diff --git a/modules/sd_models.py b/modules/sd_models.py
index a568823d..ee918f24 100644
--- a/modules/sd_models.py
+++ b/modules/sd_models.py
@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ def get_state_dict_from_checkpoint(pl_sd):
 def read_state_dict(checkpoint_file, print_global_state=False, map_location=None):
     _, extension = os.path.splitext(checkpoint_file)
     if extension.lower() == ".safetensors":
-        pl_sd = safetensors.torch.load_file(checkpoint_file, device=map_location or shared.weight_load_location)
+        device = map_location or shared.weight_load_location
+        if device is None:
+            device = "cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
+        pl_sd = safetensors.torch.load_file(checkpoint_file, device=device)
     else:
         pl_sd = torch.load(checkpoint_file, map_location=map_location or shared.weight_load_location)
 
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index 836523ba..975102d9 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ lark==1.1.2
 inflection==0.5.1
 GitPython==3.1.27
 torchsde==0.2.5
-safetensors==0.2.5
+safetensors==0.2.7
 httpcore<=0.15