diff --git a/api/onnx_web/chain/correct_gfpgan.py b/api/onnx_web/chain/correct_gfpgan.py
index 90f3bfe5f..73b0ebc1a 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/chain/correct_gfpgan.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/chain/correct_gfpgan.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     UpscaleParams,
 )
 from ..utils import (
+    run_gc,
     ServerContext,
 )
 from .upscale_resrgan import (
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ def load_gfpgan(ctx: ServerContext, upscale: UpscaleParams, upsampler: Optional[
 
     last_pipeline_instance = gfpgan
     last_pipeline_params = face_path
+    run_gc()
 
     return gfpgan
 
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_resrgan.py b/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_resrgan.py
index bc9ec56d4..ee58733d7 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_resrgan.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_resrgan.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     UpscaleParams,
 )
 from ..utils import (
+    run_gc,
     ServerContext,
 )
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def load_resrgan(ctx: ServerContext, params: UpscaleParams, tile=0):
 
     last_pipeline_instance = upsampler
     last_pipeline_params = cache_params
+    run_gc()
 
     return upsampler
 
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_stable_diffusion.py b/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_stable_diffusion.py
index 36ed72943..1f3f722f6 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_stable_diffusion.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/chain/upscale_stable_diffusion.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     UpscaleParams,
 )
 from ..utils import (
+    run_gc,
     ServerContext,
 )
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def load_stable_diffusion(ctx: ServerContext, upscale: UpscaleParams):
 
     last_pipeline_instance = pipeline
     last_pipeline_params = cache_params
+    run_gc()
 
     return pipeline
 
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusion/load.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusion/load.py
index 2f8a71298..c8e457e4a 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusion/load.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusion/load.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 from ..params import (
     Size,
 )
+from ..utils import (
+    run_gc,
+)
 
 import gc
 import numpy as np
-import torch
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def get_tile_latents(full_latents: np.ndarray, dims: Tuple[int, int, int]) -> np
     xt = x + t
     yt = y + t
 
-    return full_latents[:,:,y:yt,x:xt]
+    return full_latents[:, :, y:yt, x:xt]
 
 
 def load_pipeline(pipeline: DiffusionPipeline, model: str, provider: str, scheduler: Any, device: Optional[str] = None):
@@ -55,8 +57,7 @@ def load_pipeline(pipeline: DiffusionPipeline, model: str, provider: str, schedu
         logger.info('unloading previous diffusion pipeline')
         last_pipeline_instance = None
         last_pipeline_scheduler = None
-        gc.collect()
-        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        run_gc()
 
         logger.info('loading new diffusion pipeline')
         pipe = pipeline.from_pretrained(
@@ -83,10 +84,6 @@ def load_pipeline(pipeline: DiffusionPipeline, model: str, provider: str, schedu
 
         pipe.scheduler = scheduler
         last_pipeline_scheduler = scheduler
-
-    logger.info('running garbage collection during pipeline change')
-    gc.collect()
+        run_gc()
 
     return pipe
-
-
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/diffusion/run.py b/api/onnx_web/diffusion/run.py
index 7145e97f5..80c79810e 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/diffusion/run.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/diffusion/run.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from diffusers import (
     OnnxStableDiffusionPipeline,
     OnnxStableDiffusionImg2ImgPipeline,
-    OnnxStableDiffusionInpaintPipeline,
 )
 from logging import getLogger
 from PIL import Image, ImageChops
@@ -10,9 +9,6 @@
 from ..chain import (
     upscale_outpaint,
 )
-from ..image import (
-    expand_image,
-)
 from ..params import (
     ImageParams,
     Border,
@@ -24,19 +20,20 @@
     UpscaleParams,
 )
 from ..utils import (
-    is_debug,
     base_join,
+    run_gc,
     ServerContext,
 )
 from .load import (
-  get_latents_from_seed,
-  load_pipeline,
+    get_latents_from_seed,
+    load_pipeline,
 )
 
 import numpy as np
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 def run_txt2img_pipeline(
     ctx: ServerContext,
     params: ImageParams,
@@ -69,6 +66,7 @@ def run_txt2img_pipeline(
 
     del image
     del result
+    run_gc()
 
     logger.info('saved txt2img output: %s', dest)
 
@@ -104,6 +102,7 @@ def run_img2img_pipeline(
 
     del image
     del result
+    run_gc()
 
     logger.info('saved img2img output: %s', dest)
 
@@ -139,7 +138,8 @@ def run_inpaint_pipeline(
     if image.size == source_image.size:
         image = ImageChops.blend(source_image, image, strength)
     else:
-        logger.info('output image size does not match source, skipping post-blend')
+        logger.info(
+            'output image size does not match source, skipping post-blend')
 
     image = run_upscale_correction(
         ctx, stage, params, image, upscale=upscale)
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def run_inpaint_pipeline(
     image.save(dest)
 
     del image
+    run_gc()
 
     logger.info('saved inpaint output: %s', dest)
 
@@ -167,5 +168,6 @@ def run_upscale_pipeline(
     image.save(dest)
 
     del image
+    run_gc()
 
     logger.info('saved img2img output: %s', dest)
diff --git a/api/onnx_web/utils.py b/api/onnx_web/utils.py
index 3e15c7ccf..2090b0854 100644
--- a/api/onnx_web/utils.py
+++ b/api/onnx_web/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 from time import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union, Tuple
 
+import gc
+import torch
+
 from .params import (
     ImageParams,
     Param,
@@ -158,3 +161,9 @@ def make_output_name(
 def base_join(base: str, tail: str) -> str:
     tail_path = path.relpath(path.normpath(path.join('/', tail)), '/')
     return path.join(base, tail_path)
+
+
+def run_gc():
+    logger.debug('running garbage collection')
+    gc.collect()
+    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
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