diff --git a/packages/components/src/api/image_generation/UploadModel.ts b/packages/components/src/api/image_generation/UploadModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..306079c784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/api/image_generation/UploadModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import MakeRequest from "../MakeRequest";
+
+export interface UploadModelRequest {
+  uuid_idempotency_token: String,
+  type_of_inference: String, // upload_lora / check_point / inference
+  maybe_upload_path?: String,
+  maybe_lora_upload_path?: String,
+  title: String,
+  visibility: String,
+  description: String
+}
+
+export interface UploadModelResponse {
+  success: boolean,
+  maybe_sd_model_token?: String,
+  maybe_lora_model_token?: String,
+}
+
+export const UploadModel = MakeRequest<string, UploadModelRequest, UploadModelResponse,{}>({
+    method: "POST", 
+    routingFunction: () => "/v1/image_gen/model/upload",
+});
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.scss b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6151470f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.fy-cover-img-input {
+  // background-color: red;
+  position: relative;
+  height: 0;
+  padding-bottom: 100%;
+
+  .fy-cover-control {
+    position: absolute;
+  }
+
+  .upload-control-btn {
+    background-color: rgba($secondary, 0.8);
+    backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+    border: none;
+    margin: auto auto 1rem auto;
+  }
+
+  .weight-initial-cover-img {
+    background-size: cover;
+    background-position: center;
+    border-radius: 0.5rem;
+    position: absolute;
+    // display: flex;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    // padding-bottom: 100%;
+
+    div {
+      // background-color: red;
+      display: flex;
+      height: 100%;
+      width: 100%;
+      position: absolute;
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.tsx
index 23d6bbfe62..b5125e6b6c 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/CoverImageInput/CoverImageInput.tsx
@@ -40,23 +40,25 @@ export default function CoverImageInput({ currentPath, onClick, status, ...rest
   const [editingImg, editingImgSet] = useState(0);
   const transitions = useTransition(editingImg, basicTransition({}));
 
-  return transitions((style, i) => !currentPath || i ? <a.div {...{ style }}>
-    <ImageInput {...{ ...rest, disabled: status > 1, placeholderIcon: faImage }} >
-      <div {...{ className: "fy-cover-control" }}>
-        <UploadControl {...{ onClick, status }} />
+  return <div {...{ className: "fy-cover-img-input" }}>
+    { transitions((style, i) => !currentPath || i ? <a.div {...{ style }}>
+      <ImageInput {...{ ...rest, disabled: status > 1, placeholderIcon: faImage }} >
+        <div {...{ className: "fy-cover-control" }}>
+          <UploadControl {...{ onClick, status }} />
+        </div>
+      </ImageInput>
+    </a.div> : <a.div {...{
+      className: "weight-initial-cover-img",
+      style: { ...style, backgroundImage: `url(${ currentPath })` } 
+    }}>
+      <div>
+        <Button {...{
+          className: "upload-control-btn",
+          label: "Change cover image",
+          onClick: () => editingImgSet(1),
+          variant: "secondary"
+        }} />
       </div>
-    </ImageInput>
-  </a.div> : <a.div {...{
-    className: "weight-initial-cover-img",
-    style: { ...style, backgroundImage: `url(${ currentPath })` } 
-  }}>
-    <div>
-      <Button {...{
-        className: "upload-control-btn",
-        label: "Change cover image",
-        onClick: () => editingImgSet(1),
-        variant: "secondary"
-      }} />
-    </div>
-  </a.div>);
+    </a.div> )}
+  </div>;
 };
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/index.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/index.tsx
index 3191fdaf3c..eaec31ad30 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import useBookmarks from './useBookmarks';
+import useCoverImgUpload from './useCoverImgUpload';
 import useFile from './useFile';
 import useHover from './useHover';
 import useId from './useId';
@@ -10,12 +11,14 @@ import useListContent from './useListContent';
 import useLocalize from './useLocalize';
 import useMedia from './useMedia';
 import useRatings from './useRatings';
+import useSdUpload from './useSdUpload';
 import useSession from './useSession';
 import useVideo from './useVideo';
 import useWeightFetch from './useWeightFetch';
 
 export {
   useBookmarks,
+  useCoverImgUpload,
   useFile,
   useHover,
   useId,
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ export {
   useLocalize,
   useMedia,
   useRatings,
+  useSdUpload,
   useSession,
   useVideo,
   useWeightFetch
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/index.ts b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73c3606f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from "./useCoverImgUpload";
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/useCoverImgUpload.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/useCoverImgUpload.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e7106349b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useCoverImgUpload/useCoverImgUpload.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { UploadMedia, UploadMediaResponse } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/media_files/UploadMedia";
+import { FetchStatus } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/_common/SharedFetchTypes";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import { useFile } from "hooks";
+
+
+export default function useCoverImgUpload() {
+  const fileProps = useFile({});
+  const [token, tokenSet] = useState("");
+  const [status, statusSet] = useState(FetchStatus.ready);
+
+  const upload = (e: any) => {
+    if (fileProps.file && status < 2) {
+      statusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
+      UploadMedia({
+        uuid_idempotency_token: uuidv4(),
+        file: fileProps.file,
+        source: "file",
+      }) // if there an audio file it uploads here
+      .then((res: UploadMediaResponse) => {
+        if ("media_file_token" in res) {
+          statusSet(FetchStatus.success);
+          tokenSet(res.media_file_token);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return { fileProps, status, token, upload };
+};
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/index.ts b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8918919942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from "./useSdUpload";
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/useSdUpload.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/useSdUpload.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..700e7178e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useSdUpload/useSdUpload.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { UploadModel } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/image_generation/UploadModel";
+import { FetchStatus } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/_common/SharedFetchTypes";
+import { useCoverImgUpload } from "hooks";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+
+// interface Props {
+//   value?: any;
+// }
+
+// this hook is mostly for organizational purposes while I work -V
+
+export default function useSdUpload() {
+	const [title, titleSet] = useState("");
+  const [uploadPath,uploadPathSet] = useState("");
+  const [visibility, visibilitySet] = useState("public");
+  const [descriptionMD, descriptionMDSet] = useState("");
+  const [writeStatus, writeStatusSet] = useState(FetchStatus.paused);
+  const coverImg = useCoverImgUpload();
+
+  const onChange = ({ target }: { target: { name: string; value: any } }) => {
+    const todo: { [key: string]: (x: any) => void } = {
+      descriptionMDSet,
+      uploadPathSet,
+      titleSet,
+      visibilitySet
+    };
+    todo[target.name + "Set"](target.value);
+  };
+
+  const upload = () => {
+    writeStatusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
+  	UploadModel("",{
+      ...coverImg.token ? { cover_image_media_file_token: coverImg.token } : {},
+      description: descriptionMD,
+      uuid_idempotency_token: uuidv4(),
+      type_of_inference: "inference",
+      maybe_upload_path: uploadPath,
+      title,
+      visibility
+    })
+    .then((res: any) => {
+      writeStatusSet(FetchStatus.success);
+      console.log("🌠",res);
+      // history.replace(`/weight/${token}`);
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      writeStatusSet(FetchStatus.error);
+    });
+  }
+  return { coverImg, descriptionMD, onChange, title, upload, uploadPath, visibility, writeStatus };
+};
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useWeightFetch/useWeightFetch.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useWeightFetch/useWeightFetch.tsx
index f8e284a0b5..246b751654 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useWeightFetch/useWeightFetch.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/hooks/useWeightFetch/useWeightFetch.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom";
 import { FetchStatus } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/_common/SharedFetchTypes";
-import {
-  GetWeight,
-  Weight,
-} from "@storyteller/components/src/api/weights/GetWeight";
+import { GetWeight, Weight } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/weights/GetWeight";
 import { UpdateWeight } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/weights/UpdateWeight";
 import { DeleteWeight } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/weights/DeleteWeight";
-import { UploadMedia, UploadMediaResponse } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/media_files/UploadMedia";
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
-import { useFile } from "hooks";
+import { useCoverImgUpload } from "hooks";
 
 interface Props {
   onRemove?: (x: any) => void;
@@ -23,12 +18,10 @@ export default function useWeightFetch({ onRemove = () => {}, token }: Props) {
   const [title, titleSet] = useState("");
   const [visibility, visibilitySet] = useState("public");
   const [descriptionMD, descriptionMDSet] = useState("");
-  const [imgMediaFile, imgMediaFileSet] = useState("");
-  const [imgUploadStatus, imgUploadStatusSet] = useState(FetchStatus.ready);
-  const imageProps = useFile({});
   const isLoading = status === FetchStatus.ready || status === FetchStatus.in_progress;
   const fetchError = status === FetchStatus.error;
   const history = useHistory();
+  const coverImg = useCoverImgUpload();
 
   const onChange = ({ target }: { target: { name: string; value: any } }) => {
     const todo: { [key: string]: (x: any) => void } = {
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ export default function useWeightFetch({ onRemove = () => {}, token }: Props) {
   const update = () => {
     writeStatusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
     UpdateWeight(token,{
-      ...imgMediaFile ? { cover_image_media_file_token: imgMediaFile } : {},
+      ...coverImg.token ? { cover_image_media_file_token: coverImg.token } : {},
       description_markdown: descriptionMD,
       description_rendered_html: data?.description_rendered_html || "",
       title,
@@ -69,23 +62,6 @@ export default function useWeightFetch({ onRemove = () => {}, token }: Props) {
       onRemove(res);
     });
   };
-
-  const uploadCoverImg = (e: any) => {
-    if (imageProps.file && imgUploadStatus < 2) {
-      imgUploadStatusSet(FetchStatus.in_progress);
-      UploadMedia({
-        uuid_idempotency_token: uuidv4(),
-        file: imageProps.file,
-        source: "file",
-      }) // if there an audio file it uploads here
-      .then((res: UploadMediaResponse) => {
-        if ("media_file_token" in res) {
-          imgUploadStatusSet(FetchStatus.success);
-          imgMediaFileSet(res.media_file_token);
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  };
   
   useEffect(() => {
     if (token && !data && status === FetchStatus.ready) {
@@ -109,5 +85,5 @@ export default function useWeightFetch({ onRemove = () => {}, token }: Props) {
     }
   }, [status, token, data]);
 
-  return { data, fetchError, imgMediaFile, imgMediaFileSet, imageProps, imgUploadStatus, isLoading, descriptionMD, onChange, remove, status, title, update, uploadCoverImg, visibility, writeStatus };
+  return { coverImg, data, fetchError, isLoading, descriptionMD, onChange, remove, status, title, update, visibility, writeStatus };
 };
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/upload/UploadSdWeightPage.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/upload/UploadSdWeightPage.tsx
index 11659f426a..b39b01aa3b 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/upload/UploadSdWeightPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/upload/UploadSdWeightPage.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import PageHeader from "components/layout/PageHeader";
 import {
   Button,
   Container,
+  CoverImageInput,
   Panel,
   Skeleton,
   SplitPanel,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   TempTextArea,
 } from "components/common";
 import { SessionWrapper } from "@storyteller/components/src/session/SessionWrapper";
+import { useSdUpload } from "hooks";
 
 interface UploadSdWeightPageProps {
   sessionWrapper: SessionWrapper;
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ export default function UploadSdWeightPage({
     { label: "Private", value: "private" },
   ];
 
+  const { coverImg, descriptionMD, onChange, title, upload, uploadPath, visibility } = useSdUpload();
+
   if (!sessionWrapper.isLoggedIn() && !isLoading) {
     return (
       <Container type="panel">
@@ -85,13 +89,21 @@ export default function UploadSdWeightPage({
               <div className="row gx-4 gy-3">
                 <div className="col-12 col-lg-5">
                   <label className="sub-title required">Cover Image</label>
+                  <CoverImageInput {...{
+                    currentPath: "",
+                    onClick: coverImg.upload,
+                    status: coverImg.status,
+                    ...coverImg.fileProps
+                  }} />
                 </div>
                 <div className="col-12 col-lg-7 order-first order-lg-last">
                   <TempInput
                     {...{
                       label: "Title",
                       name: "title",
+                      onChange,
                       placeholder: "Title",
+                      value: title,
                       required: true,
                     }}
                   />
@@ -99,8 +111,10 @@ export default function UploadSdWeightPage({
                   <TempInput
                     {...{
                       label: "Download URL, eg. Google Drive link",
-                      name: "Url",
+                      name: "uploadPath",
+                      onChange,
                       placeholder: "Download URL",
+                      value: uploadPath,
                       required: true,
                     }}
                   />
@@ -110,15 +124,19 @@ export default function UploadSdWeightPage({
                       icon: faEye,
                       label: "Visibility",
                       name: "visibility",
+                      onChange,
                       options: visibilityOptions,
                       placeholder: "Voice name",
+                      value: visibility,
                     }}
                   />
                   <TempTextArea
                     {...{
                       label: "Description",
                       name: "descriptionMD",
+                      onChange,
                       placeholder: "Description",
+                      value: descriptionMD,
                     }}
                   />
                 </div>
@@ -129,6 +147,7 @@ export default function UploadSdWeightPage({
                 <Button
                   {...{
                     label: "Upload Weight",
+                    onClick: upload
                   }}
                 />
               </div>
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/weight/WeightEditPage.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/weight/WeightEditPage.tsx
index fbc204fa7e..7f9f5fdd73 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/weight/WeightEditPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/weight/WeightEditPage.tsx
@@ -37,16 +37,14 @@ export default function WeightEditPage({
   const [weightCreatorToken] = useState("");
 
   const {
+    coverImg,
     data: weight,
     descriptionMD,
     // fetchError,
     // imgMediaFile,
-    imageProps,
-    imgUploadStatus,
     isLoading,
     onChange,
     title,
-    uploadCoverImg,
     update,
     visibility,
     writeStatus
@@ -119,14 +117,12 @@ export default function WeightEditPage({
               <div {...{ className: "weight-editor row gy-3 gx-4" }}>
                 <div {...{ className: "col-12 col-lg-5" }}>
                   <label className="sub-title">Cover Image</label>
-                  <div {...{ className: "fy-cover-img-input" }}>
-                    <CoverImageInput {...{
-                      currentPath,
-                      onClick: uploadCoverImg,
-                      status: imgUploadStatus,
-                      ...imageProps
-                    }} />
-                  </div>
+                  <CoverImageInput {...{
+                    currentPath,
+                    onClick: coverImg.upload,
+                    status: coverImg.status,
+                    ...coverImg.fileProps
+                  }} />
                 </div>
                 <div {...{ className: "col-lg-7 order-first  order-lg-last" }}>
                   <TempInput