diff --git a/nanochat/flash_attention.py b/nanochat/flash_attention.py
index b8be8f4c..d90998df 100644
--- a/nanochat/flash_attention.py
+++ b/nanochat/flash_attention.py
@@ -101,9 +101,24 @@ def _sdpa_attention(q, k, v, window_size, enable_gqa):
 
     return F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask=mask, enable_gqa=enable_gqa)
 
-def XSA(atten, value):
-    Vn = F.normalize(value, dim=-1)
-    return atten - (atten * Vn).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True) * Vn
+
+def XSA(atten, value, sdpa=False):
+    if sdpa:
+        aB, aH, aT, aD = atten.shape
+        vB, vH, vT, vD = value.shape
+        rep = aH // vH
+        assert aH % vH == 0, "query heads and kv heads must be divisible"
+        value = torch.repeat_interleave(value, rep, dim=1)
+        Vn = F.normalize(value, dim=-1)
+        return atten - torch.sum(atten * Vn, dim=-1, keepdim=True) * Vn
+    else:
+        aB, aT, aH, aD = atten.shape
+        vB, vT, vH, vD = value.shape
+        rep = aH // vH
+        assert aH % vH == 0, "query heads and kv heads must be divisible"
+        value = torch.repeat_interleave(value, rep, dim=2)
+        Vn = F.normalize(value, dim=-1)
+        return atten - torch.sum(atten * Vn, dim=-1, keepdim=True) * Vn
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Public API: Same interface as FA3
@@ -131,7 +146,7 @@ def flash_attn_func(q, k, v, causal=False, window_size=(-1, -1)):
     v = v.transpose(1, 2)
     enable_gqa = q.size(1) != k.size(1)
     y = _sdpa_attention(q, k, v, window_size, enable_gqa)
-    y = XSA(y, v)
+    y = XSA(y, v, True)
     return y.transpose(1, 2)  # back to (B, T, H, D)
 
 
@@ -182,7 +197,7 @@ def flash_attn_with_kvcache(q, k_cache, v_cache, k=None, v=None, cache_seqlens=N
 
     enable_gqa = q_sdpa.size(1) != k_sdpa.size(1)
     y_sdpa = _sdpa_attention(q_sdpa, k_sdpa, v_sdpa, window_size, enable_gqa)
-    y_sdpa = XSA(y_sdpa, v_sdpa)
+    y_sdpa = XSA(y_sdpa, v_sdpa, True)
 
     return y_sdpa.transpose(1, 2)  # back to (B, T, H, D)