diff --git a/modules_forge/forge_loader.py b/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
index e828b11b..cf160062 100644
--- a/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
+++ b/modules_forge/forge_loader.py
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ def load_model_for_a1111(timer, checkpoint_info=None, state_dict=None):
 
     def patched_decode_first_stage(sample):
         sample = forge_object.unet.model.model_config.latent_format.process_out(sample)
-        return forge_object.vae.decode(sample).movedim(-1, 1) * 2.0 - 1.0
+        sample = forge_object.vae.decode(sample).movedim(-1, 1) * 2.0 - 1.0
+        return sample
 
     def patched_encode_first_stage(sample):
         sample = forge_object.vae.encode(sample.movedim(1, -1) * 0.5 + 0.5)