diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 8e8ce23124..7d94f76c05 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
 llama_model_quantize_params llama_model_quantize_default_params() {
     llama_model_quantize_params result = {
         /*.nthread                     =*/ 0,
-        /*.ftype                       =*/ LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q5_1,
+        /*.ftype                       =*/ LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q8_0,
         /*.output_tensor_type          =*/ GGML_TYPE_COUNT,
         /*.token_embedding_type        =*/ GGML_TYPE_COUNT,
         /*.allow_requantize            =*/ false,