diff --git a/backend/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py b/backend/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py
index 243cad8862a..1567f7f6bbb 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os
 from typing import cast
 
-from cohere import Client
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from danswer.access.models import default_public_access
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
 from danswer.server.documents.models import ConnectorBase
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
 from danswer.utils.retry_wrapper import retry_builder
-from ee.danswer.configs.app_configs import COHERE_DEFAULT_API_KEY
+from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import fetch_versioned_implementation
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
@@ -92,6 +91,18 @@ def _create_indexable_chunks(
     return list(ids_to_documents.values()), chunks
 
 
+# Cohere is used in EE version
+def load_processed_docs(cohere_enabled: bool) -> list[dict]:
+    initial_docs_path = os.path.join(
+        os.getcwd(),
+        "danswer",
+        "seeding",
+        "initial_docs.json",
+    )
+    processed_docs = json.load(open(initial_docs_path))
+    return processed_docs
+
+
 def seed_initial_documents(
     db_session: Session, tenant_id: str | None, cohere_enabled: bool = False
 ) -> None:
@@ -177,32 +188,10 @@ def seed_initial_documents(
         last_successful_index_time=last_index_time,
     )
     cc_pair_id = cast(int, result.data)
-
-    if cohere_enabled:
-        initial_docs_path = os.path.join(
-            os.getcwd(), "danswer", "seeding", "initial_docs_cohere.json"
-        )
-
-        cohere_client = Client(COHERE_DEFAULT_API_KEY)
-        processed_docs = json.load(open(initial_docs_path))
-        for doc in processed_docs:
-            title_embedding = cohere_client.embed(
-                texts=[doc["title"]], model="embed-english-v3.0"
-            ).embeddings[0]
-            content_embedding = cohere_client.embed(
-                texts=[doc["content"]], model="embed-english-v3.0"
-            ).embeddings[0]
-            doc["title_embedding"] = title_embedding
-            doc["content_embedding"] = content_embedding
-
-    else:
-        initial_docs_path = os.path.join(
-            os.getcwd(),
-            "danswer",
-            "seeding",
-            "initial_docs.json",
-        )
-        processed_docs = json.load(open(initial_docs_path))
+    processed_docs = fetch_versioned_implementation(
+        "danswer.seeding.load_docs",
+        "load_processed_docs",
+    )(cohere_enabled)
 
     docs, chunks = _create_indexable_chunks(processed_docs, tenant_id)
 
diff --git a/backend/ee/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py b/backend/ee/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92bda7590db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/ee/danswer/seeding/load_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+from cohere import Client
+
+from ee.danswer.configs.app_configs import COHERE_DEFAULT_API_KEY
+
+
+def load_processed_docs(cohere_enabled: bool) -> list[dict]:
+    base_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "danswer", "seeding")
+
+    if cohere_enabled and COHERE_DEFAULT_API_KEY:
+        initial_docs_path = os.path.join(base_path, "initial_docs_cohere.json")
+        processed_docs = json.load(open(initial_docs_path))
+
+        cohere_client = Client(COHERE_DEFAULT_API_KEY)
+        embed_model = "embed-english-v3.0"
+
+        for doc in processed_docs:
+            doc["title_embedding"] = cohere_client.embed(
+                texts=[doc["title"]], model=embed_model
+            ).embeddings[0]
+            doc["content_embedding"] = cohere_client.embed(
+                texts=[doc["content"]], model=embed_model
+            ).embeddings[0]
+    else:
+        initial_docs_path = os.path.join(base_path, "initial_docs.json")
+        processed_docs = json.load(open(initial_docs_path))
+
+    return processed_docs