diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 7a567be38..efcedbba2 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import io
 import time
 import uvicorn
 from threading import Lock
-from gradio.processing_utils import encode_pil_to_base64, decode_base64_to_file, decode_base64_to_image
+from io import BytesIO
+from gradio.processing_utils import decode_base64_to_file
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
 from secrets import compare_digest
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ from modules import sd_samplers, deepbooru
 from modules.api.models import *
 from modules.processing import StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img, StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img, process_images
 from modules.extras import run_extras, run_pnginfo
-from PIL import PngImagePlugin
+from PIL import PngImagePlugin,Image
 from modules.sd_models import checkpoints_list
 from modules.realesrgan_model import get_realesrgan_models
 from typing import List
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ def setUpscalers(req: dict):
     reqDict.pop('upscaler_2')
     return reqDict
 
+def decode_base64_to_image(encoding):
+    if encoding.startswith("data:image/"):
+        encoding = encoding.split(";")[1].split(",")[1]
+    return Image.open(BytesIO(base64.b64decode(encoding)))
 
 def encode_pil_to_base64(image):
     with io.BytesIO() as output_bytes: