diff --git a/library/model_util.py b/library/model_util.py
index bc824a12..96c7bbf2 100644
--- a/library/model_util.py
+++ b/library/model_util.py
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ def load_checkpoint_with_text_encoder_conversion(ckpt_path):
   return checkpoint, state_dict
 
 
+
 # TODO dtype指定の動作が怪しいので確認する text_encoderを指定形式で作れるか未確認
 def load_models_from_stable_diffusion_checkpoint(v2, ckpt_path, dtype=None):
   _, state_dict = load_checkpoint_with_text_encoder_conversion(ckpt_path)
@@ -1088,6 +1089,11 @@ def save_diffusers_checkpoint(v2, output_dir, text_encoder, unet, pretrained_mod
 VAE_PREFIX = "first_stage_model."
 
 
+def convert_vae(vae_sd, vae_config):
+  converted_vae_checkpoint = convert_ldm_vae_checkpoint(vae_sd, vae_config)
+  vae = AutoencoderKL(**vae_config)
+  vae.load_state_dict(converted_vae_checkpoint)
+
 def load_vae(vae_id, dtype):
   print(f"load VAE: {vae_id}")
   if os.path.isdir(vae_id) or not os.path.isfile(vae_id):
@@ -1103,34 +1109,26 @@ def load_vae(vae_id, dtype):
   # local
   vae_config = create_vae_diffusers_config()
 
-  if vae_id.endswith(".bin"):
-    # SD 1.5 VAE on Huggingface
-    vae_sd = torch.load(vae_id, map_location="cpu")
-    converted_vae_checkpoint = vae_sd
-  else:
-    # StableDiffusion
-    vae_model = torch.load(vae_id, map_location="cpu")
-    vae_sd = vae_model['state_dict']
+  if vae_id.endswith(".bin"): return convert_vae(torch.load(vae_id, map_location="cpu"), vae_config)
 
-    # vae only or full model
-    full_model = False
-    for vae_key in vae_sd:
-      if vae_key.startswith(VAE_PREFIX):
-        full_model = True
-        break
-    if not full_model:
-      sd = {}
-      for key, value in vae_sd.items():
-        sd[VAE_PREFIX + key] = value
-      vae_sd = sd
-      del sd
+  vae_model = (load_file(vae_id, "cpu") if is_safetensors(vae_id)
+              else torch.load(vae_id, map_location="cpu"))
+  vae_sd = vae_model['state_dict'] if 'state_dict' in vae_model else vae_model
+  
+  full_model = False
+  for vae_key in vae_sd:
+    if vae_key.startswith(VAE_PREFIX):
+      full_model = True
+      break
+  if not full_model:
+    sd = {}
+    for key, value in vae_sd.items():
+      sd[VAE_PREFIX + key] = value
+    vae_sd = sd
+    del sd
 
-    # Convert the VAE model.
-    converted_vae_checkpoint = convert_ldm_vae_checkpoint(vae_sd, vae_config)
-
-  vae = AutoencoderKL(**vae_config)
-  vae.load_state_dict(converted_vae_checkpoint)
-  return vae
+  
+  return convert_vae(vae_sd, vae_config)
 
 
 # endregion