diff --git a/gamechangerml/api/fastapi/routers/startup.py b/gamechangerml/api/fastapi/routers/startup.py
index 9e5578d9..a6eafcfb 100644
--- a/gamechangerml/api/fastapi/routers/startup.py
+++ b/gamechangerml/api/fastapi/routers/startup.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ async def load_models():
         MODELS.initWordSim()
         MODELS.initTopics()
         MODELS.initRecommender()
-        MODELS.initDocumentCompareEncoder()
-        # MODELS.initDocumentCompareSearcher()
+        # MODELS.initDocumentCompareEncoder()
+        MODELS.initDocumentCompareSearcher()
         logger.info("AFTER LOAD MODELS")
     else:
         logger.info("MODEL_LOAD_FLAG set to False, no models loaded")