diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 925caa732..6bef25cee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Put your SD checkpoints (the huge ckpt/safetensors files) in: models/checkpoints
 
 Put your VAE in: models/vae
 
+Note: pytorch does not support python 3.12 yet so make sure your python version is 3.11 or earlier.
+
 ### AMD GPUs (Linux only)
 AMD users can install rocm and pytorch with pip if you don't have it already installed, this is the command to install the stable version:
 
diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index ffae81c49..35d44164f 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--enable-cors-header", type=str, default=None, metavar="ORI
 parser.add_argument("--extra-model-paths-config", type=str, default=None, metavar="PATH", nargs='+', action='append', help="Load one or more extra_model_paths.yaml files.")
 parser.add_argument("--output-directory", type=str, default=None, help="Set the ComfyUI output directory.")
 parser.add_argument("--temp-directory", type=str, default=None, help="Set the ComfyUI temp directory (default is in the ComfyUI directory).")
+parser.add_argument("--input-directory", type=str, default=None, help="Set the ComfyUI input directory.")
 parser.add_argument("--auto-launch", action="store_true", help="Automatically launch ComfyUI in the default browser.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-auto-launch", action="store_true", help="Disable auto launching the browser.")
 parser.add_argument("--cuda-device", type=int, default=None, metavar="DEVICE_ID", help="Set the id of the cuda device this instance will use.")
diff --git a/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py b/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
index 3d42d7806..1e3fc9359 100644
--- a/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
+++ b/comfy_extras/nodes_model_merging.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import comfy.sd
 import comfy.utils
 import comfy.model_base
+import comfy.model_management
 
 import folder_paths
 import json
@@ -178,6 +179,39 @@ class CheckpointSave:
         comfy.sd.save_checkpoint(output_checkpoint, model, clip, vae, metadata=metadata)
         return {}
 
+class VAESave:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.output_dir = folder_paths.get_output_directory()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(s):
+        return {"required": { "vae": ("VAE",),
+                              "filename_prefix": ("STRING", {"default": "vae/ComfyUI_vae"}),},
+                "hidden": {"prompt": "PROMPT", "extra_pnginfo": "EXTRA_PNGINFO"},}
+    RETURN_TYPES = ()
+    FUNCTION = "save"
+    OUTPUT_NODE = True
+
+    CATEGORY = "advanced/model_merging"
+
+    def save(self, vae, filename_prefix, prompt=None, extra_pnginfo=None):
+        full_output_folder, filename, counter, subfolder, filename_prefix = folder_paths.get_save_image_path(filename_prefix, self.output_dir)
+        prompt_info = ""
+        if prompt is not None:
+            prompt_info = json.dumps(prompt)
+
+        metadata = {}
+        if not args.disable_metadata:
+            metadata["prompt"] = prompt_info
+            if extra_pnginfo is not None:
+                for x in extra_pnginfo:
+                    metadata[x] = json.dumps(extra_pnginfo[x])
+
+        output_checkpoint = f"{filename}_{counter:05}_.safetensors"
+        output_checkpoint = os.path.join(full_output_folder, output_checkpoint)
+
+        comfy.utils.save_torch_file(vae.get_sd(), output_checkpoint, metadata=metadata)
+        return {}
 
 NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "ModelMergeSimple": ModelMergeSimple,
@@ -186,4 +220,5 @@ NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "ModelMergeAdd": ModelAdd,
     "CheckpointSave": CheckpointSave,
     "CLIPMergeSimple": CLIPMergeSimple,
+    "VAESave": VAESave,
 }
diff --git a/folder_paths.py b/folder_paths.py
index 4a10c68e7..898513b0e 100644
--- a/folder_paths.py
+++ b/folder_paths.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def set_temp_directory(temp_dir):
     global temp_directory
     temp_directory = temp_dir
 
+def set_input_directory(input_dir):
+    global input_directory
+    input_directory = input_dir
+
 def get_output_directory():
     global output_directory
     return output_directory
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7c5eaee0a..875ea1aa9 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print(f"Setting output directory to: {output_dir}")
         folder_paths.set_output_directory(output_dir)
 
+    if args.input_directory:
+        input_dir = os.path.abspath(args.input_directory)
+        print(f"Setting input directory to: {input_dir}")
+        folder_paths.set_input_directory(input_dir)
+
     if args.quick_test_for_ci:
         exit(0)