diff --git a/backend/python/diffusers/backend.py b/backend/python/diffusers/backend.py
index 032af60c4164..2b19d6d72c0f 100755
--- a/backend/python/diffusers/backend.py
+++ b/backend/python/diffusers/backend.py
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ def _load_pipeline(self, request, modelFile, fromSingleFile, torchType, variant)
         # Build kwargs for dynamic loading
         load_kwargs = {"torch_dtype": torchType}
 
+        # For large models (e.g., >80GB), enable low_cpu_mem_usage and device_map
+        # to avoid OOM during loading by distributing across multiple GPUs
+        if request.LowVRAM:
+            load_kwargs["low_cpu_mem_usage"] = True
+            load_kwargs["device_map"] = "balanced"
+
         # Add variant if not loading from single file
         if not fromSingleFile and variant:
             load_kwargs["variant"] = variant
@@ -428,7 +434,8 @@ def _load_pipeline(self, request, modelFile, fromSingleFile, torchType, variant)
             ) from e
 
         # Apply LowVRAM optimization if supported and requested
-        if request.LowVRAM and hasattr(pipe, 'enable_model_cpu_offload'):
+        # Skip if device_map was used (they conflict with each other)
+        if request.LowVRAM and hasattr(pipe, 'enable_model_cpu_offload') and "device_map" not in load_kwargs:
             pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()
 
         return pipe
@@ -436,6 +443,47 @@ def _load_pipeline(self, request, modelFile, fromSingleFile, torchType, variant)
     def Health(self, request, context):
         return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
 
+    def Shutdown(self, request, context):
+        """
+        Shutdown and release GPU memory for the loaded model.
+        This allows dynamic model reloading with different configurations (e.g., different LoRA adapters).
+        """
+        try:
+            print("Shutting down diffusers backend...", file=sys.stderr)
+
+            # Release pipeline
+            if hasattr(self, 'pipe') and self.pipe is not None:
+                del self.pipe
+                self.pipe = None
+
+            # Release controlnet
+            if hasattr(self, 'controlnet') and self.controlnet is not None:
+                del self.controlnet
+                self.controlnet = None
+
+            # Release compel
+            if hasattr(self, 'compel') and self.compel is not None:
+                del self.compel
+                self.compel = None
+
+            # Clear CUDA cache to release GPU memory
+            if torch.cuda.is_available():
+                torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+                torch.cuda.synchronize()
+                print("CUDA cache cleared", file=sys.stderr)
+
+            # Reset state flags
+            self.img2vid = False
+            self.txt2vid = False
+            self.ltx2_pipeline = False
+            self.options = {}
+
+            print("Diffusers backend shutdown complete", file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model unloaded successfully", success=True)
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(f"Error during shutdown: {err}", file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Shutdown error: {err}")
+
     def LoadModel(self, request, context):
         try:
             print(f"Loading model {request.Model}...", file=sys.stderr)
@@ -582,9 +630,11 @@ def LoadModel(self, request, context):
                 self.pipe.set_adapters(adapters_name, adapter_weights=adapters_weights)
 
             if device != "cpu":
-                self.pipe.to(device)
-                if self.controlnet:
-                    self.controlnet.to(device)
+                # Skip .to(device) if device_map was used (they conflict with each other)
+                if not hasattr(self.pipe, "hf_device_map") or self.pipe.hf_device_map is None:
+                    self.pipe.to(device)
+                    if self.controlnet:
+                        self.controlnet.to(device)
 
         except Exception as err:
             return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")