diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
index 1a9b3e2..769e6c5 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def resize_image_to(
         scale_factors = target_image_size / orig_image_size
         out = resize(image, scale_factors = scale_factors, **kwargs)
     else:
-        out = F.interpolate(image, target_image_size, mode = 'nearest', align_corners = False)
+        out = F.interpolate(image, target_image_size, mode = 'nearest')
 
     if exists(clamp_range):
         out = out.clamp(*clamp_range)
@@ -1957,7 +1957,6 @@ class LowresConditioner(nn.Module):
     def __init__(
         self,
         downsample_first = True,
-        downsample_mode_nearest = False,
         blur_prob = 0.5,
         blur_sigma = 0.6,
         blur_kernel_size = 3,
@@ -1965,8 +1964,6 @@ class LowresConditioner(nn.Module):
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.downsample_first = downsample_first
-        self.downsample_mode_nearest = downsample_mode_nearest
-
         self.input_image_range = input_image_range
 
         self.blur_prob = blur_prob
@@ -1983,7 +1980,7 @@ class LowresConditioner(nn.Module):
         blur_kernel_size = None
     ):
         if self.downsample_first and exists(downsample_image_size):
-            cond_fmap = resize_image_to(cond_fmap, downsample_image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range, nearest = self.downsample_mode_nearest)
+            cond_fmap = resize_image_to(cond_fmap, downsample_image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range, nearest = True)
 
         # blur is only applied 50% of the time
         # section 3.1 in https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15282
@@ -2010,7 +2007,7 @@ class LowresConditioner(nn.Module):
 
             cond_fmap = gaussian_blur2d(cond_fmap, cast_tuple(blur_kernel_size, 2), cast_tuple(blur_sigma, 2))
 
-        cond_fmap = resize_image_to(cond_fmap, target_image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range)
+        cond_fmap = resize_image_to(cond_fmap, target_image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range, nearest = True)
         return cond_fmap
 
 class Decoder(nn.Module):
@@ -2033,7 +2030,6 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
         image_sizes = None,                         # for cascading ddpm, image size at each stage
         random_crop_sizes = None,                   # whether to random crop the image at that stage in the cascade (super resoluting convolutions at the end may be able to generalize on smaller crops)
         lowres_downsample_first = True,             # cascading ddpm - resizes to lower resolution, then to next conditional resolution + blur
-        lowres_downsample_mode_nearest = False,     # cascading ddpm - whether to use nearest mode downsampling for lower resolution
         blur_prob = 0.5,                            # cascading ddpm - when training, the gaussian blur is only applied 50% of the time
         blur_sigma = 0.6,                           # cascading ddpm - blur sigma
         blur_kernel_size = 3,                       # cascading ddpm - blur kernel size
@@ -2183,11 +2179,8 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
         lowres_conditions = tuple(map(lambda t: t.lowres_cond, self.unets))
         assert lowres_conditions == (False, *((True,) * (len(self.unets) - 1))), 'the first unet must be unconditioned (by low resolution image), and the rest of the unets must have `lowres_cond` set to True'
 
-        self.lowres_downsample_mode_nearest = lowres_downsample_mode_nearest
-
         self.to_lowres_cond = LowresConditioner(
             downsample_first = lowres_downsample_first,
-            downsample_mode_nearest = lowres_downsample_mode_nearest,
             blur_prob = blur_prob,
             blur_sigma = blur_sigma,
             blur_kernel_size = blur_kernel_size,
@@ -2510,7 +2503,7 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
                 shape = (batch_size, channel, image_size, image_size)
 
                 if unet.lowres_cond:
-                    lowres_cond_img = resize_image_to(img, target_image_size = image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range, nearest = self.lowres_downsample_mode_nearest)
+                    lowres_cond_img = resize_image_to(img, target_image_size = image_size, clamp_range = self.input_image_range, nearest = True)
 
                 is_latent_diffusion = isinstance(vae, VQGanVAE)
                 image_size = vae.get_encoded_fmap_size(image_size)
@@ -2580,7 +2573,7 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
         assert not (not self.condition_on_text_encodings and exists(text_encodings)), 'decoder specified not to be conditioned on text, yet it is presented'
 
         lowres_cond_img = self.to_lowres_cond(image, target_image_size = target_image_size, downsample_image_size = self.image_sizes[unet_index - 1]) if unet_number > 1 else None
-        image = resize_image_to(image, target_image_size)
+        image = resize_image_to(image, target_image_size, nearest = True)
 
         if exists(random_crop_size):
             aug = K.RandomCrop((random_crop_size, random_crop_size), p = 1.)
diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
index d5d3ec6..ce97d1d 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.23.9'
+__version__ = '0.23.10'