diff --git a/sgm/inference/api.py b/sgm/inference/api.py
index 77f5667..1ab892f 100644
--- a/sgm/inference/api.py
+++ b/sgm/inference/api.py
@@ -226,15 +226,17 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
         negative_prompt: str = "",
         samples: int = 1,
         return_latents: bool = False,
-        stage2strength=None,
+        noise_strength=None,
     ):
         sampler = get_sampler_config(params)
-        if stage2strength is not None:
-            sampler.discretization = Txt2NoisyDiscretizationWrapper(
-                sampler.discretization,
-                strength=stage2strength,
-                original_steps=params.steps,
-            )
+
+        sampler.discretization = self.wrap_discretization(
+            sampler.discretization,
+            image_strength=None,
+            noise_strength=noise_strength,
+            steps=params.steps,
+        )
+
         value_dict = asdict(params)
         value_dict["prompt"] = prompt
         value_dict["negative_prompt"] = negative_prompt
@@ -262,11 +264,15 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
         negative_prompt: str = "",
         samples: int = 1,
         return_latents: bool = False,
+        noise_strength=None,
     ):
         sampler = get_sampler_config(params)
 
         sampler.discretization = self.wrap_discretization(
-            sampler.discretization, strength=params.img2img_strength
+            sampler.discretization,
+            image_strength=params.img2img_strength,
+            noise_strength=noise_strength,
+            steps=params.steps,
         )
 
         height, width = image.shape[2], image.shape[3]
@@ -286,12 +292,29 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
             filter=None,
         )
 
-    def wrap_discretization(self, discretization, strength=1.0):
-        if (
-            not isinstance(discretization, Img2ImgDiscretizationWrapper)
-            and strength < 1.0
+    def wrap_discretization(
+        self, discretization, image_strength=None, noise_strength=None, steps=None
+    ):
+        if isinstance(discretization, Img2ImgDiscretizationWrapper) or isinstance(
+            discretization, Txt2NoisyDiscretizationWrapper
         ):
-            return Img2ImgDiscretizationWrapper(discretization, strength=strength)
+            return discretization  # Already wrapped
+        if image_strength is not None and image_strength < 1.0 and image_strength > 0.0:
+            discretization = Img2ImgDiscretizationWrapper(
+                discretization, strength=image_strength
+            )
+
+        if (
+            noise_strength is not None
+            and noise_strength < 1.0
+            and noise_strength > 0.0
+            and steps is not None
+        ):
+            discretization = Txt2NoisyDiscretizationWrapper(
+                discretization,
+                strength=noise_strength,
+                original_steps=steps,
+            )
         return discretization
 
     def refiner(
@@ -300,7 +323,7 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
         prompt: str,
         negative_prompt: str = "",
         params: SamplingParams = SamplingParams(
-            sampler=Sampler.EULER_EDM, steps=40, img2img_strength=0.2
+            sampler=Sampler.EULER_EDM, steps=40, img2img_strength=0.15
         ),
         samples: int = 1,
         return_latents: bool = False,
@@ -320,7 +343,7 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
         }
 
         sampler.discretization = self.wrap_discretization(
-            sampler.discretization, strength=params.img2img_strength
+            sampler.discretization, image_strength=params.img2img_strength
         )
 
         return do_img2img(
@@ -332,6 +355,7 @@ class SamplingPipeline:
             skip_encode=True,
             return_latents=return_latents,
             filter=None,
+            add_noise=False,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/inference/test_inference.py b/tests/inference/test_inference.py
index ae6f355..617e408 100644
--- a/tests/inference/test_inference.py
+++ b/tests/inference/test_inference.py
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ class TestInference:
         assert output is not None
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("sampler_enum", Sampler)
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "use_init_image", [True, False], ids=["img2img", "txt2img"]
-    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_init_image", [True, False], ids=["img2img", "txt2img"])
     def test_sdxl_with_refiner(
         self,
         sdxl_pipelines: Tuple[SamplingPipeline, SamplingPipeline],
@@ -81,13 +79,12 @@ class TestInference:
         if use_init_image:
             output = base_pipeline.image_to_image(
                 params=SamplingParams(sampler=sampler_enum.value, steps=10),
-                image=self.create_init_image(
-                    base_pipeline.specs.height, base_pipeline.specs.width
-                ),
+                image=self.create_init_image(base_pipeline.specs.height, base_pipeline.specs.width),
                 prompt="A professional photograph of an astronaut riding a pig",
                 negative_prompt="",
                 samples=1,
                 return_latents=True,
+                noise_strength=0.15,
             )
         else:
             output = base_pipeline.text_to_image(
@@ -96,16 +93,17 @@ class TestInference:
                 negative_prompt="",
                 samples=1,
                 return_latents=True,
+                noise_strength=0.15,
             )
 
         assert isinstance(output, (tuple, list))
         samples, samples_z = output
         assert samples is not None
         assert samples_z is not None
-        refiner_pipeline.refiner(            
+        refiner_pipeline.refiner(
             image=samples_z,
             prompt="A professional photograph of an astronaut riding a pig",
-            params=SamplingParams(sampler=sampler_enum.value, steps=40, img2img_strength=0.20),
+            params=SamplingParams(sampler=sampler_enum.value, steps=40, img2img_strength=0.15),
             negative_prompt="",
             samples=1,
         )