diff --git a/candle-core/src/metal_backend/device.rs b/candle-core/src/metal_backend/device.rs
index 3deb465b..29b8995b 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/metal_backend/device.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/metal_backend/device.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use metal::{Buffer, CommandBuffer, CommandQueue, MTLResourceOptions, NSUInteger}
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock, RwLockWriteGuard};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 
 use super::MetalError;
 
@@ -22,7 +22,73 @@ impl DeviceId {
 }
 
 type BufferMap = HashMap<(NSUInteger, MTLResourceOptions), Vec<Arc<Buffer>>>;
-type AllocatedBuffers = Arc<RwLock<BufferMap>>;
+pub(crate) struct Commands {
+    /// Single command queue for the entire device.
+    command_queue: CommandQueue,
+    /// One command buffer at a time.
+    /// The scheduler works by allowing multiple
+    /// [ComputeCommandEncoder](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder?language=objc)
+    /// on a single command buffer. Using a single command buffer would be fastest on the GPU but
+    /// prevents overlapping of CPU and GPU commands (because command buffer needs to be committed
+    /// to start to work).
+    /// Despite what the documentation says, command buffers are NOT ordered. They are ordered
+    /// for their START time, but there's no guarantee that command buffer1 will finish before
+    /// command buffer2 starts (or there are metal bugs there)
+    command_buffer: CommandBuffer,
+    /// Keeps track of the current amount of compute command encoders on the current
+    /// command buffer
+    /// Arc, RwLock because of the interior mutability.
+    command_buffer_index: usize,
+    /// The maximum amount of [compute command encoder](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder?language=objc) per [command buffer](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcommandbuffer?language=objc)
+    compute_per_buffer: usize,
+}
+
+impl Commands {
+    pub(crate) fn new(command_queue: CommandQueue) -> Result<Self> {
+        let command_buffer = command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
+        command_buffer.enqueue();
+        let compute_per_buffer = match std::env::var("CANDLE_METAL_COMPUTE_PER_BUFFER") {
+            Ok(val) => val.parse()?,
+            _ => 50,
+        };
+        Ok(Self {
+            command_queue,
+            command_buffer,
+            command_buffer_index: 0,
+            compute_per_buffer,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn command_buffer(&mut self) -> Result<(bool, CommandBuffer)> {
+        let mut command_buffer = self.command_buffer.to_owned();
+        let mut flushed = false;
+        if self.command_buffer_index > self.compute_per_buffer {
+            self.command_buffer.commit();
+            command_buffer = self.command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
+            self.command_buffer = command_buffer.clone();
+            self.command_buffer_index = 0;
+            flushed = true;
+        }
+        self.command_buffer_index += 1;
+        Ok((flushed, command_buffer))
+    }
+
+    pub fn wait_until_completed(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        match self.command_buffer.status() {
+            metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Committed
+            | metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Scheduled
+            | metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Completed => {
+                panic!("Already committed");
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        self.command_buffer.commit();
+        self.command_buffer.wait_until_completed();
+        self.command_buffer = self.command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct MetalDevice {
@@ -33,27 +99,8 @@ pub struct MetalDevice {
     /// Raw metal device: <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtldevice?language=objc>
     pub(crate) device: metal::Device,
 
-    /// Single command queue for the entire device.
-    pub(crate) command_queue: CommandQueue,
-    /// One command buffer at a time.
-    /// The scheduler works by allowing multiple
-    /// [ComputeCommandEncoder](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder?language=objc)
-    /// on a single command buffer. Using a single command buffer would be fastest on the GPU but
-    /// prevents overlapping of CPU and GPU commands (because command buffer needs to be committed
-    /// to start to work).
-    /// Despite what the documentation says, command buffers are NOT ordered. They are ordered
-    /// for their START time, but there's no guarantee that command buffer1 will finish before
-    /// command buffer2 starts (or there are metal bugs there)
-    pub(crate) command_buffer: Arc<RwLock<CommandBuffer>>,
-    /// Keeps track of the current amount of compute command encoders on the current
-    /// command buffer
-    /// Arc, RwLock because of the interior mutability.
-    pub(crate) command_buffer_index: Arc<RwLock<usize>>,
-    /// The maximum amount of [compute command encoder](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder?language=objc) per [command buffer](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcommandbuffer?language=objc)
-    pub(crate) compute_per_buffer: usize,
-    /// Simple keeper struct to keep track of the already compiled kernels so we can reuse them.
-    /// Heavily used by [`candle_metal_kernels`]
-    pub(crate) kernels: Arc<Kernels>,
+    pub(crate) commands: Arc<RwLock<Commands>>,
+
     /// Simple allocator struct.
     /// The buffers are stored in size buckets since ML tends to use similar shapes over and over.
     /// We store the buffers in [`Arc`] because it's much faster than Obj-c internal ref counting
@@ -67,7 +114,11 @@ pub struct MetalDevice {
     ///
     /// Whenever we actually allocate a new buffer, we make a full sweep to clean up unused buffers
     /// (strong_count = 1).
-    pub(crate) buffers: AllocatedBuffers,
+    pub(crate) buffers: Arc<RwLock<BufferMap>>,
+
+    /// Simple keeper struct to keep track of the already compiled kernels so we can reuse them.
+    /// Heavily used by [`candle_metal_kernels`]
+    pub(crate) kernels: Arc<Kernels>,
     /// Seed for random number generation.
     pub(crate) seed: Arc<Mutex<Buffer>>,
     /// Whether to use the MLX matmul kernels instead of the MFA ones.
@@ -101,44 +152,31 @@ impl MetalDevice {
         &self.device
     }
 
-    pub fn command_queue(&self) -> &CommandQueue {
-        &self.command_queue
+    fn drop_unused_buffers(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut buffers = self.buffers.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+        for subbuffers in buffers.values_mut() {
+            let newbuffers = subbuffers
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|s| Arc::strong_count(*s) > 1)
+                .map(Arc::clone)
+                .collect();
+            *subbuffers = newbuffers;
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn command_buffer(&self) -> Result<CommandBuffer> {
-        let mut command_buffer_lock = self.command_buffer.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
-        let mut command_buffer = command_buffer_lock.to_owned();
-        let mut index = self
-            .command_buffer_index
-            .write()
-            .map_err(MetalError::from)?;
-        if *index > self.compute_per_buffer {
-            command_buffer.commit();
-            command_buffer = self.command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
-            *command_buffer_lock = command_buffer.clone();
-            *index = 0;
-
-            self.drop_unused_buffers()?;
+        let mut commands = self.commands.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+        let (flushed, command_buffer) = commands.command_buffer()?;
+        if flushed {
+            self.drop_unused_buffers()?
         }
-        *index += 1;
         Ok(command_buffer)
     }
 
     pub fn wait_until_completed(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut command_buffer = self.command_buffer.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
-        match command_buffer.status() {
-            metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Committed
-            | metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Scheduled
-            | metal::MTLCommandBufferStatus::Completed => {
-                panic!("Already committed");
-            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
-        command_buffer.commit();
-        command_buffer.wait_until_completed();
-        *command_buffer = self.command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
-
-        Ok(())
+        let mut commands = self.commands.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+        commands.wait_until_completed()
     }
 
     pub fn kernels(&self) -> &Kernels {
@@ -186,6 +224,7 @@ impl MetalDevice {
             MTLResourceOptions::StorageModeManaged,
         );
         let mut buffers = self.buffers.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+
         let subbuffers = buffers
             .entry((size, MTLResourceOptions::StorageModeManaged))
             .or_insert(vec![]);
@@ -216,40 +255,6 @@ impl MetalDevice {
         Ok(buffer)
     }
 
-    fn find_available_buffer(
-        &self,
-        size: NSUInteger,
-        option: MTLResourceOptions,
-        buffers: &RwLockWriteGuard<BufferMap>,
-    ) -> Option<Arc<Buffer>> {
-        let mut best_buffer: Option<&Arc<Buffer>> = None;
-        let mut best_buffer_size: NSUInteger = NSUInteger::MAX;
-        for ((buffer_size, buffer_option), subbuffers) in buffers.iter() {
-            if buffer_size >= &size && buffer_size < &best_buffer_size && buffer_option == &option {
-                for sub in subbuffers {
-                    if Arc::strong_count(sub) == 1 {
-                        best_buffer = Some(sub);
-                        best_buffer_size = *buffer_size;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        best_buffer.cloned()
-    }
-
-    fn drop_unused_buffers(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut buffers = self.buffers.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
-        for subbuffers in buffers.values_mut() {
-            let newbuffers = subbuffers
-                .iter()
-                .filter(|s| Arc::strong_count(*s) > 1)
-                .map(Arc::clone)
-                .collect();
-            *subbuffers = newbuffers;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// The critical allocator algorithm
     fn allocate_buffer(
         &self,
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ impl MetalDevice {
         _name: &str,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Buffer>> {
         let mut buffers = self.buffers.write().map_err(MetalError::from)?;
-        if let Some(b) = self.find_available_buffer(size, option, &buffers) {
+        if let Some(b) = find_available_buffer(size, option, &buffers) {
             // Cloning also ensures we increment the strong count
             return Ok(b.clone());
         }
@@ -297,3 +302,23 @@ impl MetalDevice {
 fn buf_size(size: NSUInteger) -> NSUInteger {
     size.saturating_sub(1).next_power_of_two() as NSUInteger
 }
+
+fn find_available_buffer(
+    size: NSUInteger,
+    option: MTLResourceOptions,
+    buffers: &BufferMap,
+) -> Option<Arc<Buffer>> {
+    let mut best_buffer: Option<&Arc<Buffer>> = None;
+    let mut best_buffer_size: NSUInteger = NSUInteger::MAX;
+    for ((buffer_size, buffer_option), subbuffers) in buffers.iter() {
+        if buffer_size >= &size && buffer_size < &best_buffer_size && buffer_option == &option {
+            for sub in subbuffers {
+                if Arc::strong_count(sub) == 1 {
+                    best_buffer = Some(sub);
+                    best_buffer_size = *buffer_size;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    best_buffer.cloned()
+}
diff --git a/candle-core/src/metal_backend/mod.rs b/candle-core/src/metal_backend/mod.rs
index 9c980db8..69edd2d1 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/metal_backend/mod.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/metal_backend/mod.rs
@@ -1864,33 +1864,22 @@ impl BackendDevice for MetalDevice {
     fn new(ordinal: usize) -> Result<Self> {
         let device = metal::Device::all().swap_remove(ordinal);
         let command_queue = device.new_command_queue();
-        let command_buffer = command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned();
-        command_buffer.enqueue();
-        let command_buffer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(command_buffer));
-        let command_buffer_index = Arc::new(RwLock::new(0));
         let kernels = Arc::new(Kernels::new());
-        let buffers = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new()));
         let use_mlx_mm = match std::env::var("CANDLE_USE_MLX_MM").as_deref() {
             Ok("false") | Ok("False") | Ok("FALSE") | Ok("0") | Err(_) => false,
             Ok(_) => true,
         };
-        let compute_per_buffer = match std::env::var("CANDLE_METAL_COMPUTE_PER_BUFFER") {
-            Ok(val) => val.parse()?,
-            _ => 50,
-        };
         let seed = Arc::new(Mutex::new(device.new_buffer_with_data(
             [299792458].as_ptr() as *const c_void,
             4,
             MTLResourceOptions::StorageModeManaged,
         )));
+        let commands = device::Commands::new(command_queue)?;
         Ok(Self {
             id: DeviceId::new(),
             device,
-            command_queue,
-            command_buffer,
-            command_buffer_index,
-            compute_per_buffer,
-            buffers,
+            commands: Arc::new(RwLock::new(commands)),
+            buffers: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             kernels,
             seed,
             use_mlx_mm,
diff --git a/candle-metal-kernels/src/utils.rs b/candle-metal-kernels/src/utils.rs
index 2ddd610b..d2cc09f4 100644
--- a/candle-metal-kernels/src/utils.rs
+++ b/candle-metal-kernels/src/utils.rs
@@ -168,17 +168,22 @@ pub trait EncoderProvider {
     fn encoder(&self) -> Self::Encoder<'_>;
 }
 
-pub struct WrappedEncoder<'a>(&'a ComputeCommandEncoderRef);
+pub struct WrappedEncoder<'a> {
+    inner: &'a ComputeCommandEncoderRef,
+    end_encoding_on_drop: bool,
+}
 
 impl<'a> Drop for WrappedEncoder<'a> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.0.end_encoding()
+        if self.end_encoding_on_drop {
+            self.inner.end_encoding()
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl<'a> AsRef<metal::ComputeCommandEncoderRef> for WrappedEncoder<'a> {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &metal::ComputeCommandEncoderRef {
-        self.0
+        self.inner
     }
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +192,10 @@ impl EncoderProvider for &metal::CommandBuffer {
     where
         Self: 'a;
     fn encoder(&self) -> Self::Encoder<'_> {
-        WrappedEncoder(self.new_compute_command_encoder())
+        WrappedEncoder {
+            inner: self.new_compute_command_encoder(),
+            end_encoding_on_drop: true,
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +204,21 @@ impl EncoderProvider for &metal::CommandBufferRef {
     where
         Self: 'a;
     fn encoder(&self) -> Self::Encoder<'_> {
-        WrappedEncoder(self.new_compute_command_encoder())
+        WrappedEncoder {
+            inner: self.new_compute_command_encoder(),
+            end_encoding_on_drop: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl EncoderProvider for &ComputeCommandEncoderRef {
+    type Encoder<'a> = WrappedEncoder<'a>
+    where
+        Self: 'a;
+    fn encoder(&self) -> Self::Encoder<'_> {
+        WrappedEncoder {
+            inner: self,
+            end_encoding_on_drop: false,
+        }
     }
 }