diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
index 1056b195..0c395159 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/load.py
@@ -125,14 +125,17 @@ def load_pipeline(
         logger.debug("reusing existing diffusion pipeline")
         pipe = cache_pipe
 
+        cache_pipe.vae_encoder.set_tiled(tiled=params.tiled_vae)
+        cache_pipe.vae_decoder.set_tiled(tiled=params.tiled_vae)
+
         # update panorama params
         if pipeline == "panorama":
             latent_window = params.tiles // 8
-            latent_stride = params.stride() // 8
+            latent_stride = params.stride // 8
 
             cache_pipe.set_window_size(latent_window, latent_stride)
-            cache_pipe.vae_encoder.set_window_size(latent_window, latent_stride)
-            cache_pipe.vae_decoder.set_window_size(latent_window, latent_stride)
+            cache_pipe.vae_encoder.set_window_size(latent_window, params.overlap)
+            cache_pipe.vae_decoder.set_window_size(latent_window, params.overlap)
 
         # update scheduler
         cache_scheduler = server.cache.get("scheduler", scheduler_key)
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ def load_pipeline(
         # additional options for panorama pipeline
         if pipeline == "panorama":
             components["window"] = params.tiles // 8
-            components["stride"] = params.stride() // 8
+            components["stride"] = params.stride // 8
 
         pipeline_class = available_pipelines.get(pipeline, OnnxStableDiffusionPipeline)
         logger.debug("loading pretrained SD pipeline for %s", pipeline_class.__name__)
@@ -433,16 +436,16 @@ def patch_pipeline(
             server,
             original_decoder,
             decoder=True,
-            tiles=params.tiles,
-            stride=params.stride(),
+            window=params.tiles,
+            overlap=params.overlap,
         )
         original_encoder = pipe.vae_encoder
         pipe.vae_encoder = VAEWrapper(
             server,
             original_encoder,
             decoder=False,
-            tiles=params.tiles,
-            stride=params.stride(),
+            window=params.tiles,
+            overlap=params.overlap,
         )
     elif hasattr(pipe, "vae"):
         pass  # TODO: current wrapper does not work with upscaling VAE
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/patches/vae.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/patches/vae.py
index 02c9b925..5ae6731c 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/patches/vae.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/patches/vae.py
@@ -28,21 +28,22 @@ class VAEWrapper(object):
         server: ServerContext,
         wrapped: OnnxRuntimeModel,
         decoder: bool,
-        tiles: int,
-        stride: int,
+        window: int,
+        overlap: float,
     ):
         self.server = server
         self.wrapped = wrapped
         self.decoder = decoder
-        self.set_window_size(tiles, stride)
+        self.tiled = False
+        self.set_window_size(window, overlap)
 
-    def set_window_size(self, window: int, stride: int):
-        self.window = window
-        self.stride = stride
+    def set_tiled(self, tiled: bool = True):
+        self.tiled = tiled
 
-        self.tile_latent_min_size = self.window
-        self.tile_sample_min_size = self.window * 8
-        self.tile_overlap_factor = self.stride / self.window
+    def set_window_size(self, window: int, overlap: float):
+        self.tile_latent_min_size = window
+        self.tile_sample_min_size = window * 8
+        self.tile_overlap_factor = overlap
 
     def __call__(self, latent_sample=None, sample=None, **kwargs):
         global timestep_dtype
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class VAEWrapper(object):
             logger.debug("converting VAE sample dtype")
             sample = sample.astype(timestep_dtype)
 
-        if self.window is not None and self.stride is not None:
+        if self.tiled:
             if self.decoder:
                 return self.tiled_decode(latent_sample, **kwargs)
             else:
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/pipelines/panorama.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/pipelines/panorama.py
index b40fbd09..a1ba68fb 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusers/pipelines/panorama.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusers/pipelines/panorama.py
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ class OnnxStableDiffusionPanoramaPipeline(DiffusionPipeline):
         )
         return views
 
+    @torch.no_grad()
     def text2img(
         self,
         prompt: Union[str, List[str]] = None,
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ class OnnxStableDiffusionPanoramaPipeline(DiffusionPipeline):
             images=image, nsfw_content_detected=has_nsfw_concept
         )
 
+    @torch.no_grad()
     def img2img(
         self,
         prompt: Union[str, List[str]] = None,
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/params.py b/api/onnx_web/params.py
index f0b62945..4db48ee0 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/params.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/params.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ class ImageParams:
         tiled_vae: bool = False,
         tiles: int = 512,
         overlap: float = 0.25,
+        stride: int = 64,
     ) -> None:
         self.model = model
         self.pipeline = pipeline
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ class ImageParams:
         self.tiled_vae = tiled_vae
         self.tiles = tiles
         self.overlap = overlap
+        self.stride = stride
 
     def do_cfg(self):
         return self.cfg > 1.0
@@ -260,9 +262,6 @@ class ImageParams:
     def lpw(self):
         return self.pipeline == "lpw"
 
-    def stride(self):
-        return int(self.tiles * self.overlap)
-
     def tojson(self) -> Dict[str, Optional[Param]]:
         return {
             "model": self.model,
@@ -282,6 +281,7 @@ class ImageParams:
             "tiled_vae": self.tiled_vae,
             "tiles": self.tiles,
             "overlap": self.overlap,
+            "stride": self.stride,
         }
 
     def with_args(self, **kwargs):
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ class ImageParams:
             kwargs.get("tiled_vae", self.tiled_vae),
             kwargs.get("tiles", self.tiles),
             kwargs.get("overlap", self.overlap),
+            kwargs.get("stride", self.stride),
         )
 
 
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/server/params.py b/api/onnx_web/server/params.py
index 1908e9ee..627e4b0e 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/server/params.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/server/params.py
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ def pipeline_from_request(
         get_config_value("overlap", "max"),
         get_config_value("overlap", "min"),
     )
+    stride = get_and_clamp_float(
+        request.args,
+        "stride",
+        get_config_value("stride"),
+        get_config_value("stride", "max"),
+        get_config_value("stride", "min"),
+    )
 
     seed = int(request.args.get("seed", -1))
     if seed == -1:
@@ -177,6 +184,7 @@ def pipeline_from_request(
         tiled_vae=tiled_vae,
         tiles=tiles,
         overlap=overlap,
+        stride=stride,
     )
     size = Size(width, height)
     return (device, params, size)
diff --git a/api/params.json b/api/params.json
index e61c6656..7f21d78c 100644
--- a/api/params.json
+++ b/api/params.json
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@
     "max": 1,
     "step": 0.01
   },
+  "stride": {
+    "default": 128,
+    "min": 64,
+    "max": 512,
+    "step": 64
+  },
   "tiledVAE": {
     "default": false
   },
diff --git a/gui/src/client/api.ts b/gui/src/client/api.ts
index a4c076fc..af537eb8 100644
--- a/gui/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/gui/src/client/api.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export interface BaseImgParams {
   tiledVAE: boolean;
   tiles: number;
   overlap: number;
+  stride: number;
 
   cfg: number;
   steps: number;
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ export function makeImageURL(root: string, type: string, params: BaseImgParams):
   url.searchParams.append('tiledVAE', String(params.tiledVAE));
   url.searchParams.append('tiles', params.tiles.toFixed(FIXED_INTEGER));
   url.searchParams.append('overlap', params.overlap.toFixed(FIXED_FLOAT));
+  url.searchParams.append('stride', params.stride.toFixed(FIXED_FLOAT));
 
   if (doesExist(params.scheduler)) {
     url.searchParams.append('scheduler', params.scheduler);
diff --git a/gui/src/components/control/ImageControl.tsx b/gui/src/components/control/ImageControl.tsx
index 1189c26a..297189f5 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/control/ImageControl.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/components/control/ImageControl.tsx
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ export function ImageControl(props: ImageControlProps) {
           }
         }}
       />
+      <NumericField
+        label={t('parameter.stride')}
+        min={params.stride.min}
+        max={params.stride.max}
+        step={params.stride.step}
+        value={controlState.stride}
+        onChange={(stride) => {
+          if (doesExist(props.onChange)) {
+            props.onChange({
+              ...controlState,
+              stride,
+            });
+          }
+        }}
+      />
       <FormControlLabel
         label={t('parameter.tiledVAE')}
         control={<Checkbox
diff --git a/gui/src/config.json b/gui/src/config.json
index 247b2c9d..b1cdd475 100644
--- a/gui/src/config.json
+++ b/gui/src/config.json
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@
       "max": 1,
       "step": 0.01
     },
+    "stride": {
+      "default": 128,
+      "min": 64,
+      "max": 512,
+      "step": 64
+    },
     "tiledVAE": {
       "default": false
     },
diff --git a/gui/src/strings/de.ts b/gui/src/strings/de.ts
index 5937edd3..fffc7388 100644
--- a/gui/src/strings/de.ts
+++ b/gui/src/strings/de.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export const I18N_STRINGS_DE = {
         sourceFilter: '',
         steps: 'Schritte',
         strength: 'Stärke',
+        stride: '',
         tiledVAE: '',
         tiles: '',
         tileOrder: '',
diff --git a/gui/src/strings/en.ts b/gui/src/strings/en.ts
index e81a83d9..184d8403 100644
--- a/gui/src/strings/en.ts
+++ b/gui/src/strings/en.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export const I18N_STRINGS_EN = {
         sourceFilter: 'Source Filter',
         steps: 'Steps',
         strength: 'Strength',
+        stride: 'UNet Stride',
         tiledVAE: 'Tiled VAE',
         tiles: 'Tile Size',
         tileOrder: 'Tile Order',
diff --git a/gui/src/strings/es.ts b/gui/src/strings/es.ts
index 96859a7f..25c6e8bb 100644
--- a/gui/src/strings/es.ts
+++ b/gui/src/strings/es.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export const I18N_STRINGS_ES = {
         sourceFilter: '',
         steps: 'Pasos',
         strength: 'Fuerza',
+        stride: '',
         tiledVAE: '',
         tiles: '',
         tileOrder: 'Orden de secciones',
diff --git a/gui/src/strings/fr.ts b/gui/src/strings/fr.ts
index 6b106f5f..acfba2e6 100644
--- a/gui/src/strings/fr.ts
+++ b/gui/src/strings/fr.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export const I18N_STRINGS_FR = {
         sourceFilter: '',
         steps: '',
         strength: '',
+        stride: '',
         tiledVAE: '',
         tiles: '',
         tileOrder: '',