diff --git a/fla/layers/mamba2.py b/fla/layers/mamba2.py
index fd43ac63e2..dac6f1426c 100644
--- a/fla/layers/mamba2.py
+++ b/fla/layers/mamba2.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import math
 import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -170,11 +171,21 @@ def __init__(
 
         # time step projection (discretization)
         # instantiate once and copy inv_dt in init_weights of PretrainedModel
-        self.dt_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(self.num_heads))
+        # hard coded for now
+        dt_init_floor = 1e-4
+        dt = torch.exp(
+            torch.rand(self.num_heads) * (
+                math.log(self.time_step_max) - math.log(self.time_step_min)
+            ) + math.log(self.time_step_min)
+        )
+        dt = torch.clamp(dt, min=dt_init_floor)
+        # Inverse of softplus: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/72759
+        inv_dt = dt + torch.log(-torch.expm1(-dt))
+        self.dt_bias = nn.Parameter(inv_dt)
 
         # S4D real initialization. These are not discretized!
         # The core is to load them, compute the discrete states, then write the updated state. Keeps the memory bounded
-        A = torch.arange(1, self.num_heads + 1)
+        A = torch.empty(self.num_heads, dtype=torch.float32).uniform_(0, 16)
         self.A_log = nn.Parameter(torch.log(A))
         self.A_log._no_weight_decay = True
         self.norm = RMSNormGated(
diff --git a/fla/models/mamba2/modeling_mamba2.py b/fla/models/mamba2/modeling_mamba2.py
index eddc6da8f8..06855b66dc 100644
--- a/fla/models/mamba2/modeling_mamba2.py
+++ b/fla/models/mamba2/modeling_mamba2.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _init_weights(
         if isinstance(module, Mamba2):
 
             # --- A_log ---
-            A = torch.arange(1, module.num_heads + 1)
+            A = torch.empty(module.num_heads, dtype=torch.float32).uniform_(0, 16)
             with torch.no_grad():
                 if not isinstance(module.A_log, DTensor):
                     module.A_log.copy_(torch.log(A))