diff --git a/src/evaluate.h b/src/evaluate.h
index 853aeb5b2..8ed2eb994 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.h
+++ b/src/evaluate.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Eval {
 // for the build process (profile-build and fishtest) to work. Do not change the
 // name of the macro or the location where this macro is defined, as it is used
 // in the Makefile/Fishtest.
-#define EvalFileDefaultNameBig "nn-2962dca31855.nnue"
+#define EvalFileDefaultNameBig "nn-c288c895ea92.nnue"
 #define EvalFileDefaultNameSmall "nn-37f18f62d772.nnue"
 
 namespace NNUE {
diff --git a/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h b/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
index 091ae074d..ce23bdf0e 100644
--- a/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
+++ b/src/nnue/nnue_feature_transformer.h
@@ -164,23 +164,13 @@ class FeatureTransformer {
 
         if (UseThreats)
         {
-            auto combinedWeights =
-              std::make_unique<std::array<WeightType, HalfDimensions * TotalInputDimensions>>();
+            read_little_endian<ThreatWeightType>(stream, threatWeights.data(),
+                                                 ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions);
+            read_leb_128<WeightType>(stream, weights);
+
             auto combinedPsqtWeights =
               std::make_unique<std::array<PSQTWeightType, TotalInputDimensions * PSQTBuckets>>();
 
-            read_leb_128<WeightType>(stream, *combinedWeights);
-
-            std::transform(combinedWeights->begin(),
-                           combinedWeights->begin() + ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions,
-                           std::begin(threatWeights),
-                           [](WeightType w) { return static_cast<ThreatWeightType>(w); });
-
-            std::copy(combinedWeights->begin() + ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions,
-                      combinedWeights->begin()
-                        + (ThreatInputDimensions + InputDimensions) * HalfDimensions,
-                      std::begin(weights));
-
             read_leb_128<PSQTWeightType>(stream, *combinedPsqtWeights);
 
             std::copy(combinedPsqtWeights->begin(),
@@ -219,21 +209,13 @@ class FeatureTransformer {
 
         if (UseThreats)
         {
-            auto combinedWeights =
-              std::make_unique<std::array<WeightType, HalfDimensions * TotalInputDimensions>>();
+            write_little_endian<ThreatWeightType>(stream, copy->threatWeights.data(),
+                                                  ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions);
+            write_leb_128<WeightType>(stream, copy->weights);
+
             auto combinedPsqtWeights =
               std::make_unique<std::array<PSQTWeightType, TotalInputDimensions * PSQTBuckets>>();
 
-            std::copy(std::begin(copy->threatWeights),
-                      std::begin(copy->threatWeights) + ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions,
-                      combinedWeights->begin());
-
-            std::copy(std::begin(copy->weights),
-                      std::begin(copy->weights) + InputDimensions * HalfDimensions,
-                      combinedWeights->begin() + ThreatInputDimensions * HalfDimensions);
-
-            write_leb_128<WeightType>(stream, *combinedWeights);
-
             std::copy(std::begin(copy->threatPsqtWeights),
                       std::begin(copy->threatPsqtWeights) + ThreatInputDimensions * PSQTBuckets,
                       combinedPsqtWeights->begin());