# Setting a custom VAE

It's super easy to load custom VAE's with Auto 1111 SDK. You can find a list of VAE's to choose from Civit AI here: <https://civitai.com/models>. To load a custom VAE in Auto 1111 SDK:

1. Initialize your pipeline

```python
from auto1111sdk import StableDiffusionPipeline

pipe = StableDiffusionPipeline("PATH TO YOUR MODEL SAFETENSORS FILE")
```

2. Set the VAE

<pre class="language-python"><code class="lang-python"><strong>pipe.set_vae("PATH TO YOUR VAE SAFETENSORS FILE") # path to your vae safetensors file
</strong></code></pre>

And that's it! Once you change the VAE as per your specification, you shall see the changes.


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