diff --git a/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp b/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
index ee179912068f126409e98574221cf4dcf7916934..91a003d55c0234d9edb9b173d655e1872361d5b6 100644
--- a/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
+++ b/src/PTQ/PTQ.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,37 @@ static std::shared_ptr<Aidge::Node> getUniqueChild(std::shared_ptr<Aidge::Node>
     return *(childrenSet.begin());
 }
 
+static std::string determineBackend(std::shared_ptr<Aidge::Node> node)
+{
+    std::string backend = node->getOperator()->backend();
+
+    if (backend != "")
+        return backend;
+    else 
+    {
+        // gather the parent backends
+
+        std::set<std::string> parentBackends;
+        for (auto parent : node->getParents())
+            parentBackends.insert(determineBackend(parent)); // it always answers a non empty value !
+
+        // check if we have two or more different backends gathered
+
+        if (parentBackends.size() > 1) 
+        {
+            Log::warn(" Unable to determine backend of node {} due to conflicting parent ones !", node->name());
+            return (*parentBackends.begin());
+        }
+        
+        // if all parents have the same backend return it
+
+        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)
 {
     int index = 0;
@@ -225,7 +256,7 @@ 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(node->getOperator()->backend());
+        roundNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
 
         insertChildren(node, roundNode, graphView);
         addAttr(roundNode, "isProducerRounding");
@@ -394,8 +425,7 @@ 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)
-    auto producerOp = std::static_pointer_cast<OperatorTensor>(producerNode->getOperator());
-    scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(producerOp->getOutput(0)->backend());
+    scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(producerNode));
 
     insertChildren(producerNode, scalingNode, graphView);
     graphView->add(scalingNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -431,7 +461,7 @@ 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(parentNode->getOperator()->backend());
+                    residualNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
                     graphView->insertParent(node, residualNode, i, 0, 0);
                     graphView->add(residualNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -471,7 +501,7 @@ 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(parentNode->getOperator()->backend());
+            scalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
             if (parentNode->getChildren().size() > 0) {
                 insertChildren(parentNode, scalingNode, graphView);
@@ -492,7 +522,7 @@ 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(parentNode->getOperator()->backend());
+                prevScalingNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(parentNode));
 
                 graphView->insertParent(parentNode, prevScalingNode, 0, 0, 0);
                 graphView->add(prevScalingNode->getParent(1)); // add the scaling factor producer
@@ -1087,7 +1117,7 @@ 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(node->getOperator()->backend());
+                quantizerNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
                 graphView->replace({node, node->getParent(1)}, {quantizerNode});
 
                 if (optimizeSigns)
@@ -1142,7 +1172,7 @@ static void insertCompensationNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView, std::u
                 addAttr(mulNode, "isCompensation");
 
                 mulNode->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64); // getDataType(parentNode)
-                mulNode->getOperator()->setBackend(node->getOperator()->backend());
+                mulNode->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node));
 
                 graphView->insertParent(node, mulNode, 0, 0, 0);
 
@@ -1153,7 +1183,7 @@ static void insertCompensationNodes(std::shared_ptr<GraphView> graphView, std::u
                 coeffProducer->getOperator()->setOutput(0, coeffTensor);
 
                 coeffProducer->getOperator()->setDataType(DataType::Float64);
-                coeffProducer->getOperator()->setBackend(node->getOperator()->backend()); 
+                coeffProducer->getOperator()->setBackend(determineBackend(node)); 
 
                 graphView->add(coeffProducer); // needed ?