diff --git a/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/architectures.py b/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/architectures.py
index ccfcef9..bba5d1b 100644
--- a/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/architectures.py
+++ b/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/architectures.py
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ def make_image_layers_non_factored(event_shape,
         MultiscaleBijection(
             input_event_shape=bijections[-1].transformed_shape,
             transformer_class=transformer_class,
-            n_checkerboard_layers=4,
+            n_checkerboard_layers=0,
             squeeze_layer=False,
-            n_channel_wise_layers=0,
+            n_channel_wise_layers=2,
             **kwargs
         )
     )
diff --git a/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/base.py b/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/base.py
index 5350e91..cdf03c0 100644
--- a/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/base.py
+++ b/normalizing_flows/bijections/finite/multiscale/base.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.network = ConvNet(
             input_shape=input_event_shape,
             n_outputs=self.n_transformer_parameters,
-            kernels=kernels,
+            kernels=kernels
         )
 
     def predict_theta_flat(self, x: torch.Tensor, context: torch.Tensor = None) -> torch.Tensor:
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ class MultiscaleBijection(BijectiveComposition):
     def __init__(self,
                  input_event_shape,
                  transformer_class: Type[TensorTransformer],
-                 n_checkerboard_layers: int = 3,
-                 n_channel_wise_layers: int = 3,
+                 n_checkerboard_layers: int = 2,
+                 n_channel_wise_layers: int = 2,
                  use_squeeze_layer: bool = True,
                  use_resnet: bool = False,
                  **kwargs):
diff --git a/normalizing_flows/neural_networks/convnet.py b/normalizing_flows/neural_networks/convnet.py
index cff8cf1..3097566 100644
--- a/normalizing_flows/neural_networks/convnet.py
+++ b/normalizing_flows/neural_networks/convnet.py
@@ -1,9 +1,46 @@
+import math
 from typing import Tuple
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 
 
+class ConvModifier(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Convolutional layer that transforms an image with size (c, h, w) into an image with size (4, 32, 32).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 image_shape,
+                 c_target: int = 4,
+                 h_target: int = 32,
+                 w_target: int = 32):
+        super().__init__()
+        c, h, w = image_shape
+        if h >= h_target:
+            kernel_height = h - h_target + 1
+            padding_height = 0
+        else:
+            kernel_height = 1 if (h_target - h) % 2 == 0 else 2
+            padding_height = ((h_target - h) + kernel_height - 1) // 2
+        if w >= w_target:
+            kernel_width = w - w_target + 1
+            padding_width = 0
+        else:
+            kernel_width = 1 if (w_target - w) % 2 == 0 else 2
+            padding_width = ((w_target - w) + kernel_width - 1) // 2
+        self.conv = nn.Conv2d(
+            in_channels=c,
+            out_channels=c_target,
+            kernel_size=(kernel_height, kernel_width),
+            padding=(padding_height, padding_width)
+        )
+        self.output_shape = (c_target, h_target, w_target)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.conv(x)
+
+
 class ConvNet(nn.Module):
     class ConvNetBlock(nn.Module):
         def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, input_height, input_width, use_pooling: bool = True):
@@ -27,20 +64,21 @@ def __init__(self, input_shape, n_outputs: int, kernels: Tuple[int, ...] = None)
         :param n_outputs:
         """
         super().__init__()
-        channels, height, width = input_shape
 
         if kernels is None:
-            kernels = (64, 64, 32, 4)
+            kernels = (8, 8, 4)
         else:
             assert len(kernels) >= 1
 
+        reducer = ConvModifier(input_shape)
+
         blocks = [
             self.ConvNetBlock(
-                in_channels=channels,
+                in_channels=reducer.output_shape[0],
                 out_channels=kernels[0],
-                input_height=height,
-                input_width=width,
-                use_pooling=min(height, width) >= 2
+                input_height=reducer.output_shape[1],
+                input_width=reducer.output_shape[2],
+                use_pooling=min(reducer.output_shape[1], reducer.output_shape[2]) >= 2
             )
         ]
         for i in range(len(kernels) - 1):
@@ -53,24 +91,37 @@ def __init__(self, input_shape, n_outputs: int, kernels: Tuple[int, ...] = None)
                     use_pooling=min(blocks[i].output_shape[1], blocks[i].output_shape[2]) >= 2
                 )
             )
-        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList(blocks)
+
+        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList([reducer] + blocks)
+
+        hidden_size_sqrt: int = 4
+        hidden_size = hidden_size_sqrt ** 2
+        self.blocks.append(
+            ConvModifier(
+                image_shape=blocks[-1].output_shape,
+                c_target=1,
+                h_target=hidden_size_sqrt,
+                w_target=hidden_size_sqrt
+            )
+        )
         self.linear = nn.Linear(
-            in_features=int(torch.prod(torch.as_tensor(self.blocks[-1].output_shape))),
+            in_features=hidden_size,
             out_features=n_outputs
         )
 
     def forward(self, x):
+        batch_shape = x.shape[:-3]
         for block in self.blocks:
             x = block(x)
-        x = x.flatten(start_dim=1, end_dim=-1)
+        x = x.view(*batch_shape, -1)
         x = self.linear(x)
         return x
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     torch.manual_seed(0)
-    image_shape = (1, 36, 29)
-    images = torch.randn(size=(11, *image_shape))
-    net = ConvNet(input_shape=image_shape, n_outputs=77)
+    im_shape = (1, 36, 29)
+    images = torch.randn(size=(11, *im_shape))
+    net = ConvNet(input_shape=im_shape, n_outputs=77)
     out = net(images)
     print(f'{out.shape = }')