diff --git a/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/model.py b/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/model.py
index 55ca1d6..79e3272 100644
--- a/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/model.py
+++ b/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/model.py
@@ -48,14 +48,18 @@ class LatentDiffusionModel(fl.Module, ABC):
             height // 8,
             width // 8,
         ], f"noise shape is not compatible: {noise.shape}, with size: {size}"
+
         if init_image is None:
-            return noise
-        encoded_image = self.lda.image_to_latents(image=init_image.resize(size=(width, height)))
-        return self.solver.add_noise(
-            x=encoded_image,
-            noise=noise,
-            step=self.solver.first_inference_step,
-        )
+            x = noise
+        else:
+            encoded_image = self.lda.image_to_latents(image=init_image.resize(size=(width, height)))
+            x = self.solver.add_noise(
+                x=encoded_image,
+                noise=noise,
+                step=self.solver.first_inference_step,
+            )
+
+        return self.solver.scale_model_input(x, step=-1)
 
     @property
     def steps(self) -> list[int]:
diff --git a/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/solvers/euler.py b/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/solvers/euler.py
index 3c062ec..e88c48c 100644
--- a/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/solvers/euler.py
+++ b/src/refiners/foundationals/latent_diffusion/solvers/euler.py
@@ -63,11 +63,15 @@ class Euler(Solver):
 
         Args:
             x: The model input.
-            step: The current step.
+            step: The current step. This method is called with `step=-1` in `init_latents`.
 
         Returns:
             The scaled model input.
         """
+
+        if step == -1:
+            return x * self.init_noise_sigma
+
         sigma = self.sigmas[step]
         return x / ((sigma**2 + 1) ** 0.5)
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_diffusion.py b/tests/e2e/test_diffusion.py
index 3b1f9f5..8fdab23 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_diffusion.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_diffusion.py
@@ -826,8 +826,7 @@ def test_diffusion_std_random_init_euler(
     sd15.set_inference_steps(30)
 
     manual_seed(2)
-    x = torch.randn(1, 4, 64, 64, device=test_device)
-    x = x * euler_solver.init_noise_sigma
+    x = sd15.init_latents((512, 512)).to(sd15.device, sd15.dtype)
 
     for step in sd15.steps:
         x = sd15(
@@ -1997,11 +1996,7 @@ def test_diffusion_sdxl_euler_deterministic(
     time_ids = sdxl.default_time_ids
     sdxl.set_inference_steps(30)
     manual_seed(2)
-    x = torch.randn(1, 4, 128, 128, device=sdxl.device, dtype=sdxl.dtype)
-
-    # init latents must be scaled for Euler
-    # TODO make init_latents work
-    x = x * sdxl.solver.init_noise_sigma
+    x = sdxl.init_latents((1024, 1024)).to(sdxl.device, sdxl.dtype)
 
     for step in sdxl.steps:
         x = sdxl(