diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af5a8b9d4..417fef867 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log for SD.Next
 
-## Update for 2025-09-14
+## Update for 2025-09-15
 
-### Highlights for 2025-09-14
+### Highlights for 2025-09-15
 
-*What's new*? Big one is that we're (finally) switching the default UI to **ModernUI**!  
-StandardUI is still available and can be selected in settings, but ModernUI is now the default for new installs  
+*What's new*? Big one is that we're (*finally*) switching the default UI to **ModernUI**!  
+**StandardUI** is still available and can be selected in settings, but ModernUI is now the default for new installs  
 
 *What's else*? **Chroma** is in its final form, there are several new **Qwen-Image** variants and **Nunchaku** hit version 1.0!  
 Also, there are quite a few offloading improvements and many quality-of-life changes to UI and overal workflows  
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ And check out new **history** tab in the right panel, it now shows visualization
 
 [ReadMe](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/blob/master/README.md) | [ChangeLog](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) | [Docs](https://vladmandic.github.io/sdnext-docs/) | [WiKi](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/wiki) | [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/sd-next-federal-batch-inspectors-1101998836328697867) | [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/vladmandic)  
 
-### Details for 2025-09-14
+### Details for 2025-09-15
 
 - **Models**
   - **Chroma** final versions: [Chroma1-HD](https://huggingface.co/lodestones/Chroma1-HD), [Chroma1-Base](https://huggingface.co/lodestones/Chroma1-Base) and [Chroma1-Flash](https://huggingface.co/lodestones/Chroma1-Flash)  
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index d2e4e6306..dce3ad49e 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ Main ToDo list can be found at [GitHub projects](https://github.com/users/vladma
 
 ### Blocked items
 
-- Upgrade: `pydantic`  
-  - see <https://github.com/Cschlaefli/automatic>  
 - Upgrade: `albumentations`  
   - blocked by `insightface`  
 
@@ -34,9 +32,9 @@ Main ToDo list can be found at [GitHub projects](https://github.com/users/vladma
 - [SUPIR upscaler](https://github.com/Fanghua-Yu/SUPIR)  
 - [ByteDance OneReward](https://github.com/bytedance/OneReward)
 - [ByteDance USO](https://github.com/bytedance/USO)
-- Remove: Agent Scheduler  
-- Remove: CodeFormer  
-- Remove: GFPGAN  
+- Remove: `Agent Scheduler`  
+- Remove: `CodeFormer`
+- Remove: `GFPGAN`  
 - ModernUI: Lite vs Expert mode  
 - Engine: TensorRT acceleration
 
diff --git a/modules/sd_offload.py b/modules/sd_offload.py
index d2e556522..f195591f1 100644
--- a/modules/sd_offload.py
+++ b/modules/sd_offload.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def apply_group_offload(sd_model, op:str='model'):
         'record_stream': shared.opts.group_offload_record,
         'low_cpu_mem_usage': False,
     }
+    if shared.opts.group_offload_type == 'block_level':
+        offload_dct['exclude_modules'] = ['vae']
     shared.log.debug(f'Setting {op}: offload={shared.opts.diffusers_offload_mode} options={offload_dct}')
     if hasattr(sd_model, "enable_group_offload"):
         sd_model.enable_group_offload(**offload_dct)