diff --git a/docling/models/hf_vlm_model.py b/docling/models/hf_vlm_model.py
index f0280cc6..2acbe290 100644
--- a/docling/models/hf_vlm_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/hf_vlm_model.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class HuggingFaceVlmModel(BasePageModel):
                         and accelerator_options.cuda_use_flash_attention2
                         else "eager"
                     ),
-                ).to(self.device)
+                )  # .to(self.device)
 
     @staticmethod
     def download_models(