diff --git a/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae.py b/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae.py
index 772589a3b..047caf46f 100644
--- a/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae.py
+++ b/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def decode_inp(self, inp):
         inp = inp / 0.13025
         x = self.vae.decode(inp, return_dict=False)[0]
         x = (x / 2 + 0.5).clamp(0, 1)
-        return x
+        return x.round()
 
     def encode_inp(self, inp):
         latents = self.vae.encode(inp).latent_dist.sample()
diff --git a/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae_runner.py b/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae_runner.py
index 9050096e5..253a3268d 100644
--- a/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae_runner.py
+++ b/models/turbine_models/custom_models/sdxl_inference/vae_runner.py
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
     "--batch_size", type=int, default=1, help="Batch size for inference"
 )
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--height", type=int, default=512, help="Height of Stable Diffusion"
+    "--height", type=int, default=1024, help="Height of Stable Diffusion"
 )
-parser.add_argument("--width", type=int, default=512, help="Width of Stable Diffusion")
+parser.add_argument("--width", type=int, default=1024, help="Width of Stable Diffusion")
 parser.add_argument("--variant", type=str, default="decode")
 
 
@@ -58,51 +58,44 @@ class VaeModel(torch.nn.Module):
         def __init__(
             self,
             hf_model_name,
-            base_vae=False,
             custom_vae="",
-            low_cpu_mem_usage=False,
-            hf_auth_token="",
         ):
             super().__init__()
             self.vae = None
-            if custom_vae == "":
+            if custom_vae in ["", None]:
                 self.vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
                     hf_model_name,
                     subfolder="vae",
-                    low_cpu_mem_usage=low_cpu_mem_usage,
-                    hf_auth_token=hf_auth_token,
                 )
             elif not isinstance(custom_vae, dict):
-                self.vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
-                    custom_vae,
-                    subfolder="vae",
-                    low_cpu_mem_usage=low_cpu_mem_usage,
-                    hf_auth_token=hf_auth_token,
-                )
+                try:
+                    # custom HF repo with no vae subfolder
+                    self.vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
+                        custom_vae,
+                    )
+                except:
+                    # some larger repo with vae subfolder
+                    self.vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
+                        custom_vae,
+                        subfolder="vae",
+                    )
             else:
+                # custom vae as a HF state dict
                 self.vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
                     hf_model_name,
                     subfolder="vae",
-                    low_cpu_mem_usage=low_cpu_mem_usage,
-                    hf_auth_token=hf_auth_token,
                 )
                 self.vae.load_state_dict(custom_vae)
-            self.base_vae = base_vae
-
-        def decode_inp(self, input):
-            with torch.no_grad():
-                if not self.base_vae:
-                    input = 1 / 0.18215 * input
-                x = self.vae.decode(input, return_dict=False)[0]
-                x = (x / 2 + 0.5).clamp(0, 1)
-                if self.base_vae:
-                    return x
-                x = x * 255.0
+
+        def decode_inp(self, inp):
+            inp = inp / 0.13025
+            x = self.vae.decode(inp, return_dict=False)[0]
+            x = (x / 2 + 0.5).clamp(0, 1)
             return x.round()
 
         def encode_inp(self, inp):
             latents = self.vae.encode(inp).latent_dist.sample()
-            return 0.18215 * latents
+            return 0.13025 * latents
 
     vae_model = VaeModel(
         hf_model_name,
@@ -144,9 +137,7 @@ def encode_inp(self, inp):
         print("generating torch output: ")
         from turbine_models.custom_models.sd_inference import utils
 
-        torch_output = run_torch_vae(
-            args.hf_model_name, args.hf_auth_token, args.variant, example_input
-        )
+        torch_output = run_torch_vae(args.hf_model_name, args.variant, example_input)
         print("TORCH OUTPUT:", torch_output, torch_output.shape, torch_output.dtype)
         err = utils.largest_error(torch_output, turbine_results)
         print("Largest Error: ", err)