diff --git a/common/multimodal.py b/common/multimodal.py
index 74d4964..5b93f23 100644
--- a/common/multimodal.py
+++ b/common/multimodal.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List
 from backends.exllamav2.vision import get_image_embedding
 from common import model
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 from loguru import logger
 
 from common.optional_dependencies import dependencies
@@ -10,27 +9,22 @@ if dependencies.exllamav2:
     from exllamav2 import ExLlamaV2VisionTower
 
 
-class MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper(BaseModel):
+class MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper:
     """Common multimodal embedding wrapper"""
 
     type: str = None
     content: List = []
     text_alias: List[str] = []
 
+    async def add(self, url: str):
+        # Determine the type of vision embedding to use
+        if not self.type:
+            if isinstance(model.container.vision_model, ExLlamaV2VisionTower):
+                self.type = "ExLlamaV2MMEmbedding"
 
-async def add_image_embedding(
-    embeddings: MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper, url: str
-) -> MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper:
-    # Determine the type of vision embedding to use
-    if not embeddings.type:
-        if isinstance(model.container.vision_model, ExLlamaV2VisionTower):
-            embeddings.type = "ExLlamaV2MMEmbedding"
-
-    if embeddings.type == "ExLlamaV2MMEmbedding":
-        embedding = await get_image_embedding(url)
-        embeddings.content.append(embedding)
-        embeddings.text_alias.append(embedding.text_alias)
-    else:
-        logger.error("No valid vision model to create embedding")
-
-    return embeddings
+        if self.type == "ExLlamaV2MMEmbedding":
+            embedding = await get_image_embedding(url)
+            self.content.append(embedding)
+            self.text_alias.append(embedding.text_alias)
+        else:
+            logger.error("No valid vision model to create embedding")
diff --git a/endpoints/OAI/utils/chat_completion.py b/endpoints/OAI/utils/chat_completion.py
index c14a8dc..7a31f39 100644
--- a/endpoints/OAI/utils/chat_completion.py
+++ b/endpoints/OAI/utils/chat_completion.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from jinja2 import TemplateError
 from loguru import logger
 
 from common import model
-from common.multimodal import MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper, add_image_embedding
+from common.multimodal import MultimodalEmbeddingWrapper
 from common.networking import (
     get_generator_error,
     handle_request_disconnect,
@@ -483,9 +483,7 @@ async def preprocess_vision_request(messages: List[ChatCompletionMessage]):
                 if content.type == "text":
                     concatenated_content += content.text
                 elif content.type == "image_url":
-                    embeddings = await add_image_embedding(
-                        embeddings, content.image_url.url
-                    )
+                    await embeddings.add(content.image_url.url)
                     concatenated_content += embeddings.text_alias[-1]
 
             message.content = concatenated_content