diff --git a/pipelines/generic.py b/pipelines/generic.py
index 0edd9d2cd..784ea3b1b 100644
--- a/pipelines/generic.py
+++ b/pipelines/generic.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def load_transformer(repo_id, cls_name, load_config={}, subfolder="transformer",
     transformer = None
     jobid = shared.state.begin('Load DiT')
     try:
+        if 'sdnq-' not in repo_id.lower():
+            from modules import sdnq # register to diffusers and transformers
         load_args, quant_args = model_quant.get_dit_args(load_config, module='Model', device_map=True, allow_quant=allow_quant, modules_to_not_convert=modules_to_not_convert, modules_dtype_dict=modules_dtype_dict)
         quant_type = model_quant.get_quant_type(quant_args)
         dtype = dtype or devices.dtype
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ def load_text_encoder(repo_id, cls_name, load_config={}, subfolder="text_encoder
     text_encoder = None
     jobid = shared.state.begin('Load TE')
     try:
+        if 'sdnq-' not in repo_id.lower():
+            from modules import sdnq # register to diffusers and transformers
         load_args, quant_args = model_quant.get_dit_args(load_config, module='TE', device_map=True, allow_quant=allow_quant, modules_to_not_convert=modules_to_not_convert, modules_dtype_dict=modules_dtype_dict)
         quant_type = model_quant.get_quant_type(quant_args)
         dtype = dtype or devices.dtype