diff --git a/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py b/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
index 5787d293..26564980 100644
--- a/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
+++ b/gpt4all-bindings/python/gpt4all/gpt4all.py
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ class GPT4All():
                         messages: List[Dict], 
                         default_prompt_header: bool = True, 
                         default_prompt_footer: bool = True, 
-                        verbose: bool = True) -> str:
+                        verbose: bool = True,
+                        **generate_kwargs) -> str:
         """
         Format list of message dictionaries into a prompt and call model
         generate on prompt. Returns a response dictionary with metadata and
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ class GPT4All():
         if verbose:
             print(full_prompt)
 
-        response = self.model.generate(full_prompt)
+        response = self.model.generate(full_prompt, **generate_kwargs)
 
         if verbose:
             print(response)
@@ -293,7 +294,9 @@ class GPT4All():
         ]
 
         MPT_MODELS = [
-            "ggml-mpt-7b-base.bin"
+            "ggml-mpt-7b-base.bin",
+            "ggml-mpt-7b-chat.bin",
+            "ggml-mpt-7b-instruct.bin"
         ]
 
         if model_name in GPTJ_MODELS: