diff --git a/ldm_patched/modules/sd.py b/ldm_patched/modules/sd.py
index 61260fd0..282f2559 100644
--- a/ldm_patched/modules/sd.py
+++ b/ldm_patched/modules/sd.py
@@ -427,12 +427,13 @@ def load_checkpoint(config_path=None, ckpt_path=None, output_vae=True, output_cl
 
     return (ldm_patched.modules.model_patcher.ModelPatcher(model, load_device=model_management.get_torch_device(), offload_device=offload_device), clip, vae)
 
-def load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, output_clipvision=False, embedding_directory=None, output_model=True, vae_filename=None):
+def load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, output_clipvision=False, embedding_directory=None, output_model=True, vae_filename_param=None):
     sd = ldm_patched.modules.utils.load_torch_file(ckpt_path)
     sd_keys = sd.keys()
     clip = None
     clipvision = None
     vae = None
+    vae_filename = None
     model = None
     model_patcher = None
     clip_target = None
@@ -462,11 +463,12 @@ def load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, o
         model.load_model_weights(sd, "model.diffusion_model.")
 
     if output_vae:
-        if vae_filename is None:
+        if vae_filename_param is None:
             vae_sd = ldm_patched.modules.utils.state_dict_prefix_replace(sd, {"first_stage_model.": ""}, filter_keys=True)
             vae_sd = model_config.process_vae_state_dict(vae_sd)
         else:
-            vae_sd = ldm_patched.modules.utils.load_torch_file(vae_filename)
+            vae_sd = ldm_patched.modules.utils.load_torch_file(vae_filename_param)
+            vae_filename = vae_filename_param
         vae = VAE(sd=vae_sd)
 
     if output_clip:
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ def load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, o
             print("loaded straight to GPU")
             model_management.load_model_gpu(model_patcher)
 
-    return model_patcher, clip, vae, clipvision
+    return model_patcher, clip, vae, vae_filename, clipvision
 
 
 def load_unet_state_dict(sd): #load unet in diffusers format
diff --git a/modules/core.py b/modules/core.py
index c1fa8976..3ca4cc5b 100644
--- a/modules/core.py
+++ b/modules/core.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class StableDiffusionModel:
         self.clip = clip
         self.clip_vision = clip_vision
         self.filename = filename
-        self.vae_filename = filename
+        self.vae_filename = vae_filename
         self.unet_with_lora = unet
         self.clip_with_lora = clip
         self.visited_loras = ''
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ def apply_controlnet(positive, negative, control_net, image, strength, start_per
 @torch.no_grad()
 @torch.inference_mode()
 def load_model(ckpt_filename, vae_filename=None):
-    unet, clip, vae, clip_vision = load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_filename, embedding_directory=path_embeddings,
-                                                                vae_filename=vae_filename)
-    return StableDiffusionModel(unet=unet, clip=clip, vae=vae, clip_vision=clip_vision, filename=ckpt_filename)
+    unet, clip, vae, vae_filename, clip_vision = load_checkpoint_guess_config(ckpt_filename, embedding_directory=path_embeddings,
+                                                                vae_filename_param=vae_filename)
+    return StableDiffusionModel(unet=unet, clip=clip, vae=vae, clip_vision=clip_vision, filename=ckpt_filename, vae_filename=vae_filename)
 
 
 @torch.no_grad()
diff --git a/modules/default_pipeline.py b/modules/default_pipeline.py
index 9f94170c..fcbeab7f 100644
--- a/modules/default_pipeline.py
+++ b/modules/default_pipeline.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def refresh_base_model(name, vae_name=None):
     if model_base.filename == filename and model_base.vae_filename == vae_filename:
         return
 
-    model_base = core.StableDiffusionModel()
+    model_base = core.StableDiffusionModel(vae_filename=vae_filename)
     model_base = core.load_model(filename, vae_filename)
     print(f'Base model loaded: {model_base.filename}')
     return