diff --git a/modules/sd_models.py b/modules/sd_models.py
index ecdd91c5..ebd4dff7 100644
--- a/modules/sd_models.py
+++ b/modules/sd_models.py
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ def load_model(checkpoint_info=None):
     script_callbacks.model_loaded_callback(sd_model)
 
     print("Model loaded.")
+
+    sd_hijack.model_hijack.embedding_db.load_textual_inversion_embeddings(force_reload = True) # Reload embeddings after model load as they may or may not fit the model
+
     return sd_model
 
 
diff --git a/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py b/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
index f6112578..103ace60 100644
--- a/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/modules/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class Embedding:
         self.vec = vec
         self.name = name
         self.step = step
+        self.shape = None
+        self.vectors = 0
         self.cached_checksum = None
         self.sd_checkpoint = None
         self.sd_checkpoint_name = None
@@ -57,8 +59,10 @@ class EmbeddingDatabase:
     def __init__(self, embeddings_dir):
         self.ids_lookup = {}
         self.word_embeddings = {}
+        self.skipped_embeddings = []
         self.dir_mtime = None
         self.embeddings_dir = embeddings_dir
+        self.expected_shape = -1
 
     def register_embedding(self, embedding, model):
 
@@ -75,14 +79,35 @@ class EmbeddingDatabase:
 
         return embedding
 
-    def load_textual_inversion_embeddings(self):
+    def get_expected_shape(self):
+        expected_shape = -1 # initialize with unknown
+        idx = torch.tensor(0).to(shared.device)
+        if expected_shape == -1:
+            try: # matches sd15 signature
+                first_embedding = shared.sd_model.cond_stage_model.wrapped.transformer.text_model.embeddings.token_embedding.wrapped(idx)
+                expected_shape = first_embedding.shape[0]
+            except:
+                pass
+        if expected_shape == -1:
+            try: # matches sd20 signature
+                first_embedding = shared.sd_model.cond_stage_model.wrapped.model.token_embedding.wrapped(idx)
+                expected_shape = first_embedding.shape[0]
+            except:
+                pass
+        if expected_shape == -1:
+            print('Could not determine expected embeddings shape from model')
+        return expected_shape
+
+    def load_textual_inversion_embeddings(self, force_reload = False):
         mt = os.path.getmtime(self.embeddings_dir)
-        if self.dir_mtime is not None and mt <= self.dir_mtime:
+        if not force_reload and self.dir_mtime is not None and mt <= self.dir_mtime:
             return
 
         self.dir_mtime = mt
         self.ids_lookup.clear()
         self.word_embeddings.clear()
+        self.skipped_embeddings = []
+        self.expected_shape = self.get_expected_shape()
 
         def process_file(path, filename):
             name = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
@@ -122,7 +147,14 @@ class EmbeddingDatabase:
             embedding.step = data.get('step', None)
             embedding.sd_checkpoint = data.get('sd_checkpoint', None)
             embedding.sd_checkpoint_name = data.get('sd_checkpoint_name', None)
-            self.register_embedding(embedding, shared.sd_model)
+            embedding.vectors = vec.shape[0]
+            embedding.shape = vec.shape[-1]
+
+            if (self.expected_shape == -1) or (self.expected_shape == embedding.shape):
+                self.register_embedding(embedding, shared.sd_model)
+            else:
+                self.skipped_embeddings.append(name)
+                # print('Skipping embedding {name}: shape was {shape} expected {expected}'.format(name = name, shape = embedding.shape, expected = self.expected_shape))
 
         for fn in os.listdir(self.embeddings_dir):
             try:
@@ -137,8 +169,9 @@ class EmbeddingDatabase:
                 print(traceback.format_exc(), file=sys.stderr)
                 continue
 
-        print(f"Loaded a total of {len(self.word_embeddings)} textual inversion embeddings.")
-        print("Embeddings:", ', '.join(self.word_embeddings.keys()))
+        print("Textual inversion embeddings {num} loaded: {val}".format(num = len(self.word_embeddings), val = ', '.join(self.word_embeddings.keys())))
+        if (len(self.skipped_embeddings) > 0):
+            print("Textual inversion embeddings {num} skipped: {val}".format(num = len(self.skipped_embeddings), val = ', '.join(self.skipped_embeddings)))
 
     def find_embedding_at_position(self, tokens, offset):
         token = tokens[offset]
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 57ee0465..397dd804 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -1157,8 +1157,6 @@ def create_ui():
             with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
                 submit_result = gr.Textbox(elem_id="modelmerger_result", show_label=False)
 
-    sd_hijack.model_hijack.embedding_db.load_textual_inversion_embeddings()
-
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as train_interface:
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
             gr.HTML(value="<p style='margin-bottom: 0.7em'>See <b><a href=\"https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/wiki/Textual-Inversion\">wiki</a></b> for detailed explanation.</p>")