diff --git a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
index 22577ad4..e93063fa 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/layers/xtts/trainer/gpt_trainer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import os
-import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
@@ -12,13 +10,10 @@ from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 from trainer.torch import DistributedSampler
 from trainer.trainer_utils import get_optimizer, get_scheduler
 
-from TTS.tts.configs.tortoise_config import TortoiseConfig
 from TTS.tts.configs.xtts_config import XttsConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets.dataset import TTSDataset
 from TTS.tts.layers.tortoise.arch_utils import TorchMelSpectrogram
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.dvae import DiscreteVAE
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.gpt import GPT
-from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.hifigan_decoder import HifiDecoder
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.tokenizer import VoiceBpeTokenizer
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.dataset import XTTSDataset
 from TTS.tts.models.base_tts import BaseTTS
@@ -456,7 +451,7 @@ class GPTTrainer(BaseTTS):
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument, disable=W0201, disable=W0102, redefined-builtin
         """Load the model checkpoint and setup for training or inference"""
 
-        state, _ = self.xtts.get_compatible_checkpoint_state(checkpoint_path)
+        state = self.xtts.get_compatible_checkpoint_state_dict(checkpoint_path)
 
         # load the model weights
         self.xtts.load_state_dict(state, strict=strict)
diff --git a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
index 641d050c..6fb1c221 100644
--- a/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
+++ b/recipes/ljspeech/xtts_v1/train_gpt_xtts.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from trainer import Trainer, TrainerArgs
 from TTS.config.shared_configs import BaseDatasetConfig
 from TTS.tts.datasets import load_tts_samples
 from TTS.tts.layers.xtts.trainer.gpt_trainer import GPTArgs, GPTTrainer, GPTTrainerConfig, XttsAudioConfig
+from TTS.utils.manage import ModelManager
+
 
 # Logging parameters
 RUN_NAME = "GPT_XTTS_LJSpeech_FT"
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ BATCH_SIZE = 3  # set here the batch size
 GRAD_ACUMM_STEPS = 84  # set here the grad accumulation steps
 # Note: we recommend that BATCH_SIZE * GRAD_ACUMM_STEPS need to be at least 252 for more efficient training. You can increase/decrease BATCH_SIZE but then set GRAD_ACUMM_STEPS accordingly.
 
-# Define here the dataset that you want to use for the fine tuning
+# Define here the dataset that you want to use for the fine-tuning on.
 config_dataset = BaseDatasetConfig(
     formatter="ljspeech",
     dataset_name="ljspeech",
@@ -31,20 +33,34 @@ config_dataset = BaseDatasetConfig(
     language="en",
 )
 
+# Add here the configs of the datasets
 DATASETS_CONFIG_LIST = [config_dataset]
 
-# ToDo: update with the latest released checkpoints
+# Define the path where XTTS v1.1.1 files will be downloaded
+CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH = os.path.join(OUT_PATH, "XTTS_v1.1_original_model_files/")
+os.makedirs(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, exist_ok=True)
 
-# DVAE parameters: For the training we need the dvae to extract the dvae tokens, given that you must provide the paths for this model
-DVAE_CHECKPOINT = "/raid/datasets/xtts_models/dvae.pth"  # DVAE checkpoint
-MEL_NORM_FILE = (
-    "/raid/datasets/xtts_models/mel_stats.pth"  # Mel spectrogram norms, required for dvae mel spectrogram extraction
-)
+
+# DVAE files
+DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/denoising_dvae_v3_small.pth"
+MEL_NORM_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/mel_stats.pth"
+# download DVAE files
+print(" > Downloading DVAE files!")
+ModelManager._download_model_files([MEL_NORM_LINK, DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
+
+# Set the path to the downloaded files
+DVAE_CHECKPOINT = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, DVAE_CHECKPOINT_LINK.split("/")[-1])
+MEL_NORM_FILE = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, MEL_NORM_LINK.split("/")[-1])
+
+# Download XTTS v1.1 checkpoint
+TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/vocab.json"
+XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK = "https://coqui.gateway.scarf.sh/hf-coqui/XTTS-v1/v1.1.1/model.pth"
+print(" > Downloading XTTS v1.1 files!")
+ModelManager._download_model_files([TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK, XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK], CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, progress_bar=True)
 
 # XTTS transfer learning parameters: You we need to provide the paths of XTTS model checkpoint that you want to do the fine tuning.
-TOKENIZER_FILE = "/raid/edresson/dev/Checkpoints/XTTS_evaluation/xtts_style_emb_repetition_fix_gt/tokenizer_merged_5.json"  # vocab.json file
-XTTS_CHECKPOINT = "/raid/edresson/dev/Checkpoints/XTTS_evaluation/xtts_style_emb_repetition_fix_gt/132500_gpt_ema_coqui_tts_with_enhanced_hifigan.pth"  # model.pth file
-
+TOKENIZER_FILE = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, TOKENIZER_FILE_LINK.split("/")[-1]) # vocab.json file
+XTTS_CHECKPOINT = os.path.join(CHECKPOINTS_OUT_PATH, XTTS_CHECKPOINT_LINK.split("/")[-1]) # model.pth file
 
 # Training sentences generations
 SPEAKER_REFERENCE = (
@@ -71,9 +87,11 @@ def main():
         gpt_start_audio_token=8192,
         gpt_stop_audio_token=8193,
     )
+    # define audio config
     audio_config = XttsAudioConfig(
         sample_rate=22050, dvae_sample_rate=22050, diffusion_sample_rate=24000, output_sample_rate=24000
     )
+    # training parameters config
     config = GPTTrainerConfig(
         output_path=OUT_PATH,
         model_args=model_args,