diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graphBuilders/addSDXLRefinerToGraph.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graphBuilders/addSDXLRefinerToGraph.ts
index 9474a8df4e..6ce620bf80 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graphBuilders/addSDXLRefinerToGraph.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graphBuilders/addSDXLRefinerToGraph.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ export const addSDXLRefinerToGraph = (
           field: 'unet',
         },
       },
+      {
+        source: {
+          node_id: SDXL_REFINER_MODEL_LOADER,
+          field: 'vae',
+        },
+        destination: {
+          node_id: REFINER_SEAMLESS,
+          field: 'vae',
+        },
+      },
       {
         source: {
           node_id: REFINER_SEAMLESS,