diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 3e31377..db83b4f 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -50,26 +50,20 @@ def get_available_softprompts():
 def get_available_loras():
     return ['None'] + sorted([item.name for item in list(Path('loras/').glob('*')) if not item.name.endswith(('.txt', '-np', '.pt', '.json'))], key=str.lower)
 
+def unload_model():
+    shared.model = shared.tokenizer = None
+    clear_torch_cache()
+
 def load_model_wrapper(selected_model):
     if selected_model != shared.model_name:
         shared.model_name = selected_model
-        shared.model = shared.tokenizer = None
-        clear_torch_cache()
-        shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
+
+        unload_model()
+        if selected_model != '':
+            shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
 
     return selected_model
 
-def reload_model():
-    unload_model()
-    shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
-
-def unload_model():
-    shared.model = shared.tokenizer = None
-    if not shared.args.cpu:
-        gc.collect()
-        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
-        print("Model weights unloaded.")
-
 def load_lora_wrapper(selected_lora):
     add_lora_to_model(selected_lora)
     default_text = shared.settings['lora_prompts'][next((k for k in shared.settings['lora_prompts'] if re.match(k.lower(), shared.lora_name.lower())), 'default')]
@@ -128,9 +122,6 @@ def create_model_and_preset_menus():
             with gr.Row():
                 shared.gradio['preset_menu'] = gr.Dropdown(choices=available_presets, value=default_preset if not shared.args.flexgen else 'Naive', label='Generation parameters preset')
                 ui.create_refresh_button(shared.gradio['preset_menu'], lambda : None, lambda : {'choices': get_available_presets()}, 'refresh-button')
-    with gr.Row():
-        shared.gradio['unload_model'] = gr.Button(value='Unload model to free VRAM', elem_id="unload_model")
-        shared.gradio['reload_model'] = gr.Button(value='Reload the model into VRAM', elem_id="reload_model")
 
 def create_settings_menus(default_preset):
     generate_params = load_preset_values(default_preset if not shared.args.flexgen else 'Naive', return_dict=True)
@@ -185,8 +176,6 @@ def create_settings_menus(default_preset):
             shared.gradio['upload_softprompt'] = gr.File(type='binary', file_types=['.zip'])
 
     shared.gradio['model_menu'].change(load_model_wrapper, [shared.gradio['model_menu']], [shared.gradio['model_menu']], show_progress=True)
-    shared.gradio['unload_model'].click(fn=unload_model,inputs=[],outputs=[])    
-    shared.gradio['reload_model'].click(fn=reload_model,inputs=[],outputs=[])
     shared.gradio['preset_menu'].change(load_preset_values, [shared.gradio['preset_menu']], [shared.gradio[k] for k in ['preset_menu_mirror', 'do_sample', 'temperature', 'top_p', 'typical_p', 'repetition_penalty', 'encoder_repetition_penalty', 'top_k', 'min_length', 'no_repeat_ngram_size', 'num_beams', 'penalty_alpha', 'length_penalty', 'early_stopping']])
     shared.gradio['preset_menu_mirror'].change(load_preset_values, [shared.gradio['preset_menu_mirror']], [shared.gradio[k] for k in ['preset_menu', 'do_sample', 'temperature', 'top_p', 'typical_p', 'repetition_penalty', 'encoder_repetition_penalty', 'top_k', 'min_length', 'no_repeat_ngram_size', 'num_beams', 'penalty_alpha', 'length_penalty', 'early_stopping']])
     shared.gradio['lora_menu'].change(load_lora_wrapper, [shared.gradio['lora_menu']], [shared.gradio['lora_menu'], shared.gradio['textbox']], show_progress=True)