diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/generate.py b/llms/mlx_lm/generate.py
index 3301edae..26481d6b 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/generate.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/generate.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def setup_arg_parser():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--extra-eos-token",
         type=str,
-        default=None,
+        default=(),
         nargs="+",
         help="Add tokens in the list of eos tokens that stop generation.",
     )
diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
index 670af8f6..f7350011 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/utils.py
@@ -697,12 +697,10 @@ def upload_to_hub(path: str, upload_repo: str, hf_path: str):
 
     api = HfApi()
     api.create_repo(repo_id=upload_repo, exist_ok=True)
-    api.upload_folder(
+    api.upload_large_folder(
         folder_path=path,
         repo_id=upload_repo,
         repo_type="model",
-        multi_commits=True,
-        multi_commits_verbose=True,
     )
     print(f"Upload successful, go to https://huggingface.co/{upload_repo} for details.")