diff --git a/mergekit/scripts/extract_lora.py b/mergekit/scripts/extract_lora.py
index fe890c13..2b4f1524 100644
--- a/mergekit/scripts/extract_lora.py
+++ b/mergekit/scripts/extract_lora.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ def arguments(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     def execute(self, task_vector: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
         if self.transpose:
             task_vector = task_vector.T
+        out_dtype = task_vector.dtype
         u, s, vh = torch.linalg.svd(
             task_vector.to(dtype=torch.float32), full_matrices=False
         )
@@ -244,9 +245,7 @@ def execute(self, task_vector: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor
         weight_a = scale_a @ vh[:rank]
         weight_b = u[:, :rank] @ scale_b
 
-        return weight_a.to(dtype=task_vector.dtype), weight_b.to(
-            dtype=task_vector.dtype
-        )
+        return weight_a.to(dtype=out_dtype), weight_b.to(dtype=out_dtype)
 
     def group_label(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.input_task.group_label()