diff --git a/TTS/tts/models/vits.py b/TTS/tts/models/vits.py
index ae24a99e..23be6177 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/models/vits.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/models/vits.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from TTS.tts.utils.helpers import generate_path, maximum_path, rand_segments, se
 from TTS.tts.utils.languages import LanguageManager
 from TTS.tts.utils.speakers import SpeakerManager
 from TTS.tts.utils.synthesis import synthesis
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.tokenizer import TTSTokenizer
 from TTS.tts.utils.visual import plot_alignment
 from TTS.utils.trainer_utils import get_optimizer, get_scheduler
 from TTS.vocoder.models.hifigan_generator import HifiganGenerator
@@ -280,19 +281,15 @@ class Vits(BaseTTS):
         language_manager: LanguageManager = None,
     ):
 
-        super().__init__(config)
+        super().__init__(config, ap, tokenizer, speaker_manager)
 
         self.END2END = True
         self.speaker_manager = speaker_manager
         self.language_manager = language_manager
         if config.__class__.__name__ == "VitsConfig":
             # loading from VitsConfig
-            if "num_chars" not in config:
-                _, self.config, num_chars = self.get_characters(config)
-                config.model_args.num_chars = num_chars
-            else:
-                self.config = config
-                config.model_args.num_chars = config.num_chars
+            self.num_chars = self.tokenizer.characters.num_chars
+            self.config = config
             args = self.config.model_args
         elif isinstance(config, VitsArgs):
             # loading from VitsArgs
@@ -1039,3 +1036,25 @@ class Vits(BaseTTS):
         if eval:
             self.eval()
             assert not self.training
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def init_from_config(config: "Coqpit"):
+        """Initialize model from config."""
+
+        # init characters
+        if config.use_phonemes:
+            from TTS.tts.utils.text.characters import IPAPhonemes
+
+            characters = IPAPhonemes().init_from_config(config)
+        else:
+            from TTS.tts.utils.text.characters import Graphemes
+
+            characters = Graphemes().init_from_config(config)
+        config.num_chars = characters.num_chars
+
+        from TTS.utils.audio import AudioProcessor
+
+        ap = AudioProcessor.init_from_config(config)
+        tokenizer = TTSTokenizer.init_from_config(config)
+        speaker_manager = SpeakerManager.init_from_config(config)
+        return Vits(config, ap, tokenizer, speaker_manager)