diff --git a/modules/sd_hijack.py b/modules/sd_hijack.py
index 08d31080..f93df0a6 100644
--- a/modules/sd_hijack.py
+++ b/modules/sd_hijack.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ def apply_optimizations():
 
     undo_optimizations()
 
+    if len(optimizers) == 0:
+        # a script can access the model very early, and optimizations would not be filled by then
+        current_optimizer = None
+        return ''
+
     ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.model.nonlinearity = silu
     ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.openaimodel.th = sd_hijack_unet.th
 
@@ -67,8 +72,9 @@ def apply_optimizations():
         matching_optimizer = optimizers[0]
 
     if matching_optimizer is not None:
-        print(f"Applying optimization: {matching_optimizer.name}")
+        print(f"Applying optimization: {matching_optimizer.name}... ", end='')
         matching_optimizer.apply()
+        print("done.")
         current_optimizer = matching_optimizer
         return current_optimizer.name
     else:
@@ -149,6 +155,13 @@ class StableDiffusionModelHijack:
     def __init__(self):
         self.embedding_db.add_embedding_dir(cmd_opts.embeddings_dir)
 
+    def apply_optimizations(self):
+        try:
+            self.optimization_method = apply_optimizations()
+        except Exception as e:
+            errors.display(e, "applying cross attention optimization")
+            undo_optimizations()
+
     def hijack(self, m):
         if type(m.cond_stage_model) == xlmr.BertSeriesModelWithTransformation:
             model_embeddings = m.cond_stage_model.roberta.embeddings
@@ -168,11 +181,7 @@ class StableDiffusionModelHijack:
         if m.cond_stage_key == "edit":
             sd_hijack_unet.hijack_ddpm_edit()
 
-        try:
-            self.optimization_method = apply_optimizations()
-        except Exception as e:
-            errors.display(e, "applying cross attention optimization")
-            undo_optimizations()
+        self.apply_optimizations()
 
         self.clip = m.cond_stage_model
 
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index d4402f55..f0ffbbbf 100644
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -291,9 +291,20 @@ def initialize_rest(*, reload_script_modules=False):
     modules.sd_hijack.list_optimizers()
     startup_timer.record("scripts list_optimizers")
 
-    # load model in parallel to other startup stuff
-    # (when reloading, this does nothing)
-    Thread(target=lambda: shared.sd_model).start()
+    def load_model():
+        """
+        Accesses shared.sd_model property to load model.
+        After it's available, if it has been loaded before this access by some extension,
+        its optimization may be None because the list of optimizaers has neet been filled
+        by that time, so we apply optimization again.
+        """
+
+        shared.sd_model  # noqa: B018
+
+        if modules.sd_hijack.current_optimizer is None:
+            modules.sd_hijack.apply_optimizations()
+
+    Thread(target=load_model).start()
 
     shared.reload_hypernetworks()
     startup_timer.record("reload hypernetworks")