diff --git a/expose.cpp b/expose.cpp
index 1a9b2437e..d456200e3 100644
--- a/expose.cpp
+++ b/expose.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ extern "C"
         return gpttype_generate(inputs);
     }
 
-    bool sd_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs)
+    sd_load_model_outputs sd_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs)
     {
         return sdtype_load_model(inputs);
     }
diff --git a/expose.h b/expose.h
index 9d03b30c4..6b7b2fed5 100644
--- a/expose.h
+++ b/expose.h
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ struct sd_load_model_inputs
     const bool quiet = false;
     const int debugmode = 0;
 };
+struct sd_load_model_outputs
+{
+    int status = -1;
+    const char * model_version = ""; // SDVersion
+};
 struct sd_generation_inputs
 {
     const char * prompt = nullptr;
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 2643dc8d8..8095ffae2 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ using_gui_launcher = False
 handle = None
 friendlymodelname = "inactive"
 friendlysdmodelname = "inactive"
+sdmodelversion = ""
 friendlyembeddingsmodelname = "inactive"
 lastgeneratedcomfyimg = b''
 fullsdmodelpath = ""  #if empty, it's not initialized
@@ -278,6 +279,10 @@ class sd_load_model_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
                 ("quiet", ctypes.c_bool),
                 ("debugmode", ctypes.c_int)]
 
+class sd_load_model_outputs(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("status", ctypes.c_int),
+                ("model_version", ctypes.c_char_p)]
+
 class sd_generation_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("prompt", ctypes.c_char_p),
                 ("negative_prompt", ctypes.c_char_p),
@@ -540,7 +545,7 @@ def init_library():
     handle.load_state_kv.restype = ctypes.c_bool
     handle.clear_state_kv.restype = ctypes.c_bool
     handle.sd_load_model.argtypes = [sd_load_model_inputs]
-    handle.sd_load_model.restype = ctypes.c_bool
+    handle.sd_load_model.restype = sd_load_model_outputs
     handle.sd_generate.argtypes = [sd_generation_inputs]
     handle.sd_generate.restype = sd_generation_outputs
     handle.whisper_load_model.argtypes = [whisper_load_model_inputs]
@@ -6811,11 +6816,14 @@ def kcpp_main_process(launch_args, g_memory=None, gui_launcher=False):
             friendlysdmodelname = os.path.basename(imgmodel)
             friendlysdmodelname = os.path.splitext(friendlysdmodelname)[0]
             friendlysdmodelname = sanitize_string(friendlysdmodelname)
-            loadok = sd_load_model(imgmodel,imgvae,imglora,imgt5xxl,imgclipl,imgclipg)
+            ret = sd_load_model(imgmodel,imgvae,imglora,imgt5xxl,imgclipl,imgclipg)
+            loadok = (ret.status == 0)
+            sdmodelversion = ret.model_version.decode("UTF-8","ignore")
             print("Load Image Model OK: " + str(loadok))
             if not loadok:
                 exitcounter = 999
                 exit_with_error(3,"Could not load image model: " + imgmodel)
+            print("Image Model Type: " + sdmodelversion)
 
     #handle whisper model
     if args.whispermodel and args.whispermodel!="":
diff --git a/model_adapter.h b/model_adapter.h
index d5602cd40..55cca0f25 100644
--- a/model_adapter.h
+++ b/model_adapter.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ std::vector<int> gpttype_get_token_arr(const std::string & input, bool addbos);
 std::string gpttype_detokenize(const std::vector<int> & input, bool render_special);
 const std::vector<TopPicksData> gpttype_get_top_picks_data();
 
-bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs);
+sd_load_model_outputs sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs);
 sd_generation_outputs sdtype_generate(const sd_generation_inputs inputs);
 
 bool whispertype_load_model(const whisper_load_model_inputs inputs);
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ size_t gpttype_calc_old_state_kv(int slot);
 size_t gpttype_calc_old_state_tokencount(int slot);
 size_t gpttype_save_state_kv(int slot);
 bool gpttype_load_state_kv(int slot);
-bool gpttype_clear_state_kv(bool shrink);
\ No newline at end of file
+bool gpttype_clear_state_kv(bool shrink);
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
index 36ebe317c..d99bc14bc 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,27 @@ struct SDParams {
     float skip_layer_end         = 0.2f;
 };
 
+static const char * sdversion_name (enum SDVersion version)
+{
+    // TODO: stable-diffusion.h should expose model_version_to_str or equivalent
+    static const char * model_version_to_str[] = {
+        "SD 1.x",
+        "SD 1.x Inpaint",
+        "SD 2.x",
+        "SD 2.x Inpaint",
+        "SDXL",
+        "SDXL Inpaint",
+        "SVD",
+        "SD3.x",
+        "Flux",
+        "Flux Fill"
+    };
+    unsigned int idx = (unsigned int) version;
+    if (idx < (sizeof model_version_to_str / sizeof model_version_to_str[0]))
+        return model_version_to_str[idx];
+    return "UNKNOWN";
+}
+
 //shared
 int total_img_gens = 0;
 
@@ -122,7 +143,9 @@ static bool notiling = false;
 static bool sd_is_quiet = false;
 static std::string sdmodelfilename = "";
 
-bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
+sd_load_model_outputs sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
+    sd_load_model_outputs output;
+
     sd_is_quiet = inputs.quiet;
     set_sd_quiet(sd_is_quiet);
     executable_path = inputs.executable_path;
@@ -260,7 +283,7 @@ bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
 
     if (sd_ctx == NULL) {
         printf("\nError: KCPP SD Failed to create context!\nIf using Flux/SD3.5, make sure you have ALL files required (e.g. VAE, T5, Clip...) or baked in!\n");
-        return false;
+        return output;
     }
 
     std::filesystem::path mpath(inputs.model_filename);
@@ -273,7 +296,9 @@ bool sdtype_load_model(const sd_load_model_inputs inputs) {
         sd_ctx->sd->apply_lora_from_file(lorafilename,inputs.lora_multiplier);
     }
 
-    return true;
+    output.status = 0;
+    output.model_version = sdversion_name(sd_ctx->sd->version);
+    return output;
 
 }