diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/compel.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/compel.py
index 50f53225137..1586065b7d2 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/compel.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/compel.py
@@ -193,11 +193,9 @@ def _lora_loader() -> Iterator[Tuple[LoRAModelRaw, float]]:
         for trigger in extract_ti_triggers_from_prompt(prompt):
             name = trigger[1:-1]
             try:
-                ti_model = context.models.load_by_attrs(
-                    model_name=name, base_model=text_encoder_info.config.base, model_type=ModelType.TextualInversion
-                ).model
-                assert isinstance(ti_model, TextualInversionModelRaw)
-                ti_list.append((name, ti_model))
+                loaded_model = context.models.load(key=name).model
+                assert isinstance(loaded_model, TextualInversionModelRaw)
+                ti_list.append((name, loaded_model))
             except UnknownModelException:
                 # print(e)
                 # import traceback
diff --git a/invokeai/app/util/ti_utils.py b/invokeai/app/util/ti_utils.py
index a66a832b42a..7e25d07a828 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/util/ti_utils.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/util/ti_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import re
 
+from typing import List
 
-def extract_ti_triggers_from_prompt(prompt: str) -> list[str]:
-    ti_triggers = []
+
+def extract_ti_triggers_from_prompt(prompt: str) -> List[str]:
+    ti_triggers: List[str] = []
     for trigger in re.findall(r"<[a-zA-Z0-9., _-]+>", prompt):
-        ti_triggers.append(trigger)
+        ti_triggers.append(str(trigger))
     return ti_triggers