diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 3808e15..3d6cb4c 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
                 if (isNaN(heightVal)) {
                     heightVal = 512;
                 }
-                var strengthVal = parseInt($('#inputStrength').val());
+                var strengthVal = parseFloat($('#inputStrength').val());
                 if (isNaN(strengthVal)) {
                     strengthVal = 0.5;
                 }
diff --git a/utilities/img2img.py b/utilities/img2img.py
index 4178e38..5288439 100644
--- a/utilities/img2img.py
+++ b/utilities/img2img.py
@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ class Img2Img:
         self.__logger.info("current seed: {}".format(seed))
 
         if isinstance(reference_image, str):
-            reference_image = (
-                base64_to_image(reference_image)
-                .thumbnail((config.get_width(), config.get_height()))
-                .convert("RGB")
-            )
+            reference_image = base64_to_image(reference_image).convert("RGB")
+            reference_image.thumbnail((config.get_width(), config.get_height()))
 
         result = self.model.img2img_pipeline(
             prompt=prompt,