diff --git a/api/serve.py b/api/serve.py
index 435f7e54..684c3ff5 100644
--- a/api/serve.py
+++ b/api/serve.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ max_width = 512
 model_path = environ.get('ONNX_WEB_MODEL_PATH', "../models/stable-diffusion-onnx-v1-5")
 output_path = environ.get('ONNX_WEB_OUTPUT_PATH', "../outputs")
 
+# platforms
+platform_providers = {
+    'amd': 'DmlExecutionProvider',
+    'cpu': 'CPUExecutionProvider',
+}
+
 # schedulers
 pipeline_schedulers = {
     'ddim': DDIMScheduler.from_pretrained(model_path, subfolder="scheduler"),
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ def txt2img():
     user = request.remote_addr
 
     prompt = request.args.get('prompt', default_prompt)
+    provider = get_from_map(request.args, 'provider', platform_providers, 'amd')
     scheduler = get_from_map(request.args, 'scheduler',
                              pipeline_schedulers, 'euler-a')
     cfg = get_and_clamp(request.args, 'cfg', default_cfg, max_cfg, 0)
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ def txt2img():
 
     pipe = OnnxStableDiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
         model_path,
-        provider="DmlExecutionProvider",
+        provider=provider,
         safety_checker=None,
         scheduler=scheduler
     )