diff --git a/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/paddle.py b/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/paddle.py
index b242237a..cec36866 100644
--- a/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/paddle.py
+++ b/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/paddle.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def load_file(filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], device="cpu") -> Dict[str, padd
     Args:
         filename (`str`, or `os.PathLike`)):
             The name of the file which contains the tensors
-        device (`Dict[str, any]`, *optional*, defaults to `cpu`):
+        device (`Union[Dict[str, any], str]`, *optional*, defaults to `cpu`):
             The device where the tensors need to be located after load.
             available options are all regular paddle device locations
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/torch.py b/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/torch.py
index 22915c98..5d98bac4 100644
--- a/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/torch.py
+++ b/bindings/python/py_src/safetensors/torch.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def save_model(
         raise ValueError(msg)
 
 
-def load_model(model: torch.nn.Module, filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], strict=True) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
+def load_model(model: torch.nn.Module, filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], strict: bool = True, device: Union[str, int] = "cpu") -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
     """
     Loads a given filename onto a torch model.
     This method exists specifically to avoid tensor sharing issues which are
@@ -185,8 +185,11 @@ def load_model(model: torch.nn.Module, filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], strict
         filename (`str`, or `os.PathLike`):
             The filename location to load the file from.
         strict (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to True):
-            Wether to fail if you're missing keys or having unexpected ones
+            Whether to fail if you're missing keys or having unexpected ones.
             When false, the function simply returns missing and unexpected names.
+        device (`Union[str, int]`, *optional*, defaults to `cpu`):
+            The device where the tensors need to be located after load.
+            available options are all regular torch device locations.
 
     Returns:
         `(missing, unexpected): (List[str], List[str])`
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ def load_model(model: torch.nn.Module, filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], strict
             `unexpected` are names that are on the file, but weren't used during
             the load.
     """
-    state_dict = load_file(filename)
+    state_dict = load_file(filename, device=device)
     model_state_dict = model.state_dict()
     to_removes = _remove_duplicate_names(model_state_dict, preferred_names=state_dict.keys())
     missing, unexpected = model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)
@@ -281,16 +284,16 @@ def save_file(
     serialize_file(_flatten(tensors), filename, metadata=metadata)
 
 
-def load_file(filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], device="cpu") -> Dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
+def load_file(filename: Union[str, os.PathLike], device: Union[str, int] = "cpu") -> Dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
     """
     Loads a safetensors file into torch format.
 
     Args:
         filename (`str`, or `os.PathLike`):
             The name of the file which contains the tensors
-        device (`Dict[str, any]`, *optional*, defaults to `cpu`):
+        device (`Union[str, int]`, *optional*, defaults to `cpu`):
             The device where the tensors need to be located after load.
-            available options are all regular torch device locations
+            available options are all regular torch device locations.
 
     Returns:
         `Dict[str, torch.Tensor]`: dictionary that contains name as key, value as `torch.Tensor`