diff --git a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
index e9262b9a31..ae98a19fc8 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def compare_weights_both(url):
     np.testing.assert_equal(tg_weights[k].numpy(), torch_weights[k].numpy(), err_msg=f"mismatch at {k}, {tg_weights[k].shape}")
   print(f"compared {len(tg_weights)} weights")
 
-class TestTorchLoad(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestTorchLoad(TempDirTestCase):
   # pytorch pkl format
   def test_load_enet(self): compare_weights_both("https://github.com/lukemelas/EfficientNet-PyTorch/releases/download/1.0/efficientnet-b0-355c32eb.pth")
   # pytorch zip format
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ class TestTorchLoad(unittest.TestCase):
   # pytorch tar format
   def test_load_resnet(self): compare_weights_both('https://download.pytorch.org/models/resnet50-19c8e357.pth')
 
+  # shared storage (mixtral-8x7b-32kseqlen)
+  def test_shared_storage(self):
+    import torch
+    fn = self.tmp("shared_storage.pth")
+    torch.save({"a": (a := torch.randn(100)), "b": a[5:]}, fn)
+    compare_weights_both(fn)
+
 test_fn = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2] / "weights/LLaMA/7B/consolidated.00.pth"
 #test_size = test_fn.stat().st_size
 test_size = 1024*1024*1024*2
diff --git a/tinygrad/nn/state.py b/tinygrad/nn/state.py
index 3d078674a7..b844872eee 100644
--- a/tinygrad/nn/state.py
+++ b/tinygrad/nn/state.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import Any, Callable, BinaryIO, Iterable, cast
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
-from tinygrad.helpers import prod, argsort, DEBUG, Timing, CI, unwrap, GlobalCounters, tqdm, round_up, T, strides_for_shape
+from tinygrad.helpers import prod, argsort, DEBUG, Timing, CI, GlobalCounters, tqdm, round_up, T, strides_for_shape
 
 class TensorIO(io.RawIOBase, BinaryIO):
   def __init__(self, t: Tensor):
@@ -165,22 +165,20 @@ def load_state_dict(model, state_dict:dict[str, Tensor], strict=True, verbose=Tr
 @accept_filename
 def zip_extract(t: Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
   files: dict[str, Tensor] = {}
-  file_offsets: dict[str, tuple[Tensor, int, int]] = {}
   with zipfile.ZipFile(TensorIO(t), "r") as myzip:
-    for zi in myzip.filelist:
-      file_offset = zi.header_offset+30+t[zi.header_offset+26:zi.header_offset+30].bitcast(dtypes.uint16).to("CPU").sum()
-      file_offsets[zi.filename] = (file_offset, zi.compress_size, zi.compress_type)
-  # sadly, the extra length needs to be read from the local header of each file. this is a limitation of the zip file format
-  Tensor.realize(*[x[0] for x in file_offsets.values()])
-  for filename, (file_offset, compress_size, compress_type) in file_offsets.items():
-    # possible to remove this realize/item? it's slow
-    file_offset_int = int(file_offset.item())
-    files[filename] = t[file_offset_int:file_offset_int+compress_size]
-    match compress_type:
-      case zipfile.ZIP_STORED: pass
-      # TODO: we need a zlib UOp so this can be lazy
-      case zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED: files[filename] = Tensor(zlib.decompress(files[filename].data(), -15))
-      case _: raise NotImplementedError(f"compression {compress_type} not supported")
+    # sadly, the extra length needs to be read from the local header of each file.
+    # this is a limitation of the zip file format
+    header_contents = [t[zi.header_offset+26:zi.header_offset+30].bitcast(dtypes.uint16).to('CPU') for zi in myzip.filelist]
+    Tensor.realize(*header_contents)
+    for zi, header_content in zip(myzip.filelist, header_contents):
+      # header_offset + sizeFileHeader + File name length + Extra field length
+      file_offset = zi.header_offset + 30 + sum(cast(list[int], header_content.tolist()))
+      files[zi.filename] = t[file_offset:file_offset+zi.compress_size]
+      match zi.compress_type:
+        case zipfile.ZIP_STORED: pass
+        # TODO: we need a zlib UOp so this can be lazy
+        case zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED: files[zi.filename] = Tensor(zlib.decompress(files[zi.filename].data(), -15))
+        case _: raise NotImplementedError(f"compression {zi.compress_type} not supported")
   return files
 
 @accept_filename
@@ -201,7 +199,6 @@ def tar_extract(t: Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
 
 # torch support!
 
-# TODO: this should use tar_extract and zip_extract
 @accept_filename
 def torch_load(t:Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
   """
@@ -215,7 +212,7 @@ def torch_load(t:Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
   state_dict = nn.state.torch_load("test.pth")
   ```
   """
-  offsets: dict[str|int, int] = {}
+  storage_source: dict[str|int, Tensor] = {}
   lens: dict[str|int, int] = {}
 
   def _rebuild_tensor(storage, storage_offset, size, stride):
@@ -224,9 +221,9 @@ def torch_load(t:Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
   def _rebuild_tensor_v2(storage, storage_offset, size, stride, requires_grad=None, backward_hooks=None, metadata=None):
     #print(storage, storage_offset, size, stride, requires_grad, backward_hooks, metadata)
     lens[storage[2]] = storage[4] * storage[1].itemsize
-    if storage[2] not in offsets: return None
-    byte_offset = offsets[storage[2]]+storage_offset*storage[1].itemsize
-    ret = t[byte_offset:byte_offset+prod(size)*storage[1].itemsize].bitcast(storage[1])
+    if storage[2] not in storage_source: return None
+    byte_start, byte_end = storage_offset*storage[1].itemsize, (storage_offset + prod(size))*storage[1].itemsize
+    ret = storage_source[storage[2]][byte_start:byte_end].bitcast(storage[1])
 
     # 7 lines to deal with permuted tensors. NOTE: this currently requires reading off the disk
     shape_strides = [(s, st) for s,st in zip(size, stride) if s != 1]
@@ -262,43 +259,36 @@ def torch_load(t:Tensor) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
 
   fobj = io.BufferedReader(TensorIO(t))
   def passthrough_reset(v: bool): return fobj.seek(0, 0) or v
-
   if passthrough_reset(zipfile.is_zipfile(fobj)): # NOTE: passthrough_reset required to support python < 3.14
-    myzip = zipfile.ZipFile(fobj, 'r')
-    base_name = None
-    header_offsets = {}
-    for zi in myzip.filelist:
-      if base_name is None: base_name = zi.filename.split('/', 1)[0]
-      if zi.filename.startswith(f'{base_name}/data/'): header_offsets[zi.filename.split("/")[-1]] = zi.header_offset
-    # sadly there's no way to get the start of the file in the zip without reading the header
-    # at least here we read them in parallel
-    header_contents = [t[v+26:v+30].bitcast(dtypes.uint16).to('CPU') for v in header_offsets.values()]
-    Tensor.realize(*header_contents)
-    for (n,o),c in zip(header_offsets.items(), header_contents):
-      # header_offset + sizeFileHeader + File name length + Extra field length : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)
-      offsets[n] = o+30+sum(cast(list[int], c.tolist()))
-    with myzip.open(f'{base_name}/data.pkl') as myfile:
-      return TorchPickle(myfile).load()
+    files = zip_extract(t)
+    base_name = next(iter(files)).split('/', 1)[0]
+    # keyed by persistent_id in pickle file
+    storage_source = {fn.split("/")[-1]: data for fn, data in files.items() if fn.startswith(f"{base_name}/data/") and not fn.endswith(".pkl")}
+    return TorchPickle(io.BufferedReader(TensorIO(files[f"{base_name}/data.pkl"]), 1_000_000)).load()
   elif passthrough_reset(tarfile.is_tarfile(fobj)): # NOTE: passthrough_reset required to support python < 3.11
-    with tarfile.open(fileobj=fobj, mode="r") as tar:
-      storages_offset = tar.getmember('storages').offset_data
-      f = unwrap(tar.extractfile('storages'))
-      for i in range(TorchPickle(f).load()):  # num_storages
-        (key, _, storage_type), sz = TorchPickle(f).load(), struct.unpack('<q', f.read(8))[0]
-        offsets[key] = storages_offset + f.tell()
-        f.seek(sz*storage_type.itemsize, 1)
-      f = unwrap(tar.extractfile('tensors'))
-      for _ in range(TorchPickle(f).load()):  # num_tensors
-        (key, storage_id, _), ndim, _ = TorchPickle(f).load(), struct.unpack('<i', f.read(4))[0], f.read(4)
-        size, stride = struct.unpack(f'<{ndim}q', f.read(8 * ndim)), struct.unpack(f'<{ndim}q', f.read(8 * ndim))
-        storage_offset = struct.unpack('<q', f.read(8))[0]
-        deserialized_objects[str(key)] = _rebuild_tensor_v2((None, storage_type, storage_id, None, -1), storage_offset, size, stride)
-      return {k:v.tensor if isinstance(v, Parameter) else v for k,v in TorchPickle(unwrap(tar.extractfile('pickle'))).load().items()}
+    files = tar_extract(t)
+    f = io.BufferedReader(TensorIO(files["storages"]), 1_000_000)
+    # slice source tensor t
+    for _ in range(TorchPickle(f).load()):
+      (key, _, storage_type), sz = TorchPickle(f).load(), struct.unpack('<q', f.read(8))[0]
+      byte_offset = f.tell()
+      storage_source[key] = files["storages"][byte_offset:byte_offset + sz * storage_type.itemsize]
+      f.seek(sz * storage_type.itemsize, 1)
+    f = io.BufferedReader(TensorIO(files["tensors"]), 1_000_000)
+    # get tensor metadata
+    for _ in range(TorchPickle(f).load()):
+      (key, storage_id, _), ndim, _ = TorchPickle(f).load(), struct.unpack('<i', f.read(4))[0], f.read(4)
+      size, stride = struct.unpack(f'<{ndim}q', f.read(8 * ndim)), struct.unpack(f'<{ndim}q', f.read(8 * ndim))
+      storage_offset = struct.unpack('<q', f.read(8))[0]
+      deserialized_objects[str(key)] = _rebuild_tensor_v2((None, storage_type, storage_id, None, -1), storage_offset, size, stride)
+    pkl_data = TorchPickle(io.BufferedReader(TensorIO(files["pickle"]), 1_000_000)).load()
+    return {k: v.tensor if isinstance(v, Parameter) else v for k, v in pkl_data.items()}
   else:
     pkl = TorchPickle(fobj)
     _, _, _, rwd, _, ids, base_offset = pkl.load(), pkl.load(), pkl.load(), fobj.tell(), pkl.load(), pkl.load(), fobj.tell()
+    # slice source tensor t
     for i in ids:
-      offsets[i] = base_offset + 8
+      storage_source[i] = t[base_offset + 8:base_offset + 8 + lens[i]]
       base_offset += 8 + lens[i]
     fobj.seek(rwd)
     return TorchPickle(fobj).load()