diff --git a/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.js b/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.js
index 6bec88d4..9c4be5c9 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const DIALS = [["temperature", 0.7, 0, 2, 0.05, "Higher gives more varied wordin
 
 export function enhance(app, own) {
   const ps = app.pipeline, page = c.region.stack({ gap: "sm" });
-  let defaults = null, last = null, alive = true;
+  let defaults = null, last = null, alive = true, spec = null;
   own(() => { alive = false; });
   const slot = () => (ps.slots() || []).find((s) => s.node === NODE) || null;
   const set = async (name, value) => { const sl = slot(); if (sl) { await ps.save({ inputs: { [sl.id]: { [name]: value } } }); draw(); } };
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ export function enhance(app, own) {
     return [c.label.section({ text: "Last run" }), c.hint.default({ text: last.status || "" }), part("Before", last.before),
       c.field.default({ label: "After", control: c.text.sm({ text: last.after || "" }) }), part("Model's thinking", last.thinking), part("Sent to the model (chat run)", last.sent)].filter(Boolean);
   }
+  const choices = (name) => (((spec && spec.widgets) || []).find((w) => w.name === name) || {}).choices || [];
+  const pick = (name, label, first, hint) => {
+    const cur = (slot().inputs || {})[name] || "", list = choices(name);
+    const opts = [...(first ? [{ value: "", label: first }] : []), ...[...list, ...(cur && !list.includes(cur) ? [cur] : [])].map((v) => ({ value: v, label: String(v) }))];
+    return field(label, c.select.md({ label, value: cur, options: opts, onChange: (v) => set(name, v) }), hint);
+  };
   function draw() {
     if (!alive) return;
     const sl = slot();
@@ -33,6 +39,8 @@ export function enhance(app, own) {
       c.hint.default({ text: "A language model rewrites the finished prompt before it is encoded. Off, or if it fails, your prompt is used as typed. (word:1.5) and [a@2-4] markup does not survive a rewrite." }),
       c.toggle.default({ label: "Enhance prompt", checked: on, onChange: (x) => set("enabled", x) }),
       ...(!on ? readout() : [
+        pick("encoder_file", "Encoder", "The model's own encoder", "The text encoder that writes the rewrite. Models like H3's own encoder cannot write prose: pick a chat model such as Gemma 4 here."),
+        ...((val("encoder_file", "") && choices("encoder_family").length) ? [pick("encoder_family", "Encoder family", "", "Which family that file is for.")] : []),
         field("Instructions", c.textarea.md({ label: "Instructions", rows: 6, value: val("instructions", ""), placeholder: defaults ? defaults.instructions : "(built-in instructions)", onCommit: (x) => set("instructions", x) }), "Empty uses the built-in instructions."),
         num("Max tokens", val("max_length", 400), 32, 4096, 8, "max_length", "The longest the rewrite may be."),
         c.toggle.default({ label: "Use the picture", hint: "Sends the scene's picture to the model along with the prompt.", checked: val("use_image", true), onChange: (x) => set("use_image", x) }),
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ export function enhance(app, own) {
   }
   draw();
   ps.ensureLoaded().then(draw);
+  app.api.describeNodes([NODE]).then((r) => { spec = (r.nodes || {})[NODE] || null; draw(); }).catch(() => {});
   // Another project's pipeline, or an edit made elsewhere: redraw, but never under a field being typed in.
   const typing = () => page.node.contains(document.activeElement);
   own(ps.subscribe(() => { if (!typing()) draw(); }));
diff --git a/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.test.js b/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.test.js
index b98ae319..033aa093 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.test.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/composer/enhance.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test.after(() => teardownDom());
 test("the Enhance tab follows the open project's pipeline: no enhancer there, no toggle shown", async () => {
   let live = [{ id: "e", node: "FunPackEnhancePrompt", inputs: { enabled: true } }], heard;
   const ps = { slots: () => live, ensureLoaded: async () => {}, save: async () => {}, subscribe: (fn) => { heard = fn; return () => {}; } };
-  const api = { enhancerDefaults: async () => ({}), enhancerRuns: async () => ({ runs: [] }) };
+  const api = { describeNodes: async () => ({ nodes: {} }), enhancerDefaults: async () => ({}), enhancerRuns: async () => ({ runs: [] }) };
   const page = enhance({ pipeline: ps, api }, () => {});
   document.body.append(page.node);
   assert.match(page.node.textContent, /Enhance prompt/);
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test("the Enhance tab follows the open project's pipeline: no enhancer there, no
 test("a run that ends while Enhance is open shows its final prompt without reopening the tab", async () => {
   const ps = { slots: () => [{ id: "e", node: "FunPackEnhancePrompt", inputs: {} }], ensureLoaded: async () => {}, save: async () => {}, subscribe: () => () => {} };
   let runs = [], tell;
-  const api = { enhancerDefaults: async () => ({}), enhancerRuns: async () => ({ runs }) };
+  const api = { describeNodes: async () => ({ nodes: {} }), enhancerDefaults: async () => ({}), enhancerRuns: async () => ({ runs }) };
   const generate = { subscribe: (fn) => { tell = fn; fn({ phase: "idle" }); return () => {}; } };
   const page = enhance({ pipeline: ps, api, generate }, () => {});
   await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
@@ -44,3 +44,23 @@ test("Chat on a pipeline with no enhancer says so instead of taking comments tha
   heard(slots, "edit");
   assert.ok(page.node.querySelector("textarea"));
 });
+
+test("the Encoder pick lists the encoder files, and its family shows only once a file is picked", async () => {
+  let inputs = { enabled: true }, saved;
+  const ps = { slots: () => [{ id: "e", node: "FunPackEnhancePrompt", inputs }], ensureLoaded: async () => {}, save: async (b) => { saved = b; inputs = { ...inputs, ...b.inputs.e }; }, subscribe: () => () => {} };
+  const widgets = [{ name: "encoder_file", type: "COMBO", choices: ["", "gemma4.safetensors"] }, { name: "encoder_family", type: "COMBO", choices: ["stable_diffusion", "ltxv"] }];
+  const api = { describeNodes: async () => ({ nodes: { FunPackEnhancePrompt: { widgets } } }), enhancerDefaults: async () => ({}), enhancerRuns: async () => ({ runs: [] }) };
+  const page = enhance({ pipeline: ps, api }, () => {});
+  document.body.append(page.node);
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+  assert.match(page.node.textContent, /Encoder/);
+  assert.match(page.node.textContent, /gemma4\.safetensors/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(page.node.textContent, /Encoder family/);
+  inputs = { enabled: true, encoder_file: "gemma4.safetensors" };
+  page.node.dispatchEvent(new Event("noop"));
+  const ps2 = { ...ps, slots: () => [{ id: "e", node: "FunPackEnhancePrompt", inputs }] };
+  const again = enhance({ pipeline: ps2, api }, () => {});
+  document.body.append(again.node);
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+  assert.match(again.node.textContent, /Encoder family/);
+});
diff --git a/core/tests/test_shipped_nodes.py b/core/tests/test_shipped_nodes.py
index a4f1a057..c0683a81 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_shipped_nodes.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_shipped_nodes.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ FROZEN = {
     "FunPackShotCamera": ["text", "settings", "length", "frame_rate", "project"],
     "FunPackEnhancePrompt": [
         "clip", "text", "enabled", "instructions", "max_length", "greedy", "temperature", "top_p",
-        "top_k", "min_p", "repetition_penalty", "presence_penalty", "seed", "thinking", "image", "use_image",
+        "top_k", "min_p", "repetition_penalty", "presence_penalty", "seed", "thinking", "encoder_file", "encoder_family", "image", "use_image",
         "shortcuts", "lorebooks", "reference_intro", "chat",
     ],
     "FunPackApplyPromptMarkup": ["model", "clip", "positive", "latent", "markup"],
diff --git a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
index eb3661d7..f22d32b7 100644
--- a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ project is never rewritten as one blob and re-split.
 
 Whether a given text encoder writes sensible prose is an open question per model
 (H3's conditioning checkpoint has no trained decoder head; Gemma3/Qwen3 do). v4's
-result: confirmed working on Gemma3-12B. v5 on a rental: works with Gemma 4 E4B (a real rewrite in 2.5 s); H3's own encoder writes no prose, so there the run keeps your prompt and says why. On H3, add a second FunPack CLIP Loader (Models & Pipeline), pick the Gemma file, and wire it to the enhance node's clip: verified end to end.
+result: confirmed working on Gemma3-12B. v5 on a rental: works with Gemma 4 E4B (a real rewrite in 2.5 s); H3's own encoder writes no prose, so there the run keeps your prompt and says why. On H3, pick a chat encoder (Gemma 4) in Composer > Enhance > Encoder: verified end to end.
 """
 
 from .nodes import RUNS, FunPackEnhancePrompt
diff --git a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/nodes.py b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/nodes.py
index 5075c7f9..3a1e0aad 100644
--- a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/nodes.py
+++ b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/nodes.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import time
 from comfy_api.latest import io
 
 from ..._core import log
+from ...loaders.clip import nodes as clip_nodes
 from . import enhance as en
 
 #: The last runs' rewrites, newest last: what the Composer's readout shows. In
@@ -18,6 +19,17 @@ RUNS = collections.deque(maxlen=20)
 _MARKUP = re.compile(r"\([^()]*:\s*[\d.]+\)|\[[^\]]*[@|][^\]]*\]")
 
 
+_LOADED = {}      # one entry: the last separate encoder, so a second Generate does not load a 9 GB file again
+
+
+def _own_encoder(file, family):
+    """The encoder the person picked for the enhancer, loaded the way the pipeline's own loader loads one."""
+    if _LOADED.get("key") != (file, family):
+        _LOADED.clear()
+        _LOADED.update(key=(file, family), clip=clip_nodes.FunPackCLIPLoader.execute(clip_name1=file, type=family).args[0])
+    return _LOADED["clip"]
+
+
 def _prompt_id():
     try:
         from server import PromptServer
@@ -57,6 +69,10 @@ class FunPackEnhancePrompt(io.ComfyNode):
                              tooltip="0 = a fresh rewrite every run. Any other number repeats the same rewrite."),
                 io.Boolean.Input("thinking", default=False, optional=True,
                                  tooltip="Let a thinking model reason first. Its reasoning eats the token budget."),
+                io.Combo.Input("encoder_file", options=[""] + clip_nodes.encoder_files(), default="", optional=True,
+                               tooltip="A text encoder file just for rewriting (Gemma, Qwen...). Empty uses the model's own encoder."),
+                io.Combo.Input("encoder_family", options=clip_nodes.clip_types(), default="stable_diffusion", optional=True,
+                               tooltip="Which family that file is for. Only used with an encoder file."),
                 io.Image.Input("image", optional=True, tooltip="Shown to the model alongside the prompt."),
                 io.Boolean.Input("use_image", default=True, optional=True,
                                  tooltip="Send the picture (when one is connected) to the model."),
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ class FunPackEnhancePrompt(io.ComfyNode):
     @classmethod
     def execute(cls, clip, text, enabled=False, instructions="", max_length=400, greedy=False,
                 temperature=0.7, top_p=0.92, top_k=50, min_p=0.05, repetition_penalty=1.3,
-                presence_penalty=0.0, seed=0, thinking=False, image=None, use_image=True, shortcuts="",
+                presence_penalty=0.0, seed=0, thinking=False, encoder_file="", encoder_family="stable_diffusion", image=None, use_image=True, shortcuts="",
                 lorebooks="", reference_intro="", chat="") -> io.NodeOutput:
         if not enabled:
             # still the final prompt, and the Composer's Enhance tab shows what was encoded either way
@@ -93,6 +109,14 @@ class FunPackEnhancePrompt(io.ComfyNode):
             log.once("prompt_enhancer:markup", log.ALERT, "FunPack Prompt enhancer",
                      "the prompt has (word:1.5) / [a@2-4] / [a|b] markup, which the model will "
                      "read as plain text: with the enhancer on, markup does not survive a rewrite")
+        if encoder_file:
+            try:
+                clip = _own_encoder(encoder_file, encoder_family)
+            except Exception as e:                                  # noqa: BLE001 -- the prompt must still go through
+                log.warning("FunPack Prompt enhancer", f"could not load {encoder_file}: {e}; the original prompt is used")
+                RUNS.append({"prompt_id": _prompt_id(), "status": f"could not load the encoder {encoder_file}: {e}", "before": text,
+                             "after": text, "thinking": "", "sent": "", "ok": False})
+                return io.NodeOutput(text, "encoder failed")
         lines = lambda s: [x for x in str(s or "").splitlines() if x.strip()]    # noqa: E731
         groups = en.sources(lines(shortcuts), lines(lorebooks))
         try:
diff --git a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/tests/test_prompt_enhancer.py b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/tests/test_prompt_enhancer.py
index c59f3802..3cd88ba7 100644
--- a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/tests/test_prompt_enhancer.py
+++ b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/tests/test_prompt_enhancer.py
@@ -260,3 +260,13 @@ def test_a_tokenizer_that_reads_the_picture_out_of_kwargs_gets_it():
     clip = Clip("A fox runs.")
     _, status, _ = en().enhance(clip, "fox", image=object())
     assert "takes no picture" not in status and "image" in clip.seen
+
+
+def test_a_picked_encoder_that_will_not_load_keeps_the_prompt_and_says_why(monkeypatch):
+    from modules.conditioning.prompt_enhancer import nodes
+    def boom(file, family):
+        raise RuntimeError("no such family")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(nodes, "_own_encoder", boom)
+    out = nodes.FunPackEnhancePrompt.execute(clip=object(), text="a fox", enabled=True, encoder_file="x.gguf")
+    assert out.args[0] == "a fox" and out.args[1] == "encoder failed"
+    assert "x.gguf" in nodes.RUNS[-1]["status"] and not nodes.RUNS[-1]["ok"]