diff --git a/library/utils.py b/library/utils.py
index a0bb1965..2171c719 100644
--- a/library/utils.py
+++ b/library/utils.py
@@ -305,13 +305,26 @@ class MemoryEfficientSafeOpen:
             raise ValueError(f"Unsupported float8 type: {dtype_str} (upgrade PyTorch to support float8 types)")
 
 def pil_resize(image, size, interpolation=Image.LANCZOS):
-    pil_image = Image.fromarray(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
+    # Check if the image has an alpha channel
+    has_alpha = image.shape[2] == 4 if len(image.shape) == 3 else False
 
-    # use Pillow resize
+    if has_alpha:
+        # Convert BGRA to RGBA
+        pil_image = Image.fromarray(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGRA2RGBA))
+    else:
+        # Convert BGR to RGB
+        pil_image = Image.fromarray(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
+
+    # Resize the image
     resized_pil = pil_image.resize(size, interpolation)
 
-    # return cv2 image
-    resized_cv2 = cv2.cvtColor(np.array(resized_pil), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
+    # Convert back to cv2 format
+    if has_alpha:
+        # Convert RGBA to BGRA
+        resized_cv2 = cv2.cvtColor(np.array(resized_pil), cv2.COLOR_RGBA2BGRA)
+    else:
+        # Convert RGB to BGR
+        resized_cv2 = cv2.cvtColor(np.array(resized_pil), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
 
     return resized_cv2