diff --git a/gen_img_diffusers.py b/gen_img_diffusers.py
index fc54ac83..1f103e31 100644
--- a/gen_img_diffusers.py
+++ b/gen_img_diffusers.py
@@ -2963,6 +2963,8 @@ def main(args):
             for i, (image, prompt, negative_prompts, seed, clip_prompt) in enumerate(
                 zip(images, prompts, negative_prompts, seeds, clip_prompts)
             ):
+                if highres_fix:
+                    seed -= 1  # record original seed
                 metadata = PngInfo()
                 metadata.add_text("prompt", prompt)
                 metadata.add_text("seed", str(seed))
diff --git a/sdxl_gen_img.py b/sdxl_gen_img.py
index 6578b9a8..12ab46f7 100644
--- a/sdxl_gen_img.py
+++ b/sdxl_gen_img.py
@@ -2019,6 +2019,8 @@ def main(args):
             for i, (image, prompt, negative_prompts, seed, clip_prompt) in enumerate(
                 zip(images, prompts, negative_prompts, seeds, clip_prompts)
             ):
+                if highres_fix:
+                    seed -= 1  # record original seed
                 metadata = PngInfo()
                 metadata.add_text("prompt", prompt)
                 metadata.add_text("seed", str(seed))