diff --git a/ldm/simplet2i.py b/ldm/simplet2i.py
index 8aad3557af..dd99f5e6b6 100644
--- a/ldm/simplet2i.py
+++ b/ldm/simplet2i.py
@@ -305,9 +305,12 @@ class T2I:
                     iter_images = next(images_iterator)
                     for image in iter_images:
                         try:
-                            if gfpgan_strength > 0:
-                                image = self._run_gfpgan(
-                                    image, gfpgan_strength
+                            # if gfpgan strength is not none or less than 0.0 then don't use GFPGAN
+                            # if the user specified -G x, and the --gfpgan wasn't specified, then
+                            # the net result is a message gets printed - nothing else happens
+                            if gfpgan_strength is not None and gfpgan_strength > 0.0:
+                                image = self.gfpgan.generate(
+                                    image, gfpgan_strength=gfpgan_strength
                                 )
                         except Exception as e:
                             print(