diff --git a/unsloth/models/_utils.py b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
index bcf92cd1f8..c0ca942995 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/_utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
@@ -2384,6 +2384,10 @@ def is_moe_model(model) -> bool:
     """
     config = getattr(model, "config", model)
     num_experts = getattr(config, "num_experts", None)
+    # Check text_config for VL models
+    if num_experts is None and hasattr(config, "text_config"):
+        num_experts = getattr(config.text_config, "num_experts", None)
+
     return num_experts is not None and num_experts > 0
 
 
@@ -2410,7 +2414,9 @@ def get_moe_target_parameters(model, target_modules=None) -> Optional[List[str]]
         return None
 
     config = getattr(model, "config", model)
-    num_experts = getattr(config, "num_experts", 0)
+    num_experts = getattr(config, "num_experts", None)
+    if num_experts is None and hasattr(config, "text_config"):
+        num_experts = getattr(config.text_config, "num_experts", 0)
 
     # Determine which MoE parameters to include based on target_modules
     moe_params = []
@@ -2418,14 +2424,18 @@ def get_moe_target_parameters(model, target_modules=None) -> Optional[List[str]]
     # Normalize target_modules to a set for efficient lookup
     if target_modules is None:
         # If no target_modules specified, include all MoE params
-        target_set = {"gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj"}
+        target_set = {"gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj", "gate_up_proj"}
     elif isinstance(target_modules, str):
         target_set = {target_modules}
+        # Heuristic for regex matching MLPs
+        if "proj" in target_modules and ("mlp" in target_modules or "ffn" in target_modules):
+            target_set.update({"gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj", "gate_up_proj"})
     else:
         target_set = set(target_modules) if target_modules else set()
 
     # gate_up_proj combines both gate_proj and up_proj in MoE
-    if "gate_proj" in target_set or "up_proj" in target_set:
+    # Also match "gate_up_proj" directly since users may specify the fused name
+    if "gate_proj" in target_set or "up_proj" in target_set or "gate_up_proj" in target_set:
         moe_params.append("mlp.experts.gate_up_proj")
 
     if "down_proj" in target_set:
diff --git a/unsloth/models/loader.py b/unsloth/models/loader.py
index 8e7ed3cb1b..2c98a27035 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/loader.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/loader.py
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ class FastModel(FastBaseModel):
         qat_scheme = None,
         load_in_fp8 = False,  # fp8 LoRA (True, False, 'block')
         unsloth_tiled_mlp = False,
+        target_parameters = None,  # For MoE expert parameters
         *args,
         **kwargs,
     ):
diff --git a/unsloth/models/vision.py b/unsloth/models/vision.py
index 795a7f22b5..3f25392e20 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/vision.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/vision.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ PRE_COMPILE_INFERENCE = [
     "gpt_oss",
 ]
 
-from transformers import GenerationConfig, CompileConfig, HybridCache, AutoConfig
+from transformers import GenerationConfig, CompileConfig, AutoConfig
 
 try:
     from transformers import PreTrainedConfig
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ except:
 
 HAS_TORCH_DTYPE = "torch_dtype" in PretrainedConfig.__doc__
 
-from transformers import GenerationConfig, CompileConfig, HybridCache
+from transformers import GenerationConfig, CompileConfig
 
 _compile_config = CompileConfig(
     fullgraph = False,