diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 1a567e01..1b22e18d 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -157,20 +157,23 @@ class VAEEncodeForInpaint:
     def encode(self, vae, pixels, mask):
         x = (pixels.shape[1] // 64) * 64
         y = (pixels.shape[2] // 64) * 64
+        mask = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(mask[None,None,], size=(pixels.shape[1], pixels.shape[2]), mode="bilinear")[0][0]
+
         if pixels.shape[1] != x or pixels.shape[2] != y:
             pixels = pixels[:,:x,:y,:]
             mask = mask[:x,:y]
 
-        #shave off a few pixels to keep things seamless
+        #grow mask by a few pixels to keep things seamless in latent space
         kernel_tensor = torch.ones((1, 1, 6, 6))
-        mask_erosion = torch.clamp(torch.nn.functional.conv2d((1.0 - mask.round())[None], kernel_tensor, padding=3), 0, 1)
+        mask_erosion = torch.clamp(torch.nn.functional.conv2d((mask.round())[None], kernel_tensor, padding=3), 0, 1)
+        m = (1.0 - mask.round())
         for i in range(3):
             pixels[:,:,:,i] -= 0.5
-            pixels[:,:,:,i] *= mask_erosion[0][:x,:y].round()
+            pixels[:,:,:,i] *= m
             pixels[:,:,:,i] += 0.5
         t = vae.encode(pixels)
 
-        return ({"samples":t, "noise_mask": mask}, )
+        return ({"samples":t, "noise_mask": (mask_erosion[0][:x,:y].round())}, )
 
 class CheckpointLoader:
     models_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "models")