diff --git a/image_to_image.py b/image_to_image.py
index e6cb2fe..125c77b 100644
--- a/image_to_image.py
+++ b/image_to_image.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class StableDiffusionImg2ImgPipeline(DiffusionPipeline):
     """
     From https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/pull/241
     """
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         vae: AutoencoderKL,
@@ -111,7 +112,12 @@ def __call__(
 
         if init_image is not None:
             init_latents_orig, latents, init_timestep = self.latents_from_init_image(
-                init_image, prompt_strength, offset, num_inference_steps, batch_size, generator
+                init_image,
+                prompt_strength,
+                offset,
+                num_inference_steps,
+                batch_size,
+                generator,
             )
         else:
             latents = torch.randn(
@@ -137,6 +143,8 @@ def __call__(
         if accepts_eta:
             extra_step_kwargs["eta"] = eta
 
+        mask_noise = torch.randn(latents.shape, generator=generator, device=self.device)
+
         t_start = max(num_inference_steps - init_timestep + offset, 0)
         for i, t in tqdm(enumerate(self.scheduler.timesteps[t_start:])):
             # expand the latents if we are doing classifier free guidance
@@ -161,8 +169,14 @@ def __call__(
                 "prev_sample"
             ]
 
+            # replace the unmasked part with original latents, with added noise
             if mask is not None:
-                latents = init_latents_orig * mask + latents * (1 - mask)
+                timesteps = self.scheduler.timesteps[t_start + i]
+                timesteps = torch.tensor(
+                    [timesteps] * batch_size, dtype=torch.long, device=self.device
+                )
+                noisy_init_latents = self.scheduler.add_noise(init_latents_orig, mask_noise, timesteps)
+                latents = noisy_init_latents * mask + latents * (1 - mask)
 
         # scale and decode the image latents with vae
         latents = 1 / 0.18215 * latents
diff --git a/predict.py b/predict.py
index 188577e..c7f91ef 100644
--- a/predict.py
+++ b/predict.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def predict(
             description="Inital image to generate variations of", default=None
         ),
         mask: Path = Input(
-            description="Black and white image to use as mask for inpainting over init_image. Black pixels are inpainted and white pixels are preserved",
+            description="Black and white image to use as mask for inpainting over init_image. Black pixels are inpainted and white pixels are preserved. Experimental feature, tends to work better with prompt strength of 0.5-0.7",
             default=None,
         ),
         prompt_strength: float = Input(