diff --git a/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp b/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
index 42bac4051eadef07aa46e153bb3de654b6f4ea31..dbf4b6234d2a64c7fd9572c77882a1dcf64f3f49 100644
--- a/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
+++ b/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static std::string determineBackend(std::shared_ptr<Aidge::Node> node)
         if (parentBackends.size() == 1) 
             return (*parentBackends.begin());
     }
+
+    return "cpu"; // escape path when no parents are found
 }
 
 static int getInputIndex(std::shared_ptr<Node> node, std::shared_ptr<Node> parentNode)
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ bool insertRoundBelowProducer(std::shared_ptr<Node> node, std::shared_ptr<GraphV
     {
         std::shared_ptr<Aidge::Node> roundNode = Round(node->name() + "_Round");
         roundNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-        roundNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+        roundNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
 
         insertChildren(node, roundNode, graphView);
         roundNode->attributes()->addAttr("quantization.ptq.isProducerRounding", 0.0);
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ bool insertScalingBelowProducer(std::shared_ptr<Node> producerNode, double scali
     std::shared_ptr<Node> scalingNode = createScalingNode(scalingNodeName, {"isProducerScaling"}, scalingFactor);
 
     scalingNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-    scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+    scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(producerNode));
 
     insertChildren(producerNode, scalingNode, graphView);
     graphView->add(scalingNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -403,7 +405,7 @@ void insertResidualScalingNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView)
                     std::shared_ptr<Node> residualNode = createScalingNode(residualNodeName, {"isScaling", "isResidual"}, 1.0);
 
                     residualNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-                    residualNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+                    residualNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
                     graphView->insertParent(node, residualNode, i, 0, 0);
                     graphView->add(residualNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -443,7 +445,7 @@ void insertScalingNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView)
             std::shared_ptr<Node> scalingNode = createScalingNode(scalingNodeName, {"isScaling"}, 1.0);
 
             scalingNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-            scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+            scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
             if (parentNode->getChildren().size() > 0) {
                 insertChildren(parentNode, scalingNode, graphView);
@@ -464,7 +466,7 @@ void insertScalingNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView)
                 std::shared_ptr<Node> prevScalingNode = createScalingNode(prevScalingNodeName, {"isScaling"}, 1.0);
 
                 prevScalingNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-                prevScalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+                prevScalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
                 graphView->insertParent(parentNode, prevScalingNode, 0, 0, 0);
                 graphView->add(prevScalingNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -1026,7 +1028,7 @@ void quantizeNormalizedNetwork(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView, std::uint8_
 
                 std::shared_ptr<Node> quantizerNode = Quantizer(oldScalingFactor, -(signedMax + 1), signedMax, node->name());
                 quantizerNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-                quantizerNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+                quantizerNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
                 graphView->replace({node, node->getParent(1)}, {quantizerNode});
 
                 if (optimizeSigns)
@@ -1080,7 +1082,7 @@ static void insertCompensationNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView, std::u
                 
                 mulNode->attributes()->addAttr("quantization.ptq.isCompensation", 0.0);
                 mulNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-                mulNode->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu");
+                mulNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
 
                 graphView->insertParent(node, mulNode, 0, 0, 0);
 
@@ -1091,7 +1093,7 @@ static void insertCompensationNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView, std::u
                 coeffProducer->getOperator()->setOutput(0, coeffTensor);
 
                 coeffProducer->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64);
-                coeffProducer->getOperator()->setBackend("cpu"); 
+                coeffProducer->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node)); 
 
                 graphView->add(coeffProducer); // needed ?