diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index 434facbc9..03552bc26 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # this scripts installs necessary requirements and launches main program in webui.py
+import re
 import subprocess
 import os
 import sys
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 
 from modules import cmd_args, errors
 from modules.paths_internal import script_path, extensions_dir
+from modules import timer
+
+timer.startup_timer.record("start")
 
 args, _ = cmd_args.parser.parse_known_args()
 
@@ -226,6 +230,44 @@ def run_extensions_installers(settings_file):
         run_extension_installer(os.path.join(extensions_dir, dirname_extension))
 
 
+re_requirement = re.compile(r"\s*([-_a-zA-Z0-9]+)\s*(?:==\s*([-+_.a-zA-Z0-9]+))?\s*")
+
+
+def requrements_met(requirements_file):
+    """
+    Does a simple parse of a requirements.txt file to determine if all rerqirements in it
+    are already installed. Returns True if so, False if not installed or parsing fails.
+    """
+
+    import importlib.metadata
+    import packaging.version
+
+    with open(requirements_file, "r", encoding="utf8") as file:
+        for line in file:
+            if line.strip() == "":
+                continue
+
+            m = re.match(re_requirement, line)
+            if m is None:
+                return False
+
+            package = m.group(1).strip()
+            version_required = (m.group(2) or "").strip()
+
+            if version_required == "":
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                version_installed = importlib.metadata.version(package)
+            except Exception:
+                return False
+
+            if packaging.version.parse(version_required) != packaging.version.parse(version_installed):
+                return False
+
+    return True
+
+
 def prepare_environment():
     torch_index_url = os.environ.get('TORCH_INDEX_URL', "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118")
     torch_command = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', f"pip install torch==2.0.1 torchvision==0.15.2 --extra-index-url {torch_index_url}")
@@ -311,7 +353,9 @@ def prepare_environment():
 
     if not os.path.isfile(requirements_file):
         requirements_file = os.path.join(script_path, requirements_file)
-    run_pip(f"install -r \"{requirements_file}\"", "requirements")
+
+    if not requrements_met(requirements_file):
+        run_pip(f"install -r \"{requirements_file}\"", "requirements")
 
     run_extensions_installers(settings_file=args.ui_settings_file)
 
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index b826bf431..d07ab456c 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ einops==0.4.1
 fastapi==0.94.0
 gfpgan==1.3.8
 gradio==3.32.0
-httpcore<=0.15
+httpcore==0.15
 inflection==0.5.1
 jsonmerge==1.8.0
 kornia==0.6.7
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ numpy==1.23.5
 omegaconf==2.2.3
 open-clip-torch==2.20.0
 piexif==1.1.3
-psutil~=5.9.5
+psutil==5.9.5
 pytorch_lightning==1.9.4
 realesrgan==0.3.0
 resize-right==0.0.2
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index 34c2fd181..2aafc09f8 100644
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -31,21 +31,22 @@ if log_level:
 logging.getLogger("torch.distributed.nn").setLevel(logging.ERROR)  # sshh...
 logging.getLogger("xformers").addFilter(lambda record: 'A matching Triton is not available' not in record.getMessage())
 
-from modules import paths, timer, import_hook, errors, devices  # noqa: F401
-
+from modules import timer
 startup_timer = timer.startup_timer
+startup_timer.record("launcher")
 
 import torch
 import pytorch_lightning   # noqa: F401 # pytorch_lightning should be imported after torch, but it re-enables warnings on import so import once to disable them
 warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning, module="pytorch_lightning")
 warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=UserWarning, module="torchvision")
-
-
 startup_timer.record("import torch")
 
 import gradio  # noqa: F401
 startup_timer.record("import gradio")
 
+from modules import paths, timer, import_hook, errors, devices  # noqa: F401
+startup_timer.record("setup paths")
+
 import ldm.modules.encoders.modules  # noqa: F401
 startup_timer.record("import ldm")