diff --git a/comfy/sd.py b/comfy/sd.py
index 00c06004..87e1f0b8 100644
--- a/comfy/sd.py
+++ b/comfy/sd.py
@@ -274,9 +274,15 @@ class CLIP:
         n.tokenizer = self.tokenizer
         return n
 
+    def load_from_state_dict(self, sd):
+        self.cond_stage_model.transformer.load_state_dict(sd, strict=False)
+
     def add_patches(self, patches, strength=1.0):
         return self.patcher.add_patches(patches, strength)
 
+    def clip_layer(self, layer_idx):
+        return self.cond_stage_model.clip_layer(layer_idx)
+
     def encode(self, text):
         tokens = self.tokenizer.tokenize_with_weights(text)
         try:
@@ -317,6 +323,16 @@ class VAE:
         samples = samples.cpu()
         return samples
 
+def load_clip(ckpt_path, embedding_directory=None):
+    clip_data = load_torch_file(ckpt_path)
+    config = {}
+    if "text_model.encoder.layers.22.mlp.fc1.weight" in clip_data:
+        config['target'] = 'ldm.modules.encoders.modules.FrozenOpenCLIPEmbedder'
+    else:
+        config['target'] = 'ldm.modules.encoders.modules.FrozenCLIPEmbedder'
+    clip = CLIP(config=config, embedding_directory=embedding_directory)
+    clip.load_from_state_dict(clip_data)
+    return clip
 
 def load_checkpoint(config_path, ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, embedding_directory=None):
     config = OmegaConf.load(config_path)
diff --git a/comfy/sd2_clip.py b/comfy/sd2_clip.py
index 351d920a..8b90eeb8 100644
--- a/comfy/sd2_clip.py
+++ b/comfy/sd2_clip.py
@@ -8,15 +8,26 @@ class SD2ClipModel(sd1_clip.SD1ClipModel):
         super().__init__(device=device, freeze=freeze, textmodel_json_config=textmodel_json_config)
         self.empty_tokens = [[49406] + [49407] + [0] * 75]
         if layer == "last":
-            layer_idx = -1
+            pass
         elif layer == "penultimate":
-            layer_idx = -2
+            layer_idx = -1
+            self.clip_layer(layer_idx)
         elif self.layer == "hidden":
             assert layer_idx is not None
             assert abs(layer_idx) < 24
+            self.clip_layer(layer_idx)
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError()
-        self.clip_layer(layer_idx)
+
+    def clip_layer(self, layer_idx):
+        if layer_idx < 0:
+            layer_idx -= 1 #The real last layer of SD2.x clip is the penultimate one. The last one might contain garbage.
+        if abs(layer_idx) >= 24:
+            self.layer = "hidden"
+            self.layer_idx = -2
+        else:
+            self.layer = "hidden"
+            self.layer_idx = layer_idx
 
 class SD2Tokenizer(sd1_clip.SD1Tokenizer):
     def __init__(self, tokenizer_path=None):
diff --git a/models/clip/put_clip_or_text_encoder_models_here b/models/clip/put_clip_or_text_encoder_models_here
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index a58c0ce8..eea66b45 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import comfy.samplers
 import comfy.sd
 
 supported_ckpt_extensions = ['.ckpt']
-supported_pt_extensions = ['.ckpt', '.pt']
+supported_pt_extensions = ['.ckpt', '.pt', '.bin']
 try:
     import safetensors.torch
     supported_ckpt_extensions += ['.safetensors']
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class CheckpointLoader:
     models_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "models")
     config_dir = os.path.join(models_dir, "configs")
     ckpt_dir = os.path.join(models_dir, "checkpoints")
+    embedding_directory = os.path.join(models_dir, "embeddings")
 
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(s):
@@ -127,8 +128,7 @@ class CheckpointLoader:
     def load_checkpoint(self, config_name, ckpt_name, output_vae=True, output_clip=True):
         config_path = os.path.join(self.config_dir, config_name)
         ckpt_path = os.path.join(self.ckpt_dir, ckpt_name)
-        embedding_directory = os.path.join(self.models_dir, "embeddings")
-        return comfy.sd.load_checkpoint(config_path, ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, embedding_directory=embedding_directory)
+        return comfy.sd.load_checkpoint(config_path, ckpt_path, output_vae=True, output_clip=True, embedding_directory=self.embedding_directory)
 
 class LoraLoader:
     models_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "models")
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ class VAELoader:
         vae = comfy.sd.VAE(ckpt_path=vae_path)
         return (vae,)
 
+class CLIPLoader:
+    models_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "models")
+    clip_dir = os.path.join(models_dir, "clip")
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(s):
+        return {"required": { "clip_name": (filter_files_extensions(os.listdir(s.clip_dir), supported_pt_extensions), ),
+                              "stop_at_clip_layer": ("INT", {"default": -1, "min": -24, "max": -1, "step": 1}),
+                             }}
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("CLIP",)
+    FUNCTION = "load_clip"
+
+    CATEGORY = "loaders"
+
+    def load_clip(self, clip_name, stop_at_clip_layer):
+        clip_path = os.path.join(self.clip_dir, clip_name)
+        clip = comfy.sd.load_clip(ckpt_path=clip_path, embedding_directory=CheckpointLoader.embedding_directory)
+        clip.clip_layer(stop_at_clip_layer)
+        return (clip,)
+
 class EmptyLatentImage:
     def __init__(self, device="cpu"):
         self.device = device
@@ -549,6 +568,7 @@ NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
     "LatentFlip": LatentFlip,
     "LatentCrop": LatentCrop,
     "LoraLoader": LoraLoader,
+    "CLIPLoader": CLIPLoader,
 }