diff --git a/mochi_preview/t2v_synth_mochi.py b/mochi_preview/t2v_synth_mochi.py
index 33cfaa7..7504afa 100644
--- a/mochi_preview/t2v_synth_mochi.py
+++ b/mochi_preview/t2v_synth_mochi.py
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ def patched_write_atomic(
     write_mode = "w" if isinstance(content, str) else "wb"
     with tmp_path.open(write_mode, encoding="utf-8" if encode_utf_8 else None) as f:
         f.write(content)
-    shutil.copy2(src=tmp_path, dst=path)
+    shutil.copy2(src=tmp_path, dst=path) #to allow overwriting cache files
     os.remove(tmp_path)
-import torch._inductor.codecache
-torch._inductor.codecache.write_atomic = patched_write_atomic
+try:
+    import torch._inductor.codecache
+    torch._inductor.codecache.write_atomic = patched_write_atomic
+except:
+    pass
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F