diff --git a/nodes_model_loading.py b/nodes_model_loading.py
index 4711a5a9..aac1062a 100644
--- a/nodes_model_loading.py
+++ b/nodes_model_loading.py
@@ -1124,9 +1124,11 @@ def loadmodel(self, model, base_precision, load_device,  quantization,
         if "sage" in attention_mode:
             try:
                 from sageattention import sageattn
-            except Exception as e:
-                raise ValueError(f"Can't import SageAttention: {str(e)}")
-
+                use_sageattn = True
+            except ImportError as e:
+                print(f"SageAttention is not available ->falling back to default attention: {e}")
+                use_sageattn = False
+                      
         gguf = False
         if model.endswith(".gguf"):
             if quantization != "disabled":