diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
index 7b6cfaaaf1..8d7d771434 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODEL_SIZES = Literal["large", "base", "small"]
     title="Depth Anything Processor",
     tags=["controlnet", "depth", "depth anything"],
     category="controlnet",
-    version="1.0.0",
+    version="1.0.1",
 )
 class DepthAnythingImageProcessorInvocation(ImageProcessorInvocation):
     """Generates a depth map based on the Depth Anything algorithm"""
@@ -583,13 +583,12 @@ class DepthAnythingImageProcessorInvocation(ImageProcessorInvocation):
         default="small", description="The size of the depth model to use"
     )
     resolution: int = InputField(default=512, ge=64, multiple_of=64, description=FieldDescriptions.image_res)
-    offload: bool = InputField(default=False)
 
     def run_processor(self, image: Image.Image):
         depth_anything_detector = DepthAnythingDetector()
         depth_anything_detector.load_model(model_size=self.model_size)
 
-        processed_image = depth_anything_detector(image=image, resolution=self.resolution, offload=self.offload)
+        processed_image = depth_anything_detector(image=image, resolution=self.resolution)
         return processed_image
 
 
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/image_util/depth_anything/__init__.py b/invokeai/backend/image_util/depth_anything/__init__.py
index fcd600b99e..af30f538a8 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/image_util/depth_anything/__init__.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/image_util/depth_anything/__init__.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import InvokeAIAppConfig
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.depth_anything.model.dpt import DPT_DINOv2
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.depth_anything.utilities.util import NormalizeImage, PrepareForNet, Resize
 from invokeai.backend.util.devices import choose_torch_device
+from invokeai.backend.util.logging import InvokeAILogger
 from invokeai.backend.util.util import download_with_progress_bar
 
 config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+logger = InvokeAILogger.get_logger(config=config)
 
 DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODELS = {
     "large": {
@@ -54,8 +56,9 @@ class DepthAnythingDetector:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.model = None
         self.model_size: Union[Literal["large", "base", "small"], None] = None
+        self.device = choose_torch_device()
 
-    def load_model(self, model_size=Literal["large", "base", "small"]):
+    def load_model(self, model_size: Literal["large", "base", "small"] = "small"):
         DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODEL_PATH = pathlib.Path(config.models_path / DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODELS[model_size]["local"])
         if not DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODEL_PATH.exists():
             download_with_progress_bar(DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODELS[model_size]["url"], DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODEL_PATH)
@@ -71,8 +74,6 @@ class DepthAnythingDetector:
                     self.model = DPT_DINOv2(encoder="vitb", features=128, out_channels=[96, 192, 384, 768])
                 case "large":
                     self.model = DPT_DINOv2(encoder="vitl", features=256, out_channels=[256, 512, 1024, 1024])
-                case _:
-                    raise TypeError("Not a supported model")
 
             self.model.load_state_dict(torch.load(DEPTH_ANYTHING_MODEL_PATH.as_posix(), map_location="cpu"))
             self.model.eval()
@@ -80,20 +81,20 @@ class DepthAnythingDetector:
         self.model.to(choose_torch_device())
         return self.model
 
-    def to(self, device):
-        self.model.to(device)
-        return self
+    def __call__(self, image: Image.Image, resolution: int = 512) -> Image.Image:
+        if not self.model:
+            logger.warn("DepthAnything model was not loaded. Returning original image")
+            return image
 
-    def __call__(self, image, resolution=512, offload=False):
-        image = np.array(image, dtype=np.uint8)
-        image = image[:, :, ::-1] / 255.0
+        np_image = np.array(image, dtype=np.uint8)
+        np_image = np_image[:, :, ::-1] / 255.0
 
-        image_height, image_width = image.shape[:2]
-        image = transform({"image": image})["image"]
-        image = torch.from_numpy(image).unsqueeze(0).to(choose_torch_device())
+        image_height, image_width = np_image.shape[:2]
+        np_image = transform({"image": image})["image"]
+        tensor_image = torch.from_numpy(image).unsqueeze(0).to(choose_torch_device())
 
         with torch.no_grad():
-            depth = self.model(image)
+            depth = self.model(tensor_image)
             depth = F.interpolate(depth[None], (image_height, image_width), mode="bilinear", align_corners=False)[0, 0]
             depth = (depth - depth.min()) / (depth.max() - depth.min()) * 255.0
 
@@ -103,7 +104,4 @@ class DepthAnythingDetector:
         new_height = int(image_height * (resolution / image_width))
         depth_map = depth_map.resize((resolution, new_height))
 
-        if offload:
-            del self.model
-
         return depth_map