diff --git a/CheckpointLoaderSimpleText.py b/CheckpointLoaderSimpleText.py
index 4fce737..9621667 100644
--- a/CheckpointLoaderSimpleText.py
+++ b/CheckpointLoaderSimpleText.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CheckpointLoaderSimpleText:
             else:
                 (name,fullpath)=filenameget(os.path.join(models_dir, "checkpoints")+"/**/"+ckpt_name+"*.safetensors")
             if fullpath is None:
-                print(f"{name} is none")
+                print(f"{ckpt_name} is none")
                 return 
             ckpt_path=fullpath
         try:
diff --git a/VAELoaderText.py b/VAELoaderText.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a23a229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VAELoaderText.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import folder_paths
+import comfy.sd
+import os
+from folder_paths import *
+if __name__ == os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0] :
+    from ConsoleColor import print, console
+    from mypath import *
+else:
+    from .ConsoleColor import print, console
+    from .mypath import *
+    
+class VAELoaderText:
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(s):
+        return {"required": { 
+                "vae_name": ("STRING", {
+                    "multiline": False, #True if you want the field to look like the one on the ClipTextEncode node
+                    "default": random.choice(folder_paths.get_filename_list("vae")) 
+                }),
+        }}
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("VAE",)
+    FUNCTION = "load_vae"
+
+    CATEGORY = "loaders"
+
+    #TODO: scale factor?
+    def load_vae(self, vae_name):
+        if os.path.isabs(vae_name):
+            vae_path=vae_name
+        else:
+            if vae_name.endswith('.safetensors') or vae_name.endswith('.pt') :
+                vae_path = folder_paths.get_full_path("vae", vae_name)
+            if vae_path is None:
+                print(f"{vae_name} is none")
+                if vae_name.endswith(".safetensors") or vae_name.endswith(".pt"):
+                    (name,fullpath)=filenameget(os.path.join(models_dir, "vae")+"/**/"+vae_name)
+                else:
+                    (name,fullpath)=filenameget(os.path.join(models_dir, "vae")+"/**/"+vae_name+"*.safetensors")
+                if fullpath is None:
+                    print(f"{vae_name} is none")
+                    return 
+                vae_path=fullpath
+            
+        vae = comfy.sd.VAE(ckpt_path=vae_path)
+        return (vae,)
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diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 7b81146..1c31088 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ if __name__ == "ComfyUI_node_Lilly" :
     add("LoraLoaderTextRandom")
     add("Random_Sampler")
     add("VAELoaderDecode")
+    add("VAELoaderText")
     add("SimpleSampler",["SimpleSampler","SimpleSamplerVAE"])
     add("SaveImageSimple")
     add("TextWildcards")