diff --git a/sd_mecha/model_detection.py b/sd_mecha/model_detection.py
index 6616e47..4a1be64 100644
--- a/sd_mecha/model_detection.py
+++ b/sd_mecha/model_detection.py
@@ -165,20 +165,22 @@ class KeyMergeVisitor(KeyVisitor):
     _passthrough_callback: Callable[[str], torch.Tensor]
 
     def visit_merge(self, node: MergeRecipeNode) -> torch.Tensor:
+        merged: List[Optional[torch.Tensor]] = [None] * len(node.models)
         try:
             return node.merge_method(
-                self.__visit_deeper_first(node.models),
+                self.__visit_deeper_first(node.models, merged),
                 {k: get_hyper(v, self._key, node.model_arch) for k, v in node.hypers.items()} | node.volatile_hypers,
                 self._key,
                 node.device if node.device is not None else self._default_device,
                 node.dtype if node.dtype is not None else self._default_dtype,
             )
-        except KeyError as e:
+        except KeyError:
+            for n, m in ((n, m) for n, m in zip(node.models, merged) if m is not None):
+                if n.merge_space == node.merge_space:
+                    return m
             return self._passthrough_callback(self._key)
 
-    def __visit_deeper_first(self, nodes: Tuple[RecipeNode, ...]) -> list:
-        merged: List[Optional[torch.Tensor]] = [None] * len(nodes)
-
+    def __visit_deeper_first(self, nodes: Tuple[RecipeNode, ...], merged: List[Optional[torch.Tensor]]) -> list:
         def depth_of_value(index) -> int:
             if nodes[index] is None:
                 return 0