diff --git a/backend/text_processing/classic_engine.py b/backend/text_processing/classic_engine.py
index 10e9079f..ecbdc213 100644
--- a/backend/text_processing/classic_engine.py
+++ b/backend/text_processing/classic_engine.py
@@ -49,14 +49,17 @@ class CLIPEmbeddingForTextualInversion(torch.nn.Module):
 
 class ClassicTextProcessingEngine(torch.nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, text_encoder, tokenizer, chunk_length=75,
-                 embedding_dir='./embeddings', embedding_key='clip_l', embedding_expected_shape=768, emphasis_name="original",
+                 embedding_dir=None, embedding_key='clip_l', embedding_expected_shape=768, emphasis_name="original",
                  text_projection=False, minimal_clip_skip=1, clip_skip=1, return_pooled=False, final_layer_norm=True,
                  callback_before_encode=None):
         super().__init__()
 
         self.embeddings = EmbeddingDatabase(tokenizer, embedding_expected_shape)
-        self.embeddings.add_embedding_dir(embedding_dir)
-        self.embeddings.load_textual_inversion_embeddings()
+
+        if isinstance(embedding_dir, str):
+            self.embeddings.add_embedding_dir(embedding_dir)
+            self.embeddings.load_textual_inversion_embeddings()
+
         self.embedding_key = embedding_key
 
         self.text_encoder = text_encoder