# Issue in Generate Image block source image input field

**URL:** <https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 9, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822 "2025-05-09T08:23:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shashank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@shashank](https://community.mindstudio.ai/u/shashank)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822/1 "2025-05-09T08:23:27Z")

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Issue in ‘Generate Image’ block’s ‘source images’ input field where it is not accepting a valid variable. Expectation is that it should be able to accept a url in text as well as variable from earlier node.

 ![Screenshot 2025-05-09 at 1.49.33 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/mindstudio/original/1X/f732a37d3d6bd12118c8f87c2fc6d665058b33f5.png)

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**Author:** ![Alex\_MindStudio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.mindstudio.ai/alex_mindstudio/32/27_2.png) [@Alex\_MindStudio](https://community.mindstudio.ai/u/Alex_MindStudio)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822/2 "2025-05-09T12:41:44Z")

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Hi @shashank,

Could you share a Loom of your setup and walk through one of the runs in the Debugger? That would help us better understand what might be causing the issue.

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**Author:** ![shashank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@shashank](https://community.mindstudio.ai/u/shashank)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822/3 "2025-05-13T05:19:02Z")

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actually i can see it getting resolved now. maybe i missed something last week. Thanks

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**Author:** ![shashank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@shashank](https://community.mindstudio.ai/u/shashank)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822/4 "2025-05-13T05:22:48Z")

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![Screenshot 2025-05-13 at 10.49.29 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/mindstudio/original/1X/c06bc0d57c453df0c84fc75176ef2e36ec6e7b6e.png)  
Image generation block doesnt specify that it is using a variable.

https://www.loom.com/embed/c81e8e2269cd49329224dd3afd6af417?sid=ad966af9-b7bf-40c5-ad2a-2e4f1231a021

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**Author:** ![Alex\_MindStudio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.mindstudio.ai/alex_mindstudio/32/27_2.png) [@Alex\_MindStudio](https://community.mindstudio.ai/u/Alex_MindStudio)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.mindstudio.ai/t/issue-in-generate-image-block-source-image-input-field/822/5 "2025-05-13T11:30:33Z")

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Hi @shashank,

Thank you for the Loom!

Glad to see everything’s working as expected. We’ll take a closer look at the UI issue with the variable not highlighting.
