diff --git a/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index dd31af8f..23c3e1cd 100644
--- a/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -1829,10 +1829,10 @@ def loss_fn(model_pred, target):
                                 pixel_target = vae.decode(latents[pixel_mask].to(weight_dtype)).sample
                                 pixel_pred = vae.decode(pred_latents[pixel_mask].to(weight_dtype)).sample
                                     
-                                pixel_loss[pixel_mask] = F.mse_loss(pixel_pred.float(), pixel_target.float(), reduction="none").mean(dim=(1,2,3))
+                                pixel_loss[pixel_mask] = F.l1_loss(pixel_pred.float(), pixel_target.float(), reduction="none").mean(dim=(1,2,3))
                                 
                                 # Ad hoc weight factor to make losses have approximately the same scale
-                                pixel_loss = 700 * pixel_loss
+                                pixel_loss = 25 * pixel_loss
                             
                             else:
                                 pixel_loss = latent_loss.new_zeros([])