diff --git a/modules/text_generation.py b/modules/text_generation.py
index 1f6a2819..4b6de6a7 100644
--- a/modules/text_generation.py
+++ b/modules/text_generation.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import gc
 import re
 import time
 
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ def formatted_outputs(reply, model_name):
         return reply
 
 def generate_reply(question, max_new_tokens, do_sample, temperature, top_p, typical_p, repetition_penalty, top_k, min_length, no_repeat_ngram_size, num_beams, penalty_alpha, length_penalty, early_stopping, eos_token=None, stopping_string=None):
-    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+    gc.collect()
+    if not shared.args.cpu:
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
 
     original_question = question
     if not (shared.args.chat or shared.args.cai_chat):