diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/vae.py b/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/vae.py
index b582f16b30..3f0d226687 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/vae.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_management/models/vae.py
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ def _convert_vae_ckpt_and_cache(
         from .stable_diffusion import _select_ckpt_config
         # all sd models use same vae settings
         config_file = _select_ckpt_config(base_model, ModelVariantType.Normal)
-
     else:
         raise Exception(f"Vae conversion not supported for model type: {base_model}")
 
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ def _convert_vae_ckpt_and_cache(
     if "state_dict" in checkpoint:
         checkpoint = checkpoint["state_dict"]
 
-    config = OmegaConf.load(config_file)
+    config = OmegaConf.load(app_config.root_path/config_file)
 
     vae_model = convert_ldm_vae_to_diffusers(
         checkpoint = checkpoint,