diff --git a/modules_forge/forge_loader.py b/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
index 364812ab..752305e9 100644
--- a/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
+++ b/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
@@ -232,10 +232,13 @@ def load_model_for_a1111(timer, checkpoint_info=None, state_dict=None):
 
     def patched_encode_first_stage(x):
         sample = forge_objects.vae.encode(x.movedim(1, -1) * 0.5 + 0.5)
-        sample = forge_objects.unet.model.model_config.latent_format.process_in(sample)
         return sample.to(x)
 
-    sd_model.get_first_stage_encoding = lambda x: x
+    def patched_get_first_stage_encoding(x):
+        sample = forge_objects.unet.model.model_config.latent_format.process_in(x)
+        return sample.to(x)
+
+    sd_model.get_first_stage_encoding = patched_get_first_stage_encoding
     sd_model.decode_first_stage = patched_decode_first_stage
     sd_model.encode_first_stage = patched_encode_first_stage