diff --git a/backprop/optimize_test.cc b/backprop/optimize_test.cc
index 6d83de0..a23ac84 100644
--- a/backprop/optimize_test.cc
+++ b/backprop/optimize_test.cc
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ TEST(OptimizeTest, GradientDescent) {
     RuntimeConfig runtime = {
         .max_generated_tokens = 16,
         .temperature = 1.0f,
-        .verbosity = 0,
         .gen = &gen,
+        .verbosity = 0,
         .stream_token = stream_token,
         .eos_id = ReverseSequenceSampler::kEndToken,
     };
diff --git a/evals/benchmark_helper.cc b/evals/benchmark_helper.cc
index 8c84f96..60cc61e 100644
--- a/evals/benchmark_helper.cc
+++ b/evals/benchmark_helper.cc
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ GemmaEnv::GemmaEnv(const LoaderArgs& loader, const InferenceArgs& inference,
   runtime_config_ = {
       .max_generated_tokens = inference.max_generated_tokens,
       .temperature = inference.temperature,
-      .verbosity = app.verbosity,
       .gen = &gen_,
+      .verbosity = app.verbosity,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/evals/cross_entropy.cc b/evals/cross_entropy.cc
index 13ff3d3..6393c53 100644
--- a/evals/cross_entropy.cc
+++ b/evals/cross_entropy.cc
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ float ComputeCrossEntropy(Gemma& gemma, size_t max_generated_tokens,
   RuntimeConfig runtime = {
       .max_generated_tokens = max_generated_tokens - 1,
       .temperature = 0.0f,
-      .verbosity = verbosity,
       .gen = nullptr,
+      .verbosity = verbosity,
       .stream_token = stream_token,
       .sample_func = sample_token,
   };
diff --git a/evals/gemma_test.cc b/evals/gemma_test.cc
index 676a5d2..114d5a3 100644
--- a/evals/gemma_test.cc
+++ b/evals/gemma_test.cc
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ TEST_F(GemmaTest, Multiturn) {
   RuntimeConfig runtime_config{
       .max_generated_tokens = 64,
       .temperature = 0.0f,
-      .verbosity = 2,
       .gen = &s_env->MutableGen(),
+      .verbosity = 2,
       .stream_token = stream_token,
   };
   TimingInfo timing_info{.verbosity = 0};
diff --git a/evals/run_mmlu.cc b/evals/run_mmlu.cc
index d3618db..77c9dcd 100644
--- a/evals/run_mmlu.cc
+++ b/evals/run_mmlu.cc
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ void Run(GemmaEnv& env, JsonArgs& json) {
     gcpp::RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {
         .max_generated_tokens = 30,
         .temperature = 0.0f,
-        .verbosity = env.Verbosity(),
         .gen = &env.MutableGen(),
+        .verbosity = env.Verbosity(),
         .stream_token = stream_token,
     };
     env.GetModel()->Generate(runtime_config, prompt, /*pos=*/0,
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/run.cc b/examples/hello_world/run.cc
index 7b2e90f..7e9e561 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/run.cc
+++ b/examples/hello_world/run.cc
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   gcpp::RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {
       .max_generated_tokens = 1024,
       .temperature = 1.0,
-      .verbosity = 0,
       .gen = &gen,
+      .verbosity = 0,
       .stream_token = stream_token,
       .accept_token =
           [&](int token, float /* prob */) {
diff --git a/gemma/configs.h b/gemma/configs.h
index f6a4245..e709df7 100644
--- a/gemma/configs.h
+++ b/gemma/configs.h
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ struct ModelConfig {
   size_t vit_seq_len = 0;
   size_t num_tensor_scales = 0;
   size_t num_vit_scales = 0;
-  size_t top_k = kTopK;
   float att_cap = 0.0f;
   float final_cap = 0.0f;
   bool absolute_pe = false;
diff --git a/gemma/configs_test.cc b/gemma/configs_test.cc
index 91bfc53..8128baf 100644
--- a/gemma/configs_test.cc
+++ b/gemma/configs_test.cc
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void AssertMatch(const ModelConfig& config) {
   }
   ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kVocabSize, config.vocab_size);
   ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kSeqLen, config.seq_len);
-  ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kTopK, config.top_k);
+  // ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kTopK, config.top_k); - is now a runtime config value.
   ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kAttCap, config.att_cap);
   ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kFinalCap, config.final_cap);
   ASSERT_EQ(TConfig::kAbsolutePE, config.absolute_pe);
diff --git a/gemma/gemma-inl.h b/gemma/gemma-inl.h
index 2b1587d..51f2999 100644
--- a/gemma/gemma-inl.h
+++ b/gemma/gemma-inl.h
@@ -1196,13 +1196,12 @@ class TokenStreamer {
   hwy::BitSet4096<> is_eos_;
 };
 
-HWY_INLINE SampleFunc ChooseSampleFunc(int top_k,
-                                       const RuntimeConfig& runtime_config) {
+HWY_INLINE SampleFunc ChooseSampleFunc(const RuntimeConfig& runtime_config) {
   // If user provided a sample_func, use it.
   if (runtime_config.sample_func) return runtime_config.sample_func;
 
   // Fast path for top-1 with no accept_token.
-  if (top_k == 1 && !runtime_config.accept_token) {
+  if (runtime_config.top_k == 1 && !runtime_config.accept_token) {
     return [](float* logits, size_t vocab_size) HWY_ATTR -> TokenAndProb {
       PROFILER_ZONE("Gen.Sample Top1");
       return Top1OfSoftmax(logits, vocab_size);
@@ -1210,13 +1209,13 @@ HWY_INLINE SampleFunc ChooseSampleFunc(int top_k,
   }
 
   // General case: Softmax with top-k sampling.
-  return [top_k, &runtime_config](float* logits,
-                                  size_t vocab_size) HWY_ATTR -> TokenAndProb {
+  return [&runtime_config](float* logits,
+                           size_t vocab_size) HWY_ATTR -> TokenAndProb {
     PROFILER_ZONE("Gen.Sample general");
     Softmax(logits, vocab_size);
-    const int token =
-        SampleTopK(logits, top_k, vocab_size, *runtime_config.gen,
-                   runtime_config.temperature, runtime_config.accept_token);
+    const int token = SampleTopK(
+        logits, runtime_config.top_k, vocab_size, *runtime_config.gen,
+        runtime_config.temperature, runtime_config.accept_token);
     return TokenAndProb{.token = token, .prob = logits[token]};
   };
 }
@@ -1276,8 +1275,7 @@ void GenerateT(const ModelWeightsStorage& model, Activations& activations,
   size_t max_prompt_size = MaxQueryLength(queries_prompt);
   size_t max_generated_tokens = runtime_config.max_generated_tokens;
   RangeChecks(weights.weights_config, max_generated_tokens, max_prompt_size);
-  const SampleFunc sample_token =
-      ChooseSampleFunc(weights.weights_config.top_k, runtime_config);
+  const SampleFunc sample_token = ChooseSampleFunc(runtime_config);
 
   // Prefill stops before min_prompt_size - 1 because the last prompt
   // token is the first input token for generation.
diff --git a/gemma/gemma.h b/gemma/gemma.h
index 5df319f..5b84053 100644
--- a/gemma/gemma.h
+++ b/gemma/gemma.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "compression/io.h"  // Path
 #include "gemma/activations.h"
 #include "gemma/common.h"
+#include "gemma/configs.h"
 #include "gemma/kv_cache.h"
 #include "gemma/tokenizer.h"
 #include "gemma/weights.h"
@@ -102,9 +103,12 @@ struct RuntimeConfig {
   // Max queries per batch (one token from each) during decode.
   size_t decode_qbatch_size = 16;
 
-  float temperature;  // Temperature for sampling.
+  // Sampling-related parameters.
+  float temperature;     // Temperature for sampling.
+  size_t top_k = kTopK;  // Top-k for sampling.
+  std::mt19937* gen;     // Random number generator used for sampling.
+
   int verbosity;  // Controls verbosity of printed messages.
-  std::mt19937* gen;  // Random number generator used for sampling.
 
   // Functions operating on the generated tokens.
   StreamFunc stream_token;
diff --git a/gemma/run.cc b/gemma/run.cc
index 2c62bdb..87c7c9d 100644
--- a/gemma/run.cc
+++ b/gemma/run.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void ReplGemma(Gemma& model, KVCache& kv_cache, const AppArgs& app,
     HWY_ASSERT(image.ReadPPM(args.image_file.path));
     image.Resize();
     RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {
-        .verbosity = app.verbosity, .gen = &gen, .use_spinning = app.spin};
+        .gen = &gen, .verbosity = app.verbosity, .use_spinning = app.spin};
     double image_tokens_start = hwy::platform::Now();
     model.GenerateImageTokens(runtime_config, image, image_tokens);
     if (app.verbosity >= 1) {
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ void ReplGemma(Gemma& model, KVCache& kv_cache, const AppArgs& app,
     }
 
     TimingInfo timing_info = {.verbosity = app.verbosity};
-    RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {.verbosity = app.verbosity,
-                                    .gen = &gen,
+    RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {.gen = &gen,
+                                    .verbosity = app.verbosity,
                                     .stream_token = stream_token,
                                     .accept_token = accept_token,
                                     .use_spinning = app.spin};
diff --git a/paligemma/paligemma_test.cc b/paligemma/paligemma_test.cc
index b820eec..64c0ee8 100644
--- a/paligemma/paligemma_test.cc
+++ b/paligemma/paligemma_test.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void PaliGemmaTest::InitVit(const std::string& path) {
   HWY_ASSERT(model.Info().training == ModelTraining::PALIGEMMA);
   HWY_ASSERT(image.ReadPPM(path));
   image.Resize();
-  RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {.verbosity = 0, .gen = &s_env->MutableGen()};
+  RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {.gen = &s_env->MutableGen(), .verbosity = 0};
   model.GenerateImageTokens(runtime_config, image, image_tokens_);
 }
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ std::string PaliGemmaTest::GemmaReply(const std::string& prompt_text) const{
   Gemma& model = *(s_env->GetModel());
   s_env->MutableGen().seed(0x12345678);
   RuntimeConfig runtime_config = {.max_generated_tokens = 512,
-                                  .verbosity = 0,
-                                  .gen = &s_env->MutableGen()};
+                                  .gen = &s_env->MutableGen(),
+                                  .verbosity = 0};
   runtime_config.image_tokens = &image_tokens_;
   size_t abs_pos = 0;
   std::string mutable_prompt = prompt_text;
diff --git a/util/app.h b/util/app.h
index ebc16b9..add8aa3 100644
--- a/util/app.h
+++ b/util/app.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct InferenceArgs : public ArgsBase<InferenceArgs> {
   size_t decode_qbatch_size;
 
   float temperature;
+  size_t top_k;
   bool deterministic;
   bool multiturn;
   Path image_file;
@@ -244,6 +245,8 @@ struct InferenceArgs : public ArgsBase<InferenceArgs> {
             "Decode: max queries per batch.");
 
     visitor(temperature, "temperature", 1.0f, "Temperature for top-K", 2);
+    visitor(top_k, "top_k", size_t{1}, "Number of top-K topkens to sample from",
+            2);
     visitor(deterministic, "deterministic", false,
             "Make top-k sampling deterministic", 2);
     visitor(multiturn, "multiturn", false,
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ struct InferenceArgs : public ArgsBase<InferenceArgs> {
     runtime_config.prefill_tbatch_size = prefill_tbatch_size;
     runtime_config.decode_qbatch_size = decode_qbatch_size;
     runtime_config.temperature = temperature;
+    runtime_config.top_k = top_k;
   }
 };