diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 71ff1fa72028..242b22b6c673 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
 
 ENV BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}
-ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="huggingface-embeddings:/build/extra/grpc/huggingface/run.sh,autogptq:/build/extra/grpc/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/extra/grpc/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/extra/grpc/diffusers/run.sh,exllama:/build/extra/grpc/exllama/exllama.py,vall-e-x:/build/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.py,vllm:/build/extra/grpc/vllm/run.sh"
+ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="huggingface-embeddings:/build/extra/grpc/huggingface/run.sh,autogptq:/build/extra/grpc/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/extra/grpc/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/extra/grpc/diffusers/run.sh,exllama:/build/extra/grpc/exllama/exllama.py,vall-e-x:/build/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/extra/grpc/vllm/run.sh"
 ENV GALLERIES='[{"name":"model-gallery", "url":"github:go-skynet/model-gallery/index.yaml"}, {"url": "github:go-skynet/model-gallery/huggingface.yaml","name":"huggingface"}]'
 ARG GO_TAGS="stablediffusion tts"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac3e8ba6ae3a..5a5a5fa541aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ prepare-extra-conda-environments:
 	$(MAKE) -C extra/grpc/diffusers
 	$(MAKE) -C extra/grpc/vllm
 	$(MAKE) -C extra/grpc/huggingface
+	$(MAKE) -C extra/grpc/vall-e-x
+
 
 backend-assets/grpc:
 	mkdir -p backend-assets/grpc
diff --git a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/Makefile b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7216967d5a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.PONY: ttsvalle
+ttsvalle:
+	@echo "Creating virtual environment..."
+	@conda env create --name ttsvalle --file ttsvalle.yml
+	@echo "Virtual environment created."
+
+.PONY: run
+run:
+	@echo "Running ttsvalle..."
+	bash run.sh
+	@echo "ttsvalle run."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/README.md b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3a93361bfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Creating a separate environment for the ttsvalle project
+
+```
+make ttsvalle
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/run.sh b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f42c79e60c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+##
+## A bash script wrapper that runs the ttsvalle server with conda
+
+# Activate conda environment
+source activate ttsvalle
+
+# get the directory where the bash script is located
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+python $DIR/ttvalle.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.py b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.py
index be7f3cab1033..d7c5d700fe1b 100644
--- a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.py
+++ b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import grpc
+
 from concurrent import futures
-import time
-import backend_pb2
-import backend_pb2_grpc
 import argparse
 import signal
 import sys
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
+import time
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+
+import grpc
 
 from utils.generation import SAMPLE_RATE, generate_audio, preload_models
 from scipy.io.wavfile import write as write_wav
@@ -21,9 +22,34 @@
 
 # Implement the BackendServicer class with the service methods
 class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
+    """
+    gRPC servicer for backend services.
+    """
     def Health(self, request, context):
+        """
+        Health check service.
+
+        Args:
+            request: A backend_pb2.HealthRequest instance.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext instance.
+
+        Returns:
+            A backend_pb2.Reply instance with message "OK".
+        """
         return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
+
     def LoadModel(self, request, context):
+        """
+        Load model service.
+
+        Args:
+            request: A backend_pb2.LoadModelRequest instance.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext instance.
+
+        Returns:
+            A backend_pb2.Result instance with message "Model loaded successfully" and success=True if successful.
+            A backend_pb2.Result instance with success=False and error message if unsuccessful.
+        """
         model_name = request.Model
         try:
             print("Preparing models, please wait", file=sys.stderr)
@@ -49,6 +75,17 @@ def LoadModel(self, request, context):
         return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model loaded successfully", success=True)
 
     def TTS(self, request, context):
+        """
+        Text-to-speech service.
+
+        Args:
+            request: A backend_pb2.TTSRequest instance.
+            context: A grpc.ServicerContext instance.
+
+        Returns:
+            A backend_pb2.Result instance with success=True if successful.
+            A backend_pb2.Result instance with success=False and error message if unsuccessful.
+        """
         model = request.model
         print(request, file=sys.stderr)
         try:
@@ -97,4 +134,4 @@ def signal_handler(sig, frame):
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    serve(args.addr)
\ No newline at end of file
+    serve(args.addr)
diff --git a/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.yml b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72f232b5feaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/grpc/vall-e-x/ttsvalle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: ttsvalle
+channels:
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
+  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
+  - bzip2=1.0.8=h7b6447c_0
+  - ca-certificates=2023.08.22=h06a4308_0
+  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.38=h1181459_1
+  - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_0
+  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
+  - libuuid=1.41.5=h5eee18b_0
+  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
+  - openssl=3.0.11=h7f8727e_2
+  - pip=23.2.1=py310h06a4308_0
+  - python=3.10.13=h955ad1f_0
+  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - setuptools=68.0.0=py310h06a4308_0
+  - sqlite=3.41.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - tk=8.6.12=h1ccaba5_0
+  - tzdata=2023c=h04d1e81_0
+  - wheel=0.41.2=py310h06a4308_0
+  - xz=5.4.2=h5eee18b_0
+  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_0
+  - pip:
+      - aiofiles==23.2.1
+      - altair==5.1.2
+      - annotated-types==0.6.0
+      - anyio==3.7.1
+      - click==8.1.7
+      - cn2an==0.5.22
+      - cython==3.0.3
+      - einops==0.7.0
+      - encodec==0.1.1
+      - eng-to-ipa==0.0.2
+      - fastapi==0.103.2
+      - ffmpeg-python==0.2.0
+      - ffmpy==0.3.1
+      - fsspec==2023.9.2
+      - future==0.18.3
+      - gradio==3.47.1
+      - gradio-client==0.6.0
+      - grpcio==1.59.0
+      - h11==0.14.0
+      - httpcore==0.18.0
+      - httpx==0.25.0
+      - huggingface-hub==0.17.3
+      - importlib-resources==6.1.0
+      - inflect==7.0.0
+      - jieba==0.42.1
+      - langid==1.1.6
+      - llvmlite==0.41.0
+      - more-itertools==10.1.0
+      - nltk==3.8.1
+      - numba==0.58.0
+      - numpy==1.25.2
+      - nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.1.3.1
+      - nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.1.105
+      - nvidia-cudnn-cu12==8.9.2.26
+      - nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.0.2.54
+      - nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.2.106
+      - nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.4.5.107
+      - nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.1.0.106
+      - nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.18.1
+      - nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.2.140
+      - nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.1.105
+      - openai-whisper==20230306
+      - orjson==3.9.7
+      - proces==0.1.7
+      - protobuf==4.24.4
+      - pydantic==2.4.2
+      - pydantic-core==2.10.1
+      - pydub==0.25.1
+      - pyopenjtalk-prebuilt==0.3.0
+      - pypinyin==0.49.0
+      - python-multipart==0.0.6
+      - regex==2023.10.3
+      - safetensors==0.4.0
+      - semantic-version==2.10.0
+      - soundfile==0.12.1
+      - starlette==0.27.0
+      - sudachidict-core==20230927
+      - sudachipy==0.6.7
+      - tokenizers==0.14.1
+      - toolz==0.12.0
+      - torch==2.1.0
+      - torchaudio==2.1.0
+      - torchvision==0.16.0
+      - tqdm==4.66.1
+      - transformers==4.34.0
+      - triton==2.1.0
+      - unidecode==1.3.7
+      - uvicorn==0.23.2
+      - vocos==0.0.3
+      - websockets==11.0.3
+      - wget==3.2
+prefix: /opt/conda/envs/ttsvalle