diff --git a/backend/python/diffusers/backend_diffusers.py b/backend/python/diffusers/backend_diffusers.py
index c66b2476..6780cae6 100755
--- a/backend/python/diffusers/backend_diffusers.py
+++ b/backend/python/diffusers/backend_diffusers.py
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
             local = False
             modelFile = request.Model
 
-            cfg_scale = 7
+            self.cfg_scale = 7
             if request.CFGScale != 0:
-                cfg_scale = request.CFGScale
+                self.cfg_scale = request.CFGScale
             
             clipmodel = "runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5"
             if request.CLIPModel != "":
@@ -173,17 +173,14 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
             if (request.PipelineType == "StableDiffusionImg2ImgPipeline") or (request.IMG2IMG and request.PipelineType == ""):
                 if fromSingleFile:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionImg2ImgPipeline.from_single_file(modelFile,
-                                torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                torch_dtype=torchType)
                 else:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionImg2ImgPipeline.from_pretrained(request.Model,
-                                torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                torch_dtype=torchType)
 
             elif request.PipelineType == "StableDiffusionDepth2ImgPipeline":
                 self.pipe = StableDiffusionDepth2ImgPipeline.from_pretrained(request.Model,
-                            torch_dtype=torchType,
-                            guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                            torch_dtype=torchType)
             ## img2vid
             elif request.PipelineType == "StableVideoDiffusionPipeline":
                 self.img2vid=True
@@ -197,38 +194,32 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
                 self.pipe = AutoPipelineForText2Image.from_pretrained(request.Model,
                                                     torch_dtype=torchType,
                                                     use_safetensors=SAFETENSORS, 
-                                                    variant=variant,
-                                                    guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                    variant=variant)
             elif request.PipelineType == "StableDiffusionPipeline":
                 if fromSingleFile:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionPipeline.from_single_file(modelFile,
-                                                        torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                                        guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                        torch_dtype=torchType)
                 else:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(request.Model,
-                                                        torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                                        guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                        torch_dtype=torchType)
             elif request.PipelineType == "DiffusionPipeline":
                 self.pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(request.Model,
-                                                        torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                                        guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                        torch_dtype=torchType)
             elif request.PipelineType == "VideoDiffusionPipeline":
                 self.txt2vid=True
                 self.pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(request.Model,
-                                                        torch_dtype=torchType,
-                                                        guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                        torch_dtype=torchType)
             elif request.PipelineType == "StableDiffusionXLPipeline":
                 if fromSingleFile:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionXLPipeline.from_single_file(modelFile,
-                                                               torch_dtype=torchType, use_safetensors=True,
-                                                               guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                                                               torch_dtype=torchType,
+                                                               use_safetensors=True)
                 else:
                     self.pipe = StableDiffusionXLPipeline.from_pretrained(
                         request.Model, 
                         torch_dtype=torchType, 
                         use_safetensors=True, 
-                        variant=variant,
-                        guidance_scale=cfg_scale)
+                        variant=variant)
 
             if CLIPSKIP and request.CLIPSkip != 0:
                 self.clip_skip = request.CLIPSkip
@@ -384,12 +375,12 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
             image = image.resize((1024, 576))
 
             generator = torch.manual_seed(request.seed)
-            frames = self.pipe(image, decode_chunk_size=CHUNK_SIZE, generator=generator).frames[0]
+            frames = self.pipe(image, guidance_scale=self.cfg_scale, decode_chunk_size=CHUNK_SIZE, generator=generator).frames[0]
             export_to_video(frames, request.dst, fps=FPS)
             return backend_pb2.Result(message="Media generated successfully", success=True)
 
         if self.txt2vid:
-            video_frames = self.pipe(prompt, num_inference_steps=steps, num_frames=int(FRAMES)).frames
+            video_frames = self.pipe(prompt, guidance_scale=self.cfg_scale, num_inference_steps=steps, num_frames=int(FRAMES)).frames
             export_to_video(video_frames, request.dst)
             return backend_pb2.Result(message="Media generated successfully", success=True)
 
@@ -398,13 +389,15 @@ class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
             conditioning = self.compel.build_conditioning_tensor(prompt)
             kwargs["prompt_embeds"]= conditioning
             # pass the kwargs dictionary to the self.pipe method
-            image = self.pipe( 
+            image = self.pipe(
+                guidance_scale=self.cfg_scale,
                 **kwargs
                 ).images[0] 
         else:
             # pass the kwargs dictionary to the self.pipe method
             image = self.pipe(
-                prompt, 
+                prompt,
+                guidance_scale=self.cfg_scale,
                 **kwargs
                 ).images[0]