diff --git a/fooocus_version.py b/fooocus_version.py
index 41656e7..5090582 100644
--- a/fooocus_version.py
+++ b/fooocus_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = '2.1.41'
+version = '2.1.42'
diff --git a/modules/async_worker.py b/modules/async_worker.py
index 3a54f9c..97dade2 100644
--- a/modules/async_worker.py
+++ b/modules/async_worker.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def worker():
     from modules.sdxl_styles import apply_style, aspect_ratios, fooocus_expansion
     from modules.private_logger import log
     from modules.expansion import safe_str
-    from modules.util import join_prompts, remove_empty_str, HWC3, resize_image, image_is_generated_in_current_ui
+    from modules.util import join_prompts, remove_empty_str, HWC3, resize_image, image_is_generated_in_current_ui, make_sure_that_image_is_not_too_large
     from modules.upscaler import perform_upscale
 
     try:
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ def worker():
                 denoising_strength = 0.85
             if advanced_parameters.overwrite_vary_strength > 0:
                 denoising_strength = advanced_parameters.overwrite_vary_strength
+
+            uov_input_image = make_sure_that_image_is_not_too_large(uov_input_image)
             initial_pixels = core.numpy_to_pytorch(uov_input_image)
             progressbar(13, 'VAE encoding ...')
             initial_latent = core.encode_vae(vae=pipeline.final_vae, pixels=initial_pixels)
diff --git a/modules/util.py b/modules/util.py
index 8ab81ed..95475ea 100644
--- a/modules/util.py
+++ b/modules/util.py
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ def resize_image(im, width, height, resize_mode=1):
     return np.array(res)
 
 
+def make_sure_that_image_is_not_too_large(x):
+    H, W, C = x.shape
+    k = float(2048 * 2048) / float(H * W)
+    k = k ** 0.5
+    if k < 1:
+        H_new = int(H * k)
+        W_new = int(W * k)
+        print(f'Image is too large - resizing from ({H}, {W}) to ({H_new}, {W_new}).')
+        x = resize_image(x, width=W_new, height=H_new, resize_mode=0)
+    return x
+
+
 def HWC3(x):
     assert x.dtype == np.uint8
     if x.ndim == 2: