diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
index a904aa36..f51b191c 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def load_text_encoders(
 
         # session for te1
         text_encoder_session = InferenceSession(
-            text_encoder,
+            text_encoder.SerializeToString(),
             providers=[device.ort_provider("text-encoder")],
             sess_options=text_encoder_opts,
         )
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def load_text_encoders(
 
         # session for te2
         text_encoder_2_session = InferenceSession(
-            text_encoder_2,
+            text_encoder_2.SerializeToString(),
             providers=[device.ort_provider("text-encoder")],
             sess_options=text_encoder_2_opts,
         )
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def load_text_encoders(
         # session for te
         components["text_encoder"] = OnnxRuntimeModel(
             OnnxRuntimeModel.load_model(
-                text_encoder,
+                text_encoder.SerializeToString(),
                 provider=device.ort_provider("text-encoder"),
                 sess_options=text_encoder_opts,
             )