diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/encodec/audio_io.rs b/candle-examples/examples/encodec/audio_io.rs
index 2103dd4adf..fa1a26fbf7 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/encodec/audio_io.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/encodec/audio_io.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![allow(unused)]
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/mimi/audio_io.rs b/candle-examples/examples/mimi/audio_io.rs
index 2103dd4adf..fa1a26fbf7 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/mimi/audio_io.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/mimi/audio_io.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![allow(unused)]
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
diff --git a/candle-nn/src/rnn.rs b/candle-nn/src/rnn.rs
index b4b443c6b8..798db6ac4d 100644
--- a/candle-nn/src/rnn.rs
+++ b/candle-nn/src/rnn.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl LSTMConfig {
 /// A Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) layer.
 ///
 /// <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_short-term_memory>
-#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms, unused)]
+#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct LSTM {
     w_ih: Tensor,
@@ -129,6 +129,62 @@ pub struct LSTM {
     dtype: DType,
 }
 
+impl LSTM {
+    /// Creates a LSTM layer.
+    pub fn new(
+        in_dim: usize,
+        hidden_dim: usize,
+        config: LSTMConfig,
+        vb: crate::VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let layer_idx = config.layer_idx;
+        let direction_str = match config.direction {
+            Direction::Forward => "",
+            Direction::Backward => "_reverse",
+        };
+        let w_ih = vb.get_with_hints(
+            (4 * hidden_dim, in_dim),
+            &format!("weight_ih_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"), // Only a single layer is supported.
+            config.w_ih_init,
+        )?;
+        let w_hh = vb.get_with_hints(
+            (4 * hidden_dim, hidden_dim),
+            &format!("weight_hh_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"), // Only a single layer is supported.
+            config.w_hh_init,
+        )?;
+        let b_ih = match config.b_ih_init {
+            Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(
+                4 * hidden_dim,
+                &format!("bias_ih_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"),
+                init,
+            )?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+        let b_hh = match config.b_hh_init {
+            Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(
+                4 * hidden_dim,
+                &format!("bias_hh_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"),
+                init,
+            )?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+        Ok(Self {
+            w_ih,
+            w_hh,
+            b_ih,
+            b_hh,
+            hidden_dim,
+            config,
+            device: vb.device().clone(),
+            dtype: vb.dtype(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn config(&self) -> &LSTMConfig {
+        &self.config
+    }
+}
+
 /// Creates a LSTM layer.
 pub fn lstm(
     in_dim: usize,
@@ -136,47 +192,7 @@ pub fn lstm(
     config: LSTMConfig,
     vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<LSTM> {
-    let layer_idx = config.layer_idx;
-    let direction_str = match config.direction {
-        Direction::Forward => "",
-        Direction::Backward => "_reverse",
-    };
-    let w_ih = vb.get_with_hints(
-        (4 * hidden_dim, in_dim),
-        &format!("weight_ih_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"), // Only a single layer is supported.
-        config.w_ih_init,
-    )?;
-    let w_hh = vb.get_with_hints(
-        (4 * hidden_dim, hidden_dim),
-        &format!("weight_hh_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"), // Only a single layer is supported.
-        config.w_hh_init,
-    )?;
-    let b_ih = match config.b_ih_init {
-        Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(
-            4 * hidden_dim,
-            &format!("bias_ih_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"),
-            init,
-        )?),
-        None => None,
-    };
-    let b_hh = match config.b_hh_init {
-        Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(
-            4 * hidden_dim,
-            &format!("bias_hh_l{layer_idx}{direction_str}"),
-            init,
-        )?),
-        None => None,
-    };
-    Ok(LSTM {
-        w_ih,
-        w_hh,
-        b_ih,
-        b_hh,
-        hidden_dim,
-        config,
-        device: vb.device().clone(),
-        dtype: vb.dtype(),
-    })
+    LSTM::new(in_dim, hidden_dim, config, vb)
 }
 
 impl RNN for LSTM {
@@ -270,7 +286,7 @@ impl GRUConfig {
 /// A Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) layer.
 ///
 /// <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_recurrent_unit>
-#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms, unused)]
+#[allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct GRU {
     w_ih: Tensor,
@@ -283,41 +299,56 @@ pub struct GRU {
     dtype: DType,
 }
 
-/// Creates a GRU layer.
+impl GRU {
+    /// Creates a GRU layer.
+    pub fn new(
+        in_dim: usize,
+        hidden_dim: usize,
+        config: GRUConfig,
+        vb: crate::VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let w_ih = vb.get_with_hints(
+            (3 * hidden_dim, in_dim),
+            "weight_ih_l0", // Only a single layer is supported.
+            config.w_ih_init,
+        )?;
+        let w_hh = vb.get_with_hints(
+            (3 * hidden_dim, hidden_dim),
+            "weight_hh_l0", // Only a single layer is supported.
+            config.w_hh_init,
+        )?;
+        let b_ih = match config.b_ih_init {
+            Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(3 * hidden_dim, "bias_ih_l0", init)?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+        let b_hh = match config.b_hh_init {
+            Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(3 * hidden_dim, "bias_hh_l0", init)?),
+            None => None,
+        };
+        Ok(Self {
+            w_ih,
+            w_hh,
+            b_ih,
+            b_hh,
+            hidden_dim,
+            config,
+            device: vb.device().clone(),
+            dtype: vb.dtype(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn config(&self) -> &GRUConfig {
+        &self.config
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn gru(
     in_dim: usize,
     hidden_dim: usize,
     config: GRUConfig,
     vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<GRU> {
-    let w_ih = vb.get_with_hints(
-        (3 * hidden_dim, in_dim),
-        "weight_ih_l0", // Only a single layer is supported.
-        config.w_ih_init,
-    )?;
-    let w_hh = vb.get_with_hints(
-        (3 * hidden_dim, hidden_dim),
-        "weight_hh_l0", // Only a single layer is supported.
-        config.w_hh_init,
-    )?;
-    let b_ih = match config.b_ih_init {
-        Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(3 * hidden_dim, "bias_ih_l0", init)?),
-        None => None,
-    };
-    let b_hh = match config.b_hh_init {
-        Some(init) => Some(vb.get_with_hints(3 * hidden_dim, "bias_hh_l0", init)?),
-        None => None,
-    };
-    Ok(GRU {
-        w_ih,
-        w_hh,
-        b_ih,
-        b_hh,
-        hidden_dim,
-        config,
-        device: vb.device().clone(),
-        dtype: vb.dtype(),
-    })
+    GRU::new(in_dim, hidden_dim, config, vb)
 }
 
 impl RNN for GRU {