diff --git a/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py b/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
index e1450593..ae0bb153 100644
--- a/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
+++ b/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class SDTrainer(BaseSDTrainProcess):
         if self.train_config.target_norm_std:
             # seperate out the batch and channels
             pred_std = noise_pred.std([2, 3], keepdim=True)
-            norm_std_loss = torch.abs(1.0 - pred_std).mean()
+            norm_std_loss = torch.abs(self.train_config.target_norm_std_value - pred_std).mean()
             loss = loss + norm_std_loss
 
 
diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
index e0a40ef4..5a6287ec 100644
--- a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from toolkit.data_loader import get_dataloader_from_datasets, trigger_dataloader
 from toolkit.data_transfer_object.data_loader import FileItemDTO, DataLoaderBatchDTO
 from toolkit.ema import ExponentialMovingAverage
 from toolkit.embedding import Embedding
-from toolkit.image_utils import show_tensors, show_latents
+from toolkit.image_utils import show_tensors, show_latents, reduce_contrast
 from toolkit.ip_adapter import IPAdapter
 from toolkit.lora_special import LoRASpecialNetwork
 from toolkit.lorm import convert_diffusers_unet_to_lorm, count_parameters, print_lorm_extract_details, \
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
                     imgs = batch.tensor
                     imgs = imgs.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype)
                     if self.train_config.img_multiplier is not None:
-                        imgs = imgs * self.train_config.img_multiplier
+                        # do it ad contrast
+                        imgs = reduce_contrast(imgs, self.train_config.img_multiplier)
                 if batch.latents is not None:
                     latents = batch.latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype)
                     batch.latents = latents
diff --git a/toolkit/config_modules.py b/toolkit/config_modules.py
index af95e9b7..950d6de4 100644
--- a/toolkit/config_modules.py
+++ b/toolkit/config_modules.py
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class TrainConfig:
 
         # adds an additional loss to the network to encourage it output a normalized standard deviation
         self.target_norm_std = kwargs.get('target_norm_std', None)
+        self.target_norm_std_value = kwargs.get('target_norm_std_value', 1.0)
 
 
 class ModelConfig:
diff --git a/toolkit/image_utils.py b/toolkit/image_utils.py
index 3c1dbe39..9b9f306e 100644
--- a/toolkit/image_utils.py
+++ b/toolkit/image_utils.py
@@ -495,6 +495,19 @@ def on_exit():
         cv2.destroyAllWindows()
 
 
+def reduce_contrast(tensor, factor):
+    # Ensure factor is between 0 and 1
+    factor = max(0, min(factor, 1))
+
+    # Calculate the mean of the tensor
+    mean = torch.mean(tensor)
+
+    # Reduce contrast
+    adjusted_tensor = (tensor - mean) * factor + mean
+
+    # Clip values to ensure they stay within -1 to 1 range
+    return torch.clamp(adjusted_tensor, -1.0, 1.0)
+
 atexit.register(on_exit)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":