diff --git a/api/types.go b/api/types.go
index 42b0c470..dccfbf7a 100644
--- a/api/types.go
+++ b/api/types.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type GenerateResponse struct {
 	Context []int `json:"context,omitempty"`
 
 	TotalDuration      time.Duration `json:"total_duration,omitempty"`
+	LoadDuration       time.Duration `json:"load_duration,omitempty"`
 	PromptEvalCount    int           `json:"prompt_eval_count,omitempty"`
 	PromptEvalDuration time.Duration `json:"prompt_eval_duration,omitempty"`
 	EvalCount          int           `json:"eval_count,omitempty"`
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ func (r *GenerateResponse) Summary() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "total duration:       %v\n", r.TotalDuration)
 	}
 
+	if r.LoadDuration > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "load duration:        %v\n", r.LoadDuration)
+	}
+
 	if r.PromptEvalCount > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "prompt eval count:    %d token(s)\n", r.PromptEvalCount)
 	}
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 93a04cd7..c3f27ec8 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	mu.Lock()
 	defer mu.Unlock()
 
-	start := time.Now()
+	checkpointStart := time.Now()
 
 	var req api.GenerateRequest
 	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		activeSession.LLM = llm
 	}
 
+	checkpointLoaded := time.Now()
+
 	prompt, err := model.Prompt(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ func GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			r.CreatedAt = time.Now().UTC()
 			r.SessionID = activeSession.ID
 			if r.Done {
-				r.TotalDuration = time.Since(start)
+				r.TotalDuration = time.Since(checkpointStart)
+				r.LoadDuration = checkpointLoaded.Sub(checkpointStart)
 			}
 
 			ch <- r