diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/model.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/model.cpp
index 73458320d..80fdd78cf 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/model.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/model.cpp
@@ -1366,6 +1366,16 @@ bool ModelLoader::init_from_ckpt_file(const std::string& file_path, const std::s
     return true;
 }
 
+bool ModelLoader::has_diffusion_model_tensors()
+{
+    for (auto& tensor_storage : tensor_storages) {
+        if (tensor_storage.name.find("model.diffusion_model.") != std::string::npos) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 SDVersion ModelLoader::get_sd_version() {
     TensorStorage token_embedding_weight;
     bool is_flux = false;
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/model.h b/otherarch/sdcpp/model.h
index 041245e37..f890db67f 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/model.h
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/model.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ protected:
 
 public:
     bool init_from_file(const std::string& file_path, const std::string& prefix = "");
+    bool has_diffusion_model_tensors();
     SDVersion get_sd_version();
     ggml_type get_sd_wtype();
     ggml_type get_conditioner_wtype();
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/stable-diffusion.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/stable-diffusion.cpp
index 877b8f878..2c87926d6 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/stable-diffusion.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/stable-diffusion.cpp
@@ -232,8 +232,21 @@ public:
         }
 
         version = model_loader.get_sd_version();
+
+        if (version == VERSION_COUNT && model_path.size() > 0 && clip_l_path.size() > 0 && diffusion_model_path.size() == 0 && t5xxl_path.size() > 0) {
+            bool endswithsafetensors = (model_path.rfind(".safetensors") == model_path.size() - 12);
+            if(endswithsafetensors && !model_loader.has_diffusion_model_tensors())
+            {
+                LOG_INFO("SD Diffusion Model tensors missing! Fallback trying alternative tensor names...\n");
+                if (!model_loader.init_from_file(model_path, "model.diffusion_model.")) {
+                    LOG_WARN("loading diffusion model from '%s' failed", model_path.c_str());
+                }
+                version = model_loader.get_sd_version();
+            }
+        }
+
         if (version == VERSION_COUNT) {
-            LOG_ERROR("get sd version from file failed: '%s'", model_path.c_str());
+            LOG_ERROR("Error: get SD version from file failed: '%s'", model_path.c_str());
             return false;
         }