diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f3dd61..91e396c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "ComfyUI-QuantOps"
 description = "Extended quantization layouts for ComfyUI (INT8, row/block-wise FP8)"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
diff --git a/unified_ops.py b/unified_ops.py
index bfdcf21..29586a9 100644
--- a/unified_ops.py
+++ b/unified_ops.py
@@ -173,11 +173,14 @@ def _load_from_state_dict(
 
                     if is_tensorwise and _HAS_TENSORWISE_INT8_LAYOUT:
                         self.layout_type = "TensorWiseINT8Layout"
+                        _orig_dtype_str = layer_conf.get("orig_dtype", "torch.bfloat16") if layer_conf else "torch.bfloat16"
+                        _DTYPE_MAP = {"torch.bfloat16": torch.bfloat16, "torch.float16": torch.float16, "torch.float32": torch.float32}
+                        _orig_dtype = _DTYPE_MAP.get(_orig_dtype_str, torch.bfloat16)
                         layout_params = TensorWiseINT8Layout.Params(
                             scale=scale.to(torch.float32)
                             if scale is not None
                             else None,
-                            orig_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+                            orig_dtype=_orig_dtype,
                             orig_shape=tuple(weight_tensor.shape),
                             is_weight=True,
                         )
@@ -205,6 +208,14 @@ def _load_from_state_dict(
                             requires_grad=False,
                         )
                     else:
+                        # TODO (#2 — medium severity, low risk): this branch fires when
+                        # is_tensorwise=True but _HAS_TENSORWISE_INT8_LAYOUT=False (ck absent).
+                        # Result: raw int8 tensor stored with is_quantized=True, layout_type=None.
+                        # That is a broken state — forward() will hit F.linear with raw int8 weight.
+                        # Fix: degrade to BlockWiseINT8Layout if _HAS_INT8_LAYOUT, else set
+                        # is_quantized=False and log a warning. Not patching now because ck is
+                        # effectively required for tensorwise; if ck import failed the checkpoint
+                        # is already unrunnable regardless.
                         self.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(
                             weight_tensor, requires_grad=False
                         )
@@ -463,7 +474,19 @@ def forward_comfy_cast_weights(self, input):
                         )
 
                 else:
-                    # Default trigger for QuantizedTensor dispatch -> layout-specific handler
+                    # Default trigger for QuantizedTensor dispatch -> layout-specific handler.
+                    # TensorWiseINT8Layout and BlockWiseINT8Layout land here — aten.linear
+                    # dispatch in comfy_kitchen handles the actual matmul.
+                    #
+                    # TODO (#3 — low-medium severity, medium risk): this else branch has no 3D
+                    # input reshape guard, unlike all the explicit elif branches above. ComfyUI
+                    # transformer attention layers pass [batch, seq, hidden] (3D). F.linear
+                    # handles 3D natively so it works, but ck dispatch handlers may not. If
+                    # tensorwise inference produces wrong shapes on 3D inputs, add the standard
+                    # tensor_3d guard here (reshape -1,hidden before linear, reshape back after).
+                    # Not patching now — risk of breaking currently-working layouts that fall
+                    # through to this branch (e.g. RowWiseFP8, BlockWiseFP8 if aten dispatch
+                    # handles them here too).
                     out = torch.nn.functional.linear(input, weight, bias)
 
             else:
diff --git a/utils/eager_quantization.py b/utils/eager_quantization.py
index cb5b6bb..7cd3d87 100644
--- a/utils/eager_quantization.py
+++ b/utils/eager_quantization.py
@@ -35,13 +35,40 @@ def int8_linear(
     bias: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
     out_dtype: torch.dtype = torch.bfloat16,
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
-    """INT8 linear layer using torch.int8_mm for direct quantized matmul.
-    
-    Uses native torch.int8_mm which avoids materializing large float32 intermediates
-    and handles scaling more efficiently than manual int32 -> float32 conversion.
-    
-    Ported from comfy-kitchen eager backend with OOM fixes.
+    """INT8 linear layer. Delegates to comfy_kitchen.int8_linear (triton->eager)
+    when available, falls back to local torch.int8_mm chunked path.
+
+    ck.int8_linear signature matches exactly:
+        (x, weight, weight_scale, bias=None, out_dtype=None)
+    weight: [N, K] int8, weight_scale: scalar float32, out_dtype defaults bfloat16.
     """
+    # Prefer comfy_kitchen dispatch (triton -> eager via registry).
+    # ck.int8_linear routes through torch.ops.comfy_kitchen.int8_linear which
+    # goes through the registry with priority ["cuda", "triton", "eager"].
+    # cuda backend has no int8_linear, so triton wins if available, else eager.
+    try:
+        import comfy_kitchen as ck
+        return ck.int8_linear(x, weight, weight_scale, bias, out_dtype)
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        import logging
+        logging.warning(f"ComfyUI-QuantOps: ck.int8_linear failed, falling back to local path: {e}")
+
+    # --- Local fallback: chunked torch.int8_mm path (OOM-safe) ---
+    # Unwrap QuantizedTensor if weight arrived still wrapped (defensive).
+    try:
+        from comfy.quant_ops import QuantizedTensor
+        if isinstance(weight, QuantizedTensor):
+            weight_scale = weight._params.scale
+            weight = weight._qdata
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    # Ensure weight is raw int8 and contiguous before torch.int8_mm.
+    if not weight.is_contiguous():
+        weight = weight.contiguous()
+
     orig_shape = x.shape
     x_2d = x.reshape(-1, x.shape[-1])