diff --git a/backend/app/agent.py b/backend/app/agent.py
index 2658c9b7..eb3bd830 100644
--- a/backend/app/agent.py
+++ b/backend/app/agent.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     get_mixtral_fireworks,
     get_ollama_llm,
     get_openai_llm,
+    get_huggingface_textgen_inference_llm,
 )
 from app.retrieval import get_retrieval_executor
 from app.tools import (
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ class AgentType(str, Enum):
     BEDROCK_CLAUDE2 = "Claude 2 (Amazon Bedrock)"
     GEMINI = "GEMINI"
     OLLAMA = "Ollama"
+    HUGGINGFACE_TEXTGEN_INFERENCE = "HuggingFace TextGenInference"
 
 
 DEFAULT_SYSTEM_MESSAGE = "You are a helpful assistant."
@@ -117,7 +119,11 @@ def get_agent_executor(
         return get_tools_agent_executor(
             tools, llm, system_message, interrupt_before_action, CHECKPOINTER
         )
-
+    elif agent == AgentType.HUGGINGFACE_TEXTGEN_INFERENCE:
+        llm = get_huggingface_textgen_inference_llm()
+        return get_xml_agent_executor(
+            tools, llm, system_message, interrupt_before_action, CHECKPOINTER
+        )
     else:
         raise ValueError("Unexpected agent type")
 
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ class LLMType(str, Enum):
     GEMINI = "GEMINI"
     MIXTRAL = "Mixtral"
     OLLAMA = "Ollama"
+    HUGGINGFACE_TEXTGEN_INFERENCE = "HuggingFace TextGenInference"
 
 
 def get_chatbot(
@@ -210,6 +217,8 @@ def get_chatbot(
         llm = get_mixtral_fireworks()
     elif llm_type == LLMType.OLLAMA:
         llm = get_ollama_llm()
+    elif llm_type == LLMType.HUGGINGFACE_TEXTGEN_INFERENCE:
+        llm = get_huggingface_textgen_inference_llm()
     else:
         raise ValueError("Unexpected llm type")
     return get_chatbot_executor(llm, system_message, CHECKPOINTER)
@@ -290,6 +299,8 @@ def __init__(
             llm = get_mixtral_fireworks()
         elif llm_type == LLMType.OLLAMA:
             llm = get_ollama_llm()
+        elif llm_type == LLMType.HUGGINGFACE_TEXTGEN_INFERENCE:
+            llm = get_huggingface_textgen_inference_llm()
         else:
             raise ValueError("Unexpected llm type")
         chatbot = get_retrieval_executor(llm, retriever, system_message, CHECKPOINTER)
diff --git a/backend/app/llms.py b/backend/app/llms.py
index dc7fbae7..4cbca4ba 100644
--- a/backend/app/llms.py
+++ b/backend/app/llms.py
@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@
 from langchain_community.chat_models.ollama import ChatOllama
 from langchain_google_vertexai import ChatVertexAI
 from langchain_openai import AzureChatOpenAI, ChatOpenAI
+import huggingface_hub
+from langchain.llms import HuggingFaceTextGenInference
+from langchain_community.chat_models.huggingface import ChatHuggingFace
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+def load_env_var(key: str) -> str:
+    """Load environment variable safely."""
+    value = os.getenv(key)
+    if value is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"Environment variable {key} is required.")
+    return value
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=4)
 def get_openai_llm(gpt_4: bool = False, azure: bool = False):
@@ -98,3 +107,31 @@ def get_ollama_llm():
         ollama_base_url = "http://localhost:11434"
 
     return ChatOllama(model=model_name, base_url=ollama_base_url)
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def get_huggingface_textgen_inference_llm(
+    max_new_tokens=2048,
+    top_k=10,
+    top_p=0.95,
+    typical_p=0.95,
+    temperature=0.3,
+    repetition_penalty=1.1,
+    streaming=True,
+    model_id="HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-beta"
+):
+    """Initialize the HuggingFace TextGenInference model with dynamic parameters."""
+    huggingface_hub.login(load_env_var("HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN"))
+    llm = HuggingFaceTextGenInference(
+        inference_server_url=load_env_var("HUGGINGFACE_INFERENCE_SERVER_URL"),
+        max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+        top_k=top_k,
+        top_p=top_p,
+        typical_p=typical_p,
+        temperature=temperature,
+        repetition_penalty=repetition_penalty,
+        streaming=streaming,
+        server_kwargs={
+            "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+        },
+    )
+    return ChatHuggingFace(llm=llm, model_id=model_id)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 3184bd27..2cc3aa37 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ asyncpg = "^0.29.0"
 langchain-core = "^0.1.44"
 pyjwt = {extras = ["crypto"], version = "^2.8.0"}
 langchain-anthropic = "^0.1.8"
+text-generation = "^0.6.1"
+transformers = "^4.38.1"
+Jinja2 = "^3.1.3"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 uvicorn = "^0.23.2"