diff --git a/modules/hypernetworks/hypernetwork.py b/modules/hypernetworks/hypernetwork.py
index b7a04038..3132a56c 100644
--- a/modules/hypernetworks/hypernetwork.py
+++ b/modules/hypernetworks/hypernetwork.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class HypernetworkModule(torch.nn.Module):
         assert layer_structure is not None, "layer_structure must not be None"
         assert layer_structure[0] == 1, "Multiplier Sequence should start with size 1!"
         assert layer_structure[-1] == 1, "Multiplier Sequence should end with size 1!"
-        assert activation_func not in self.activation_dict.keys() + "linear", f"Valid activation funcs: 'linear', 'relu', 'leakyrelu', 'elu', 'swish'"
 
         linears = []
         for i in range(len(layer_structure) - 1):
@@ -43,12 +42,13 @@ class HypernetworkModule(torch.nn.Module):
             # Add an activation func
             if activation_func == "linear" or activation_func is None:
                 pass
+            # If ReLU, Skip adding it to the first layer to avoid dying ReLU
+            elif activation_func == "relu" and i < 1:
+                pass
             elif activation_func in self.activation_dict:
                 linears.append(self.activation_dict[activation_func]())
             else:
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    "Valid activation funcs: 'linear', 'relu', 'leakyrelu', 'elu', 'swish'"
-                )
+                raise RuntimeError(f'hypernetwork uses an unsupported activation function: {activation_func}')
 
             # Add dropout
             if use_dropout:
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ class Hypernetwork:
         for size, sd in state_dict.items():
             if type(size) == int:
                 self.layers[size] = (
-                    HypernetworkModule(size, sd[0], self.layer_structure, self.add_layer_norm, self.activation_func),
-                    HypernetworkModule(size, sd[1], self.layer_structure, self.add_layer_norm, self.activation_func),
+                    HypernetworkModule(size, sd[0], self.layer_structure, self.activation_func, self.add_layer_norm, self.use_dropout),
+                    HypernetworkModule(size, sd[1], self.layer_structure, self.activation_func, self.add_layer_norm, self.use_dropout),
                 )
 
         self.name = state_dict.get('name', self.name)