diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/stable_diffusion.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/stable_diffusion.py
index d90352f0e61..33ce4abc4d4 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/stable_diffusion.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_loaders/stable_diffusion.py
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ def _load_from_singlefile(
                 ModelVariantType.Normal: StableDiffusionXLPipeline,
                 ModelVariantType.Inpaint: StableDiffusionXLInpaintPipeline,
             },
+            BaseModelType.StableDiffusionXLRefiner: {
+                ModelVariantType.Normal: StableDiffusionXLPipeline,
+            },
         }
         assert isinstance(config, MainCheckpointConfig)
         try: