diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index fc8698f0..cb274537 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ def load_model(use_gpu=True, gpu_layers=None, initial_load=False, online_model="
     global generator
     global torch
     global model_config
+    global GPT2TokenizerFast
     print("Loading vars.model: {} vars.custmodpth: {}".format(vars.model, vars.custmodpth))
     vars.noai = False
     if not initial_load: