diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index fae66612..3e6b1daa 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ parser.add_argument("--dont-upcast-attention", action="store_true", help="Disabl
 parser.add_argument("--force-fp32", action="store_true", help="Force fp32 (If this makes your GPU work better please report it).")
 parser.add_argument("--directml", type=int, nargs="?", metavar="DIRECTML_DEVICE", const=-1, help="Use torch-directml.")
 
-class LatentPreviewType(enum.Enum):
+class LatentPreviewMethod(enum.Enum):
+    Auto = "auto"
     Latent2RGB = "latent2rgb"
     TAESD = "taesd"
 parser.add_argument("--disable-previews", action="store_true", help="Disable showing node previews.")
-parser.add_argument("--default-preview-method", type=str, default=LatentPreviewType.Latent2RGB, metavar="PREVIEW_TYPE", help="Default preview method for sampler nodes.")
+parser.add_argument("--default-preview-method", type=str, default=LatentPreviewMethod.Auto, metavar="PREVIEW_METHOD", help="Default preview method for sampler nodes.")
 
 attn_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
 attn_group.add_argument("--use-split-cross-attention", action="store_true", help="Use the split cross attention optimization instead of the sub-quadratic one. Ignored when xformers is used.")
diff --git a/models/taesd/put_taesd_encoder_pth_and_taesd_decoder_pth_here b/models/taesd/put_taesd_encoder_pth_and_taesd_decoder_pth_here
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 74c664bd..6266b6c0 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import comfy.samplers
 import comfy.sample
 import comfy.sd
 import comfy.utils
-from comfy.cli_args import args, LatentPreviewType
+from comfy.cli_args import args, LatentPreviewMethod
 from comfy.taesd.taesd import TAESD
 
 import comfy.clip_vision
@@ -1018,11 +1018,19 @@ def common_ksampler(model, seed, steps, cfg, sampler_name, scheduler, positive,
     previewer = None
     if not args.disable_previews:
         # TODO previewer methods
-        if args.default_preview_method == LatentPreviewType.TAESD:
-            encoder_path = folder_paths.get_full_path("taesd", "taesd_encoder.pth")
-            decoder_path = folder_paths.get_full_path("taesd", "taesd_decoder.pth")
-            if encoder_path and decoder_path:
-                taesd = TAESD(encoder_path, decoder_path).to(device)
+        taesd_encoder_path = folder_paths.get_full_path("taesd", "taesd_encoder.pth")
+        taesd_decoder_path = folder_paths.get_full_path("taesd", "taesd_decoder.pth")
+
+        method = args.default_preview_method
+
+        if args.default_preview_method == LatentPreviewMethod.AUTO:
+            method = LatentPreviewMethod.Latent2RGB
+            if taesd_encoder_path and taesd_encoder_path:
+                method = LatentPreviewMethod.TAESD
+
+        if method == LatentPreviewMethod.TAESD:
+            if taesd_encoder_path and taesd_encoder_path:
+                taesd = TAESD(taesd_encoder_path, taesd_decoder_path).to(device)
                 previewer = TAESDPreviewerImpl(taesd)
             else:
                 print("Warning: TAESD previews enabled, but could not find models/taesd/taesd_encoder.pth and models/taesd/taesd_decoder.pth")