diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f10dbc17..51dedbb14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log for SD.Next
 
-## Update for 2026-05-27
+## Update for 2026-05-29
 
-### Highlights for 2026-05-27
+### Highlights for 2026-05-29
 
 *What's New?*
 - **Anima** made it to release version, Microsoft joins the game with **Lens**
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ And we have new [Home](https://vladmandic.github.io/sdnext/) page and new [Contr
 
 Plus continued work on modernization of codebase: UI is now fully TypeScript based and we have a new modular LoRA loader
 
-### Details for 2026-05-25
+### Details for 2026-05-29
 
 - **Models**
   - [CircleStone Anima 1.0](https://huggingface.co/circlestone-labs/Anima) in *Base* and *Turbo* (distilled) variants  
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ Plus continued work on modernization of codebase: UI is now fully TypeScript bas
   - `hf download` model card lookup
   - `ltx video` padding logic
   - `prompt enhance` custom model loader
+  - `styles` loader exception handling
+  - `kanvas` image change notification
+  - `reinstall` force reinstal of transformers and diffusers
 
 ## Update for 2026-05-13
 
diff --git a/installer.py b/installer.py
index 5763e3142..ff2c88e81 100644
--- a/installer.py
+++ b/installer.py
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ def check_transformers():
         target_tokenizers = '0.23.1'
     if target_transformers is not None:
         # Pinned release version (e.g. DirectML)
-        if (pkg_transformers is None) or ((pkg_transformers.version != target_transformers) or (pkg_tokenizers is None) or ((pkg_tokenizers.version != target_tokenizers) and (not args.experimental))):
+        if args.reinstall or (pkg_transformers is None) or ((pkg_transformers.version != target_transformers) or (pkg_tokenizers is None) or ((pkg_tokenizers.version != target_tokenizers) and (not args.experimental))):
             if pkg_transformers is None:
                 log.info(f'Install: package="transformers" version={target_transformers}')
             else:
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def check_transformers():
     else:
         # Git commit-pinned version
         current = opts.get('transformers_version', '')
-        if (pkg_transformers is None) or (pkg_transformers.version.startswith('4')) or (current != target_commit):
+        if args.reinstall or (pkg_transformers is None) or (pkg_transformers.version.startswith('4')) or (current != target_commit):
             if pkg_transformers is None:
                 log.info(f'Install: package="transformers" commit={target_commit}')
             else:
diff --git a/modules/styles.py b/modules/styles.py
index 930ff6a41..79e70a9bc 100644
--- a/modules/styles.py
+++ b/modules/styles.py
@@ -305,40 +305,40 @@ class StyleDatabase:
                 pass
 
     def load_style(self, fn, prefix=None):
-        with open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            new_style = None
-            try:
+        new_style = None
+        try:
+            with open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 all_styles = json.load(f)
-                if type(all_styles) is dict:
-                    all_styles = [all_styles]
-                for style in all_styles:
-                    if type(style) is not dict or "name" not in style:
-                        raise ValueError('cannot parse style')
-                    basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(fn))[0]
-                    name = re.sub(r'[\t\r\n]', '', style.get("name", basename)).strip()
-                    if prefix is not None:
-                        name = os.path.join(prefix, name)
-                    else:
-                        name = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(fn, self.path)), name)
-                    new_style = Style(
-                        name=name,
-                        desc=style.get('description', name),
-                        prompt=style.get("prompt", ""),
-                        negative_prompt=style.get("negative", ""),
-                        extra=style.get("extra", ""),
-                        wildcards=style.get("wildcards", ""),
-                        preview=style.get("preview", None),
-                        filename=fn,
-                        mtime=os.path.getmtime(fn),
-                    )
-                    # key by the prefixed name so styles with the same base name in different
-                    # subfolders do not collide and overwrite each other
-                    if name in self.styles:
-                        log.warning(f'Style duplicate name: name="{name}" file="{fn}" existing="{self.styles[name].filename}"')
-                    self.styles[name] = new_style
-            except Exception as e:
-                log.error(f'Failed to load style: file="{fn}" error={e}')
-            return new_style
+            if type(all_styles) is dict:
+                all_styles = [all_styles]
+            for style in all_styles:
+                if type(style) is not dict or "name" not in style:
+                    raise ValueError('cannot parse style')
+                basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(fn))[0]
+                name = re.sub(r'[\t\r\n]', '', style.get("name", basename)).strip()
+                if prefix is not None:
+                    name = os.path.join(prefix, name)
+                else:
+                    name = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(fn, self.path)), name)
+                new_style = Style(
+                    name=name,
+                    desc=style.get('description', name),
+                    prompt=style.get("prompt", ""),
+                    negative_prompt=style.get("negative", ""),
+                    extra=style.get("extra", ""),
+                    wildcards=style.get("wildcards", ""),
+                    preview=style.get("preview", None),
+                    filename=fn,
+                    mtime=os.path.getmtime(fn),
+                )
+                # key by the prefixed name so styles with the same base name in different
+                # subfolders do not collide and overwrite each other
+                if name in self.styles:
+                    log.warning(f'Style duplicate name: name="{name}" file="{fn}" existing="{self.styles[name].filename}"')
+                self.styles[name] = new_style
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error(f'Failed to load style: file="{fn}" error={e}')
+        return new_style
 
     def reload(self):
         t0 = time.time()