diff --git a/examples/common/common.cpp b/examples/common/common.cpp
index 335a6226f..0c7fe476b 100644
--- a/examples/common/common.cpp
+++ b/examples/common/common.cpp
@@ -2147,7 +2147,12 @@ bool SDGenerationParams::from_json_str(
         LOG_ERROR("invalid end_image");
         return false;
     }
-    if (!parse_image_array_json_field(j, "ref_images", 3, width, height, ref_images)) {
+    if (!parse_image_array_json_field(j,
+                                      "ref_images",
+                                      3,
+                                      auto_resize_ref_image ? width : 0,
+                                      auto_resize_ref_image ? height : 0,
+                                      ref_images)) {
         LOG_ERROR("invalid ref_images");
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/examples/server/routes_sdapi.cpp b/examples/server/routes_sdapi.cpp
index 699ba022d..f6bd09497 100644
--- a/examples/server/routes_sdapi.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/routes_sdapi.cpp
@@ -244,8 +244,12 @@ static bool build_sdapi_img_gen_request(const json& j,
             SDImageOwner image_owner;
             if (decode_base64_image(extra_image.get<std::string>(),
                                     3,
-                                    request.gen_params.width_and_height_are_set() ? request.gen_params.width : 0,
-                                    request.gen_params.width_and_height_are_set() ? request.gen_params.height : 0,
+                                    request.gen_params.auto_resize_ref_image && request.gen_params.width_and_height_are_set()
+                                        ? request.gen_params.width
+                                        : 0,
+                                    request.gen_params.auto_resize_ref_image && request.gen_params.width_and_height_are_set()
+                                        ? request.gen_params.height
+                                        : 0,
                                     image_owner)) {
                 const sd_image_t& image = image_owner.get();
                 request.gen_params.set_width_and_height_if_unset(image.width, image.height);