compressed = np.ascontiguousarray(compressed).view(np.int32)
+def unpack_8bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor, shape: torch.Size) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """
+    Unpacks a tensor packed int8 weights in int32
 
-    return torch.from_numpy(compressed)
+    :param value: tensor to upack
+    :param shape: shape to unpack into, used to remove padding
+    :returns: unpacked int8 tensor
+    """
+    if value.dtype is not torch.int32:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expected {torch.int32} but got {value.dtype}, Aborting unpack."
+        )
+
+    # unpack bits and undo padding to nearest int32 bits
+    individual_depth = 8
+    as_uint8 = value.numpy().view(np.uint8)
+    bits = np.unpackbits(as_uint8, axis=-1, bitorder="little")
+    original_row_size = int(shape[1] * individual_depth)
+    bits = bits[:, :original_row_size]
+    bits = np.packbits(bits, axis=-1, bitorder="little")
+    final = (bits - 128).astype(np.int8)
+    return torch.from_numpy(final)
 
 
 def unpack_4bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor, shape: torch.Size) -> torch.Tensor:
@@ -206,3 +246,27 @@ def unpack_4bit_ints(value: torch.Tensor, shape: torch.Size) -> torch.Tensor:
     final = repacked.astype(np.int8) - 8
 
     return torch.from_numpy(final)
+
+
+def _pack_bits(bits_to_pack: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """
+    Pack a tensor of bits to int32.
+
+    :param bits_to_pack: tensor of bits to pack
+    """
+    # pad each row to fill a full 32bit int
+    pack_depth = 32
+    padding = (
+        math.ceil(bits_to_pack.shape[1] / pack_depth) * pack_depth
+        - bits_to_pack.shape[1]
+    )
+    padded_bits = np.pad(
+        bits_to_pack, pad_width=[(0, 0), (0, padding)], constant_values=0
+    )
+
+    # after packbits each uint8 is two packed uint4s
+    # then we keep the bit pattern the same but convert to int32
+    compressed = np.packbits(padded_bits, axis=-1, bitorder="little")
+    compressed = np.ascontiguousarray(compressed).view(np.int32)
+
+    return torch.from_numpy(compressed)
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/quantization/lifecycle/apply.py b/src/compressed_tensors/quantization/lifecycle/apply.py
index f31bdc78b..fe9fc8d43 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/quantization/lifecycle/apply.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/quantization/lifecycle/apply.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def load_pretrained_quantization(model: Module, model_name_or_path: str):
             )
 
 
-def apply_quantization_config(model: Module, config: QuantizationConfig):
+def apply_quantization_config(model: Module, config: QuantizationConfig) -> Dict:
     """
     Initializes the model for quantization in-place based on the given config
 
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def apply_quantization_config(model: Module, config: QuantizationConfig):
     # build mapping of targets to schemes for easier matching
     # use ordered dict to preserve target ordering in config
     target_to_scheme = OrderedDict()
+    names_to_scheme = OrderedDict()
     for scheme in config.config_groups.values():
         for target in scheme.targets:
             target_to_scheme[target] = scheme
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ def apply_quantization_config(model: Module, config: QuantizationConfig):
         if target is not None:
             # target matched - add layer and scheme to target list
             submodule.quantization_scheme = target_to_scheme[target]
+            names_to_scheme[name] = submodule.quantization_scheme.weights
 
     if config.ignore is not None and ignored_submodules is not None:
         if set(config.ignore) - set(ignored_submodules):
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ def apply_quantization_config(model: Module, config: QuantizationConfig):
                 f"{set(config.ignore) - set(ignored_submodules)}"
             )
     # apply current quantization status across all targeted layers
+
     apply_quantization_status(model, config.quantization_status)
+    return names_to_scheme
 
 
 def apply_quantization_status(model: Module, status: QuantizationStatus):
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/helpers.py b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/helpers.py
index 3e86a9fc3..077cac256 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/helpers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
 from typing import Optional
 
 from transformers import AutoConfig
diff --git a/tests/test_compressors/test_fp8_quant.py b/tests/test_compressors/test_fp8_quant.py
index eb21b575c..62769507c 100644
--- a/tests/test_compressors/test_fp8_quant.py
+++ b/tests/test_compressors/test_fp8_quant.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_quant_format(strategy, group_size, sc, zp):
     compressor = FloatQuantizationCompressor(config=quant_config)
     quantized_modules_to_args = {"dummy": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights}
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        dense_state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        dense_state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
 
     # state_dict params should be the same, minus the zero_point if symmetric
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_reload_match(strategy, group_size, tmp_path):
         "dummy": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights,
     }
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        model.state_dict(), model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        model.state_dict(), names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
     save_file(compressed_state_dict, tmp_path / "model.safetensors")
     reconstructed_dense_gen = compressor.decompress(tmp_path)
diff --git a/tests/test_compressors/test_int_quant.py b/tests/test_compressors/test_int_quant.py
index 4adce2a79..f7a2a33cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_compressors/test_int_quant.py
+++ b/tests/test_compressors/test_int_quant.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_quant_format(strategy, symmetric, group_size, sc, zp):
     compressor = IntQuantizationCompressor(config=quant_config)
     quantized_modules_to_args = {"dummy": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights}
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        dense_state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        dense_state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
 
     # state_dict params should be the same, minus the zero_point if symmetric
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_reload_match(strategy, group_size, sc, zp, tmp_path):
         "dummy2": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights,
     }
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        dense_state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        dense_state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
     save_file(compressed_state_dict, tmp_path / "model.safetensors")
     reconstructed_dense_gen = compressor.decompress(tmp_path)
diff --git a/tests/test_compressors/test_pack_quant.py b/tests/test_compressors/test_pack_quant.py
index 46bf091e5..e5bf82194 100644
--- a/tests/test_compressors/test_pack_quant.py
+++ b/tests/test_compressors/test_pack_quant.py
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 from safetensors.torch import save_file
 
 
-def get_dummy_quant_config():
+def get_dummy_quant_config(num_bits=4):
     config_groups = {
         "group_1": QuantizationScheme(
-            targets=["Linear"], weights=QuantizationArgs(num_bits=4)
+            targets=["Linear"], weights=QuantizationArgs(num_bits=num_bits)
         ),
     }
     ignore = ["lm_head"]
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_quant_format(shape):
     compressor = PackedQuantizationCompressor(config=quant_config)
     quantized_modules_to_args = {"dummy": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights}
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        dense_state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        dense_state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
 
     # compressed state_dict adds one entry for shape
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ def test_repack(value):
     assert torch.equal(value, unpacked)
 
 
-def test_reload_match(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("num_bits", [4, 8])
+def test_reload_match(tmp_path, num_bits):
     dense_state_dict = {
         "dummy.weight": torch.rand((511, 350)),
         "dummy.weight_scale": torch.tensor(0.01, dtype=torch.float32),
@@ -115,7 +116,12 @@ def test_reload_match(tmp_path):
         "dummy2.weight_scale": torch.tensor(0.02, dtype=torch.float32),
         "dummy2.weight_zero_point": torch.tensor(15, dtype=torch.int8),
     }
-    quant_config = get_dummy_quant_config()
+
+    names_to_scheme = {
+        "dummy": QuantizationArgs(num_bits=num_bits),
+        "dummy2": QuantizationArgs(num_bits=num_bits),
+    }
+    quant_config = get_dummy_quant_config(num_bits)
 
     compressor = PackedQuantizationCompressor(config=quant_config)
     quantized_modules_to_args = {
@@ -123,10 +129,12 @@ def test_reload_match(tmp_path):
         "dummy2": quant_config.config_groups["group_1"].weights,
     }
     compressed_state_dict = compressor.compress(
-        dense_state_dict, model_quant_args=quantized_modules_to_args
+        dense_state_dict, names_to_scheme=quantized_modules_to_args
     )
     save_file(compressed_state_dict, tmp_path / "model.safetensors")
-    reconstructed_dense_gen = compressor.decompress(tmp_path)
+    reconstructed_dense_gen = compressor.decompress(
+        tmp_path, names_to_scheme=names_to_scheme
+    )
     reconstructed_dense = {}
     for name, value in reconstructed_dense_gen:
         reconstructed_dense[name] = value