diff --git a/ldm/dream/args.py b/ldm/dream/args.py
index db6d963645..ada8975e96 100644
--- a/ldm/dream/args.py
+++ b/ldm/dream/args.py
@@ -174,31 +174,37 @@ class Args(object):
         switches.append(f'-W {a["width"]}')
         switches.append(f'-H {a["height"]}')
         switches.append(f'-C {a["cfg_scale"]}')
-        switches.append(f'-A {a["sampler_name"]}')
         if a['grid']:
             switches.append('--grid')
         if a['seamless']:
             switches.append('--seamless')
+
+        # img2img generations have parameters relevant only to them and have special handling
         if a['init_img'] and len(a['init_img'])>0:
             switches.append(f'-I {a["init_img"]}')
-        if a['init_mask'] and len(a['init_mask'])>0:
-            switches.append(f'-M {a["init_mask"]}')
-        if a['init_color'] and len(a['init_color'])>0:
-            switches.append(f'--init_color {a["init_color"]}')
-        if a['fit']:
-            switches.append(f'--fit')
-        if a['init_img'] and a['strength'] and a['strength']>0:
-            switches.append(f'-f {a["strength"]}')
+            switches.append(f'-A ddim') # TODO: FIX ME WHEN IMG2IMG SUPPORTS ALL SAMPLERS
+            if a['fit']:
+                switches.append(f'--fit')
+            if a['init_mask'] and len(a['init_mask'])>0:
+                switches.append(f'-M {a["init_mask"]}')
+            if a['init_color'] and len(a['init_color'])>0:
+                switches.append(f'--init_color {a["init_color"]}')
+            if a['strength'] and a['strength']>0:
+                switches.append(f'-f {a["strength"]}')
+        else:
+            switches.append(f'-A {a["sampler_name"]}')
+
+        # gfpgan-specific parameters
         if a['gfpgan_strength']:
             switches.append(f'-G {a["gfpgan_strength"]}')
+
+        # esrgan-specific parameters
         if a['upscale']:
             switches.append(f'-U {" ".join([str(u) for u in a["upscale"]])}')
         if a['embiggen']:
             switches.append(f'--embiggen {" ".join([str(u) for u in a["embiggen"]])}')
         if a['embiggen_tiles']:
             switches.append(f'--embiggen_tiles {" ".join([str(u) for u in a["embiggen_tiles"]])}')
-        if a['variation_amount'] > 0:
-            switches.append(f'-v {a["variation_amount"]}')
         if a['with_variations']:
             formatted_variations = ','.join(f'{seed}:{weight}' for seed, weight in (a["with_variations"]))
             switches.append(f'-V {formatted_variations}')
@@ -618,18 +624,24 @@ def metadata_dumps(opt,
         postprocessing=postprocessing
     )
 
-    # TODO: This is just a hack until postprocessing pipeline work completed
-    image_dict['postprocessing'] = []
-    if image_dict['gfpgan_strength'] and image_dict['gfpgan_strength'] > 0:
-        image_dict['postprocessing'].append('GFPGAN (not RFC compliant)')
-    if image_dict['upscale'] and image_dict['upscale'][0] > 0:
-        image_dict['postprocessing'].append('ESRGAN  (not RFC compliant)')
+    # 'postprocessing' is either null or an array of postprocessing metadatal
+    if postprocessing:
+        # TODO: This is just a hack until postprocessing pipeline work completed
+        image_dict['postprocessing'] = []
+
+        if image_dict['gfpgan_strength'] and image_dict['gfpgan_strength'] > 0:
+            image_dict['postprocessing'].append('GFPGAN (not RFC compliant)')
+        if image_dict['upscale'] and image_dict['upscale'][0] > 0:
+            image_dict['postprocessing'].append('ESRGAN (not RFC compliant)')
+    else:
+        image_dict['postprocessing'] = None
 
     # remove any image keys not mentioned in RFC #266
     rfc266_img_fields = ['type','postprocessing','sampler','prompt','seed','variations','steps',
                          'cfg_scale','step_number','width','height','extra','strength']
 
     rfc_dict ={}
+
     for item in image_dict.items():
         key,value = item
         if key in rfc266_img_fields:
@@ -637,25 +649,24 @@ def metadata_dumps(opt,
 
     # semantic drift
     rfc_dict['sampler']  = image_dict.get('sampler_name',None)
-        
+
     # display weighted subprompts (liable to change)
     if opt.prompt:
         subprompts = split_weighted_subprompts(opt.prompt)
         subprompts = [{'prompt':x[0],'weight':x[1]} for x in subprompts]
         rfc_dict['prompt'] = subprompts
 
-    # variations
-    if opt.with_variations:
-        variations = [{'seed':x[0],'weight':x[1]} for x in opt.with_variations]
-        rfc_dict['variations'] = variations
+    # 'variations' should always exist and be an array, empty or consisting of {'seed': seed, 'weight': weight} pairs
+    rfc_dict['variations'] = [{'seed':x[0],'weight':x[1]} for x in opt.with_variations] if opt.with_variations else []
 
     if opt.init_img:
         rfc_dict['type']           = 'img2img'
         rfc_dict['strength_steps'] = rfc_dict.pop('strength')
         rfc_dict['orig_hash']      = calculate_init_img_hash(opt.init_img)
-        rfc_dict['sampler']        = 'ddim'  # FIX ME WHEN IMG2IMG SUPPORTS ALL SAMPLERS
+        rfc_dict['sampler']        = 'ddim'  # TODO: FIX ME WHEN IMG2IMG SUPPORTS ALL SAMPLERS
     else:
         rfc_dict['type']  = 'txt2img'
+        rfc_dict.pop('strength')
 
     if len(seeds)==0 and opt.seed:
         seeds=[seed]