diff --git a/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py b/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
index f06f2929..1841d496 100644
--- a/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
+++ b/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ from library.sdxl_model_util import convert_text_encoder_2_state_dict_to_sdxl
 from diffusers.schedulers import DDPMScheduler
 from toolkit.pipelines import CustomStableDiffusionXLPipeline, CustomStableDiffusionPipeline
 from diffusers import StableDiffusionPipeline, StableDiffusionXLPipeline
+import diffusers
+
+# tell it to shut up
+diffusers.logging.set_verbosity(diffusers.logging.ERROR)
 
 
 class BlankNetwork:
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class StableDiffusion:
         # sdxl stuff
         self.logit_scale = None
         self.ckppt_info = None
+        self.is_loaded = False
 
         # to hold network if there is one
         self.network = None
@@ -118,6 +123,8 @@ class StableDiffusion:
         self.is_v2 = model_config.is_v2
 
     def load_model(self):
+        if self.is_loaded:
+            return
         dtype = get_torch_dtype(self.dtype)
 
         # TODO handle other schedulers
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ class StableDiffusion:
         self.tokenizer = tokenizer
         self.text_encoder = text_encoder
         self.pipeline = pipe
+        self.is_loaded = True
 
     def generate_images(self, image_configs: List[GenerateImageConfig]):
         # sample_folder = os.path.join(self.save_root, 'samples')