diff --git a/modules/vqa.py b/modules/vqa.py
index 044ee252a..4fbc0dbee 100644
--- a/modules/vqa.py
+++ b/modules/vqa.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import transformers
 import transformers.dynamic_module_utils
 from PIL import Image
-from modules import shared, devices
+from modules import shared, devices, errors
 
 
 processor = None
@@ -181,31 +181,35 @@ def get_imports(f):
 
 
 def interrogate(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model_req):
-    vqa_model = MODELS.get(vqa_model_req, None)
-    shared.log.debug(f'VQA: model="{vqa_model}" question="{vqa_question}" image={vqa_image}')
-    if vqa_image is None:
-        answer = 'no image provided'
-        return answer
-    if vqa_model_req is None:
-        answer = 'no model selected'
-        return answer
-    if vqa_model is None:
-        answer = f'unknown: model={vqa_model_req} available={MODELS.keys()}'
-        return answer
-    if 'git' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = git(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    elif 'vilt' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = vilt(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    elif 'blip' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = blip(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    elif 'pix' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = pix(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    elif 'moondream2' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = moondream(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    elif 'florence' in vqa_model.lower():
-        answer = florence(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
-    else:
-        answer = 'unknown model'
+    try:
+        vqa_model = MODELS.get(vqa_model_req, None)
+        shared.log.debug(f'VQA: model="{vqa_model}" question="{vqa_question}" image={vqa_image}')
+        if vqa_image is None:
+            answer = 'no image provided'
+            return answer
+        if vqa_model_req is None:
+            answer = 'no model selected'
+            return answer
+        if vqa_model is None:
+            answer = f'unknown: model={vqa_model_req} available={MODELS.keys()}'
+            return answer
+        if 'git' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = git(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        elif 'vilt' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = vilt(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        elif 'blip' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = blip(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        elif 'pix' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = pix(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        elif 'moondream2' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = moondream(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        elif 'florence' in vqa_model.lower():
+            answer = florence(vqa_question, vqa_image, vqa_model)
+        else:
+            answer = 'unknown model'
+    except Exception as e:
+        errors.display(e, 'VQA')
+        answer = 'error'
     if model is not None:
         model.to(devices.cpu)
     devices.torch_gc()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b0e1472b8..5433f4061 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ torchsde==0.2.6
 open-clip-torch
 clip-interrogator==0.6.0
 antlr4-python3-runtime==4.9.3
-requests==2.31.0
-tqdm==4.66.4
+requests==2.32.3
+tqdm==4.66.5
 accelerate==0.34.2
 opencv-contrib-python-headless==4.9.0.80
 einops==0.4.1
 gradio==3.43.2
-huggingface_hub==0.24.6
+huggingface_hub==0.25.1
 numexpr==2.8.8
 numpy==1.26.4
 numba==0.59.1
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ scipy
 pandas
 protobuf==4.25.3
 pytorch_lightning==1.9.4
-tokenizers==0.19.1
+tokenizers==0.20.0
 transformers==4.45.1
 urllib3==1.26.19
 Pillow==10.4.0