diff --git a/dev/runcpu.sh b/dev/runcpu.sh
index 469e51d..ee4c26d 100755
--- a/dev/runcpu.sh
+++ b/dev/runcpu.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 export NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/nanochat"
 mkdir -p $NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 command -v uv &> /dev/null || curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 [ -d ".venv" ] || uv venv
 uv sync --extra cpu
@@ -19,9 +21,6 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 if [ -z "$WANDB_RUN" ]; then
     WANDB_RUN=dummy
 fi
-curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
-source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-uv run maturin develop --release --manifest-path rustbpe/Cargo.toml
 EVAL_BUNDLE_URL=https://karpathy-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eval_bundle.zip
 if [ ! -d "$NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR/eval_bundle" ]; then
     curl -L -o eval_bundle.zip $EVAL_BUNDLE_URL
diff --git a/run1000.sh b/run1000.sh
index 6f454e0..e489330 100644
--- a/run1000.sh
+++ b/run1000.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 export NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/nanochat"
 mkdir -p $NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 command -v uv &> /dev/null || curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 [ -d ".venv" ] || uv venv
 uv sync --extra gpu
@@ -16,9 +18,6 @@ if [ -z "$WANDB_RUN" ]; then
     WANDB_RUN=dummy
 fi
 python -m nanochat.report reset
-curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
-source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-uv run maturin develop --release --manifest-path rustbpe/Cargo.toml
 EVAL_BUNDLE_URL=https://karpathy-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/eval_bundle.zip
 if [ ! -d "$NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR/eval_bundle" ]; then
     curl -L -o eval_bundle.zip $EVAL_BUNDLE_URL