diff --git a/llms/mlx_lm/models/mamba2.py b/llms/mlx_lm/models/mamba2.py
index 6adc6469..7c044dba 100644
--- a/llms/mlx_lm/models/mamba2.py
+++ b/llms/mlx_lm/models/mamba2.py
@@ -42,6 +42,29 @@ class ModelArgs(BaseModelArgs):
             self.time_step_rank = math.ceil(self.hidden_size / 16)
 
 
+class DepthWiseConv1d(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, channels, kernel_size, bias=True, padding=0):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.kernel_size = kernel_size
+        self.padding = padding
+        self.weight = mx.random.normal((channels, kernel_size, 1))
+        self.bias = mx.zeros((channels,)) if bias else None
+
+    def __call__(self, x, cache=None):
+        B, L, C = x.shape
+        _, K, _ = self.weight.shape
+
+        if cache is not None:
+            x = mx.concatenate([cache, x], axis=1)
+        else:
+            x = mx.pad(x, [(0, 0), (K - 1, 0), (0, 0)])
+
+        y = mx.conv_general(x, self.weight, groups=C)
+        y = y + self.bias
+        return y, x[:, -K + 1:, :]
+
+
 def ssd_forward_attn(
     x: mx.array,
     dt: mx.array,
@@ -144,13 +167,11 @@ class Mamba2Block(nn.Module):
         self.A_log = mx.random.normal((self.n_heads,)) * args.initializer_range
         self.D = mx.random.normal((self.n_heads,)) * args.initializer_range
 
-        conv_channels = self.d_inner + 2 * self.n_groups * self.d_state
-        self.conv1d = nn.Conv1d(
-            in_channels=conv_channels,
-            out_channels=conv_channels,
+        self.conv1d = DepthWiseConv1d(
+            channels=self.d_inner + 2 * self.n_groups * self.d_state,
             kernel_size=self.d_conv,
-            groups=conv_channels,
-            padding=self.d_conv - 1,
+            bias=args.use_conv_bias,
+            padding=self.d_conv-1
         )
         
         self.norm = nn.RMSNorm(self.d_inner, eps=args.layer_norm_epsilon)
@@ -172,36 +193,10 @@ class Mamba2Block(nn.Module):
             axis=-1
         )
 
-        # Handle convolution with caching
-        xBC = mx.swapaxes(xBC, 1, 2)  # [B, L, C] -> [B, C, L]
-        
-        if conv_state is not None and seq_len > 0:
-            # Concatenate cached state with current input
-            xBC_with_cache = mx.concatenate([conv_state, xBC], axis=2)
-        elif seq_len > 0:
-            # For the first call, pad with zeros
-            padding = mx.zeros((batch_size, xBC.shape[1], self.d_conv - 1))
-            xBC_with_cache = mx.concatenate([padding, xBC], axis=2)
-        else:
-            xBC_with_cache = conv_state if conv_state is not None else mx.zeros((batch_size, xBC.shape[1], 0))
-        
-        # Save state for next iteration
-        if seq_len > 0:
-            next_conv_state = xBC_with_cache[:, :, -(self.d_conv - 1):]
-        else:
-            next_conv_state = conv_state
-        
-        # Apply regular convolution using nn.Conv1d
-        if seq_len > 0:
-            # Use the standard Conv1d module for the actual computation
-            xBC_conv = self.conv1d(xBC_with_cache)
-            xBC = xBC_conv[:, :, -seq_len:]  # Take only the relevant output positions
-            xBC = mx.swapaxes(xBC, 1, 2)  # [B, C, L] -> [B, L, C]
-            xBC = xBC * mx.sigmoid(xBC)
-        else:
-            # Handle empty sequence case
-            xBC = mx.swapaxes(xBC, 1, 2)  # [B, C, L] -> [B, L, C]
-        
+        xBC, conv_state = self.conv1d(xBC, conv_state)
+        xBC = xBC * mx.sigmoid(xBC)
+        xBC = xBC[:, :seq_len, :]
+
         x, B, C = mx.split(
             xBC, 
             [self.d_inner, self.d_inner + self.d_state * self.n_groups], 
@@ -212,6 +207,7 @@ class Mamba2Block(nn.Module):
         B = mx.reshape(B, (batch_size, seq_len, self.n_groups, -1))
         C = mx.reshape(C, (batch_size, seq_len, self.n_groups, -1))
 
+        A = -mx.exp(self.A_log)
         y, next_ssm_state = ssd_forward_attn(
             x=x,
             dt=dt,
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ class Mamba2Block(nn.Module):
 
         y = self.out_proj(y)
 
-        cache[0] = next_conv_state
+        cache[0] = conv_state
         cache[1] = next_ssm_state
         return y