diff --git a/modules/generation_parameters_copypaste.py b/modules/generation_parameters_copypaste.py
index fc9e17aa..ec3cc52e 100644
--- a/modules/generation_parameters_copypaste.py
+++ b/modules/generation_parameters_copypaste.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import gradio as gr
 from modules.paths import data_path
-from modules import shared, ui_tempdir, script_callbacks
+from modules import shared, ui_tempdir, script_callbacks, sd_vae
 import tempfile
 from PIL import Image
 
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ Steps: 20, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 965400086, Size: 512x512, Model
 
     restore_old_hires_fix_params(res)
 
+    if "VAE" in res:
+        vae_name = res["VAE"]
+        vae_hash = res.get("VAE hash", None)
+        res["VAE"] = sd_vae.find_vae_key(vae_name, vae_hash)
+
     return res
 
 
@@ -295,7 +300,8 @@ infotext_to_setting_name_mapping = [
     ('Noise multiplier', 'initial_noise_multiplier'),
     ('Eta', 'eta_ancestral'),
     ('Eta DDIM', 'eta_ddim'),
-    ('Discard penultimate sigma', 'always_discard_next_to_last_sigma')
+    ('Discard penultimate sigma', 'always_discard_next_to_last_sigma'),
+    ('VAE', 'sd_vae'),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/modules/processing.py b/modules/processing.py
index e1b53ac0..9f25c691 100644
--- a/modules/processing.py
+++ b/modules/processing.py
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ def create_infotext(p, all_prompts, all_seeds, all_subseeds, comments=None, iter
         "Conditional mask weight": getattr(p, "inpainting_mask_weight", shared.opts.inpainting_mask_weight) if p.is_using_inpainting_conditioning else None,
         "Clip skip": None if clip_skip <= 1 else clip_skip,
         "ENSD": None if opts.eta_noise_seed_delta == 0 else opts.eta_noise_seed_delta,
+        "VAE": "None" if sd_vae.loaded_vae_file is None else os.path.split(sd_vae.loaded_vae_file)[1].removesuffix(".pt"),
+        "VAE hash": None if sd_vae.loaded_vae_file is None else sd_models.model_hash(sd_vae.loaded_vae_file),
     }
 
     generation_params.update(p.extra_generation_params)
diff --git a/modules/sd_vae.py b/modules/sd_vae.py
index 9b00f76e..b69ac795 100644
--- a/modules/sd_vae.py
+++ b/modules/sd_vae.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from modules import paths, shared, devices, script_callbacks, sd_models
 import glob
 from copy import deepcopy
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 
 vae_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(paths.models_path, "VAE"))
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ base_vae = None
 loaded_vae_file = None
 checkpoint_info = None
 
+vae_hash_to_filename = defaultdict(list)
+
 checkpoints_loaded = collections.OrderedDict()
 
 def get_base_vae(model):
@@ -82,9 +85,11 @@ def refresh_vae_list():
     for path in paths:
         candidates += glob.iglob(path, recursive=True)
 
+    vae_hash_to_filename.clear()
     for filepath in candidates:
         name = get_filename(filepath)
         vae_dict[name] = filepath
+        vae_hash_to_filename[sd_models.model_hash(filepath)].append(name)
 
 
 def find_vae_near_checkpoint(checkpoint_file):
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ def load_vae(model, vae_file=None, vae_source="from unknown source"):
         vae_opt = get_filename(vae_file)
         if vae_opt not in vae_dict:
             vae_dict[vae_opt] = vae_file
+            vae_hash_to_filename[sd_models.model_hash(vae_file)] = vae_opt
 
     elif loaded_vae_file:
         restore_base_vae(model)
@@ -214,3 +220,28 @@ def reload_vae_weights(sd_model=None, vae_file=unspecified):
 
     print("VAE weights loaded.")
     return sd_model
+
+
+def is_valid_vae(vae_file: str):
+    """
+        Returns true if the vae_file name exists in the cache of vae files
+        A vae_file of "None" is valid because it represents the "None" option in the vae_se
+    """
+    return vae_file in vae_dict or vae_file == "None"
+
+
+def find_vae_key(vae_name, vae_hash=None):
+    """Determines the config parameter name to use for the VAE based on the parameters in the infotext.
+       If vae_hash is provided, this function will return the name of any local VAE file that matches the hash.
+       If vae_hash is None, this function will return vae_name if any local VAE files are named vae_name
+    """
+    if vae_name == "None":
+        return vae_name
+    if vae_hash is not None and (matched := vae_hash_to_filename.get(vae_hash)):
+        if vae_name in matched or vae_name.lower() in matched:
+            return vae_name
+        return matched[0]
+    else:
+        if vae_name.lower() in [vae_filename.lower() for vae_filename in vae_dict.keys()]:
+            return vae_name
+    return None
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index f5df1ffe..2d1e4d79 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from modules.sd_samplers import samplers, samplers_for_img2img
 from modules.textual_inversion import textual_inversion
 import modules.hypernetworks.ui
 from modules.generation_parameters_copypaste import image_from_url_text
+from modules.sd_vae import is_valid_vae
 import modules.extras
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("default" if opts.show_warnings else "ignore", category=UserWarning)
@@ -366,6 +367,9 @@ def apply_setting(key, value):
             value = ckpt_info.title
         else:
             return gr.update()
+    if key == 'sd_vae' and not is_valid_vae(value):
+        # ignore invalid vaes
+        return gr.update()
 
     comp_args = opts.data_labels[key].component_args
     if comp_args and isinstance(comp_args, dict) and comp_args.get('visible') is False: