diff --git a/src/open_clip/coca_model.py b/src/open_clip/coca_model.py
index dda3faba5..539616332 100644
--- a/src/open_clip/coca_model.py
+++ b/src/open_clip/coca_model.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def __init__(
             quick_gelu: bool = False,
             init_logit_scale: float = np.log(1 / 0.07),
             init_logit_bias: Optional[float] = None,
+            nonscalar_logit_scale: bool = False,
             cast_dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
             pad_id: int = 0,
     ):
@@ -131,9 +132,10 @@ def __init__(
             cast_dtype=cast_dtype,
         )
 
-        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_scale)
+        lshape = [1] if nonscalar_logit_scale else []
+        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_scale)
         if init_logit_bias is not None:
-            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_bias)
+            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_bias)
         else:
             self.logit_bias = None
         self.pad_id = pad_id
diff --git a/src/open_clip/factory.py b/src/open_clip/factory.py
index 358b51fb0..03ccc4f06 100644
--- a/src/open_clip/factory.py
+++ b/src/open_clip/factory.py
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ def load_checkpoint(
     if 'positional_embedding' in state_dict and not hasattr(model, 'positional_embedding'):
         state_dict = convert_to_custom_text_state_dict(state_dict)
 
+    # correct if logit_scale differs in being scaler vs 1d param
+    if 'logit_scale' in state_dict and model.logit_scale.ndim != state_dict['logit_scale'].ndim:
+        state_dict['logit_scale'] = state_dict['logit_scale'].reshape(model.logit_scale.shape)
+
+    # correct if logit_bias differs in being scaler vs 1d param
+    if 'logit_bias' in state_dict and model.logit_bias.ndim != state_dict['logit_bias'].ndim:
+        state_dict['logit_bias'] = state_dict['logit_bias'].reshape(model.logit_bias.shape)
+
     # If loading a non-SigLIP model for SigLIP training. See https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip/issues/712
     if 'logit_bias' not in state_dict and model.logit_bias is not None:
         state_dict["logit_bias"] = torch.zeros_like(state_dict["logit_scale"])
diff --git a/src/open_clip/model.py b/src/open_clip/model.py
index 989662ebb..9a9443603 100644
--- a/src/open_clip/model.py
+++ b/src/open_clip/model.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ def __init__(
             quick_gelu: bool = False,
             init_logit_scale: float = np.log(1 / 0.07),
             init_logit_bias: Optional[float] = None,
+            nonscalar_logit_scale: bool = False,
             cast_dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
             output_dict: bool = False,
     ):
@@ -249,9 +250,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.text_pool_type = text.pool_type
         self.register_buffer('attn_mask', text.attn_mask, persistent=False)
 
-        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_scale)
+        lshape = [1] if nonscalar_logit_scale else []
+        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_scale)
         if init_logit_bias is not None:
-            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_bias)
+            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_bias)
         else:
             self.logit_bias = None
 
@@ -264,6 +266,15 @@ def set_grad_checkpointing(self, enable=True):
         self.visual.set_grad_checkpointing(enable)
         self.transformer.grad_checkpointing = enable
 
+    @torch.jit.ignore
+    def no_weight_decay(self):
+        # for timm optimizers, 1d params like logit_scale, logit_bias, ln/bn scale, biases are excluded by default
+        no_wd = {'positional_embedding'}
+        if hasattr(self.visual, 'no_weight_decay'):
+            for n in self.visual.no_weight_decay():
+                no_wd.add('visual.' + n)
+        return no_wd
+
     def encode_image(self, image, normalize: bool = False):
         features = self.visual(image)
         return F.normalize(features, dim=-1) if normalize else features
@@ -328,6 +339,7 @@ def __init__(
             quick_gelu: bool = False,
             init_logit_scale: float = np.log(1 / 0.07),
             init_logit_bias: Optional[float] = None,
+            nonscalar_logit_scale: bool = False,
             cast_dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
             output_dict: bool = False,
     ):
@@ -337,9 +349,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.text = _build_text_tower(embed_dim, text_cfg, quick_gelu, cast_dtype)
         self.context_length = self.text.context_length
         self.vocab_size = self.text.vocab_size
-        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_scale)
+
+        lshape = [1] if nonscalar_logit_scale else []
+        self.logit_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_scale)
         if init_logit_bias is not None:
-            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones([]) * init_logit_bias)
+            self.logit_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(lshape) * init_logit_bias)
         else:
             self.logit_bias = None
 
@@ -355,6 +369,18 @@ def set_grad_checkpointing(self, enable=True):
         self.visual.set_grad_checkpointing(enable)
         self.text.set_grad_checkpointing(enable)
 
+    @torch.jit.ignore
+    def no_weight_decay(self):
+        # for timm optimizers, 1d params like logit_scale, logit_bias, ln/bn scale, biases are excluded by default
+        no_wd = set()
+        if hasattr(self.visual, 'no_weight_decay'):
+            for n in self.visual.no_weight_decay():
+                no_wd.add('visual.' + n)
+        if hasattr(self.text, 'no_weight_decay'):
+            for n in self.visual.no_weight_decay():
+                no_wd.add('text.' + n)
+        return no_wd
+
     def encode_image(self, image, normalize: bool = False):
         features = self.visual(image)
         return F.normalize(features, dim=-1) if normalize else features
diff --git a/src/open_clip/transformer.py b/src/open_clip/transformer.py
index bf85dc8e7..860d77503 100644
--- a/src/open_clip/transformer.py
+++ b/src/open_clip/transformer.py
@@ -595,6 +595,12 @@ def init_parameters(self):
     def set_grad_checkpointing(self, enable=True):
         self.transformer.grad_checkpointing = enable
 
+    @torch.jit.ignore
+    def no_weight_decay(self):
+        # for timm optimizers, 1d params like logit_scale, logit_bias, ln/bn scale, biases are excluded by default
+        no_wd = {'positional_embedding', 'class_embedding'}
+        return no_wd
+
     def _global_pool(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
         if self.pool_type == 'avg':
             pooled, tokens = x[:, 1:].mean(dim=1), x[:, 1:]
@@ -759,6 +765,14 @@ def init_parameters(self):
     def set_grad_checkpointing(self, enable=True):
         self.transformer.grad_checkpointing = enable
 
+    @torch.jit.ignore
+    def no_weight_decay(self):
+        # for timm optimizers, 1d params like logit_scale, logit_bias, ln/bn scale, biases are excluded by default
+        no_wd = {'positional_embedding'}
+        if self.cls_emb is not None:
+            no_wd.add('cls_emb')
+        return no_wd
+
     def build_causal_mask(self):
         # lazily create causal attention mask, with full attention between the tokens
         # pytorch uses additive attention mask; fill with -inf