diff --git a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/lora.py b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/lora.py
index 6877c298..d75b1862 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/lora.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/lora.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ def blend_loras(
     blended: Dict[str, np.ndarray] = {}
     for (lora_name, lora_weight), lora_model in zip(loras, lora_models):
         logger.info("blending LoRA from %s with weight of %s", lora_name, lora_weight)
+        if lora_model is None:
+            logger.warning("unable to load tensor for LoRA")
+            continue
+
         for key in lora_model.keys():
             if ".lora_down" in key and lora_prefix in key:
                 base_key = key[: key.index(".lora_down")].replace(lora_prefix, "")
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/original.py b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/original.py
index c75a328e..005e1898 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/original.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/original.py
@@ -1410,6 +1410,9 @@ def extract_checkpoint(
         # Try to determine if v1 or v2 model if we have a ckpt
         logger.info("loading model from checkpoint")
         checkpoint = load_tensor(checkpoint_file, map_location=map_location)
+        if checkpoint is None:
+            logger.warning("unable to load tensor")
+            return
 
         rev_keys = ["db_global_step", "global_step"]
         epoch_keys = ["db_epoch", "epoch"]
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/textual_inversion.py b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/textual_inversion.py
index 340a19fc..ec02f603 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/convert/diffusion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def blend_textual_inversions(
                 token = base_token or f.read()
 
             loaded_embeds = load_tensor(embeds_file, map_location=device)
+            if loaded_embeds is None:
+                logger.warning("unable to load tensor")
+                continue
 
             # separate token and the embeds
             trained_token = list(loaded_embeds.keys())[0]
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ def blend_textual_inversions(
                 embeds[token] = layer
         elif inversion_format == "embeddings":
             loaded_embeds = load_tensor(name, map_location=device)
+            if loaded_embeds is None:
+                logger.warning("unable to load tensor")
+                continue
 
             string_to_token = loaded_embeds["string_to_token"]
             string_to_param = loaded_embeds["string_to_param"]
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/convert/utils.py b/api/onnx_web/convert/utils.py
index c09607c0..6e482d63 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/convert/utils.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/convert/utils.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def load_tensor(name: str, map_location=None) -> Optional[Dict]:
     _, extension = path.splitext(name)
     extension = extension[1:].lower()
 
+    checkpoint = None
     if extension == "":
         # if no extension was intentional, do not search for others
         if path.exists(name):
@@ -225,25 +226,39 @@ def load_tensor(name: str, map_location=None) -> Optional[Dict]:
             checkpoint = torch.load(name, map_location=map_location)
         else:
             logger.debug("searching for tensors with known extensions")
-            for try_extension in ["safetensors", "ckpt", "pt", "bin"]:
-                checkpoint = load_tensor(f"{name}.{try_extension}", map_location=map_location)
-                if checkpoint is not None:
-                    break
+            for next_extension in ["safetensors", "ckpt", "pt", "bin"]:
+                next_name = f"{name}.{next_extension}"
+                if path.exists(next_name):
+                    checkpoint = load_tensor(next_name, map_location=map_location)
+                    if checkpoint is not None:
+                        break
     elif extension == "safetensors":
-        environ["SAFETENSORS_FAST_GPU"] = "1"
         logger.debug("loading safetensors")
-        checkpoint = safetensors.torch.load_file(name, device="cpu")
+        try:
+            environ["SAFETENSORS_FAST_GPU"] = "1"
+            checkpoint = safetensors.torch.load_file(name, device="cpu")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("error loading safetensor: %s", e)
     elif extension in ["bin", "ckpt", "pt"]:
         logger.debug("loading pickle tensor")
-        checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        try:
+            checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("error loading pickle tensor: %s", e)
     elif extension in ["onnx", "pt"]:
         logger.warning("tensor has ONNX extension, falling back to PyTorch: %s", extension)
-        checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        try:
+            checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("error loading tensor: %s", e)
     else:
         logger.warning("unknown tensor type, falling back to PyTorch: %s", extension)
-        checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        try:
+            checkpoint = load_torch(name, map_location=map_location)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("error loading tensor: %s", e)
 
-    if "state_dict" in checkpoint:
+    if checkpoint is not None and "state_dict" in checkpoint:
         checkpoint = checkpoint["state_dict"]
 
     return checkpoint