diff --git a/timm/models/mobilenetv5.py b/timm/models/mobilenetv5.py
index acc37ad32b..eca210b24d 100644
--- a/timm/models/mobilenetv5.py
+++ b/timm/models/mobilenetv5.py
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 )
 from ._features import feature_take_indices
 from ._features_fx import register_notrace_module
-from ._manipulate import checkpoint_seq, checkpoint
+from ._manipulate import checkpoint_seq
 from ._registry import generate_default_cfgs, register_model
 
 __all__ = ['MobileNetV5', 'MobileNetV5Encoder']
 
+_GELU = partial(nn.GELU, approximate='tanh')
+
 
 @register_notrace_module
 class MobileNetV5MultiScaleFusionAdapter(nn.Module):
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
     self.layer_scale_init_value = layer_scale_init_value
     self.noskip = noskip
 
-    act_layer = act_layer or nn.GELU
+    act_layer = act_layer or _GELU
     norm_layer = norm_layer or RmsNorm2d
     self.ffn = UniversalInvertedResidual(
         in_chs=self.in_channels,
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ def __init__(
             global_pool: Type of pooling to use for global pooling features of the FC head.
         """
         super().__init__()
-        act_layer = act_layer or nn.GELU
+        act_layer = act_layer or _GELU
         norm_layer = get_norm_layer(norm_layer) or RmsNorm2d
         norm_act_layer = get_norm_act_layer(norm_layer, act_layer)
         se_layer = se_layer or SqueezeExcite
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ def __init__(
             block_args: BlockArgs,
             in_chans: int = 3,
             stem_size: int = 64,
-            stem_bias: bool = False,
+            stem_bias: bool = True,
             fix_stem: bool = False,
             pad_type: str = '',
             msfa_indices: Sequence[int] = (-2, -1),
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ def __init__(
             layer_scale_init_value: Optional[float] = None,
     ):
         super().__init__()
-        act_layer = act_layer or nn.GELU
+        act_layer = act_layer or _GELU
         norm_layer = get_norm_layer(norm_layer) or RmsNorm2d
         se_layer = se_layer or SqueezeExcite
         self.num_classes = 0    # Exists to satisfy ._hub module APIs.
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@ def forward_intermediates(
         feat_idx = 0    # stem is index 0
         x = self.conv_stem(x)
         if feat_idx in take_indices:
+            print("conv_stem is captured")
             intermediates.append(x)
         if feat_idx in self.msfa_indices:
             msfa_intermediates.append(x)
@@ -777,7 +780,7 @@ def _gen_mobilenet_v5(
         fix_stem=channel_multiplier < 1.0,
         round_chs_fn=partial(round_channels, multiplier=channel_multiplier),
         norm_layer=RmsNorm2d,
-        act_layer=nn.GELU,
+        act_layer=_GELU,
         layer_scale_init_value=1e-5,
     )
     model_kwargs = dict(model_kwargs, **kwargs)