diff --git a/tokenization_arcade100k.py b/tokenization_arcade100k.py
index be91425..ddbfa46 100644
--- a/tokenization_arcade100k.py
+++ b/tokenization_arcade100k.py
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ class Arcade100kTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
 
         self.decoder = {i: n for n, i in self.tokenizer._mergeable_ranks.items()}
         self.decoder.update({i: n for n, i in self.tokenizer._special_tokens.items()})
-        self.eos_token = self.decoder[self.tokenizer.eot_token]
-        self.pad_token = self.decoder[self.tokenizer.eot_token]
+        # Provide default `eos_token` and `pad_token`
+        if self.eos_token is None:
+            self.eos_token = self.decoder[self.tokenizer.eot_token]
+        if self.pad_token is None:
+            self.pad_token = self.decoder[self.tokenizer.pad_token]
+
         # Expose for convenience
         self.mergeable_ranks = self.tokenizer._mergeable_ranks
         self.special_tokens = self.tokenizer._special_tokens
@@ -133,6 +137,16 @@ class Arcade100kTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
     def __len__(self):
         return self.tokenizer.n_vocab
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        # Required for `pickle` support
+        state = self.__dict__.copy()
+        del state["tokenizer"]
+        return state
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        self.__dict__.update(state)
+        self.tokenizer = tiktoken.Encoding(**self._tiktoken_config)
+
     @property
     def vocab_size(self):
         return self.tokenizer.n_vocab
@@ -273,4 +287,4 @@ class Arcade100kTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
             token_ids = [token_ids]
         if skip_special_tokens:
             token_ids = [i for i in token_ids if i < self.tokenizer.eot_token]
-        return self.tokenizer.decode(token_ids)
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+        return self.tokenizer.decode(token_ids)