diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useGroupedModelCombobox.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useGroupedModelCombobox.ts
index 140cf3eaa6..fc5bc455ee 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useGroupedModelCombobox.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useGroupedModelCombobox.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type { ModelIdentifierWithBase } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
 import { groupBy, map, reduce } from 'lodash-es';
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { getModelId } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
 import type { AnyModelConfig } from 'services/api/types';
 
 type UseGroupedModelComboboxArg<T extends AnyModelConfig> = {
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ export const useGroupedModelCombobox = <T extends AnyModelConfig>(
 
   const value = useMemo(
     () =>
-      options.flatMap((o) => o.options).find((m) => (selectedModel ? m.value === getModelId(selectedModel) : false)) ??
-      null,
+      options.flatMap((o) => o.options).find((m) => (selectedModel ? m.value === selectedModel.key : false)) ?? null,
     [options, selectedModel]
   );
 
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useModelCombobox.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useModelCombobox.ts
index 07e6aeb34c..e0718d6413 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useModelCombobox.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/hooks/useModelCombobox.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import type { ComboboxOnChange, ComboboxOption } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
 import type { EntityState } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import type { ModelIdentifierWithBase } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
 import { map } from 'lodash-es';
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import type { AnyModelConfig } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
-import { getModelId } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
+import type { AnyModelConfig } from 'services/api/types';
 
 type UseModelComboboxArg<T extends AnyModelConfig> = {
   modelEntities: EntityState<T, string> | undefined;
-  selectedModel?: Pick<T, 'base_model' | 'model_name' | 'model_type'> | null;
+  selectedModel?: ModelIdentifierWithBase | null;
   onChange: (value: T | null) => void;
   getIsDisabled?: (model: T) => boolean;
   optionsFilter?: (model: T) => boolean;
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ export const useModelCombobox = <T extends AnyModelConfig>(arg: UseModelCombobox
     return map(modelEntities.entities)
       .filter(optionsFilter)
       .map((model) => ({
-        label: model.model_name,
-        value: model.id,
+        label: model.name,
+        value: model.key,
         isDisabled: getIsDisabled ? getIsDisabled(model) : false,
       }));
   }, [optionsFilter, getIsDisabled, modelEntities]);
 
   const value = useMemo(
-    () => options.find((m) => (selectedModel ? m.value === getModelId(selectedModel) : false)),
+    () => options.find((m) => (selectedModel ? m.value === selectedModel.key : false)),
     [options, selectedModel]
   );
 
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/components/VAEModel/ParamVAEModelSelect.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/components/VAEModel/ParamVAEModelSelect.tsx
index cc0164153d..1810c3ff68 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/components/VAEModel/ParamVAEModelSelect.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/components/VAEModel/ParamVAEModelSelect.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { selectGenerationSlice, vaeSelected } from 'features/parameters/store/ge
 import { pick } from 'lodash-es';
 import { memo, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import type { VAEConfig } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
 import { useGetVaeModelsQuery } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
+import type { VAEConfig } from 'services/api/types';
 
 const selector = createMemoizedSelector(selectGenerationSlice, (generation) => {
   const { model, vae } = generation;
@@ -22,25 +22,27 @@ const ParamVAEModelSelect = () => {
   const { data, isLoading } = useGetVaeModelsQuery();
   const getIsDisabled = useCallback(
     (vae: VAEConfig): boolean => {
-      const isCompatible = model?.base_model === vae.base_model;
-      const hasMainModel = Boolean(model?.base_model);
+      const isCompatible = model?.base === vae.base;
+      const hasMainModel = Boolean(model?.base);
       return !hasMainModel || !isCompatible;
     },
-    [model?.base_model]
+    [model?.base]
   );
   const _onChange = useCallback(
     (vae: VAEConfig | null) => {
-      dispatch(vaeSelected(vae ? pick(vae, 'base_model', 'model_name') : null));
+      dispatch(vaeSelected(vae ? pick(vae, 'key', 'base') : null));
     },
     [dispatch]
   );
-  const { options, value, onChange, placeholder, noOptionsMessage } = useGroupedModelCombobox({
+  const { options, value, onChange, noOptionsMessage } = useGroupedModelCombobox({
     modelEntities: data,
     onChange: _onChange,
-    selectedModel: vae ? { ...vae, model_type: 'vae' } : null,
+    selectedModel: vae ? pick(vae, 'key', 'base') : null,
     isLoading,
     getIsDisabled,
   });
+  
+  console.log(value)
 
   return (
     <FormControl isDisabled={!options.length} isInvalid={!options.length}>
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ const ParamVAEModelSelect = () => {
       <Combobox
         isClearable
         value={value}
-        placeholder={value ? placeholder : t('models.defaultVAE')}
+        placeholder={value ? value.value : t('models.defaultVAE')}
         options={options}
         onChange={onChange}
         noOptionsMessage={noOptionsMessage}
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/api/endpoints/models.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/api/endpoints/models.ts
index 57cf7dacfc..46be42d9e5 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/api/endpoints/models.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/api/endpoints/models.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import type {
 import type { ApiTagDescription, tagTypes } from '..';
 import { api, buildV2Url, LIST_TAG } from '..';
 
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-export const getModelId = (input: any): any => input;
-
 type UpdateMainModelArg = {
   base_model: BaseModelType;
   model_name: string;