diff --git a/models/diffusion_networks.py b/models/diffusion_networks.py
index bea5d8b4b..23cfc7872 100644
--- a/models/diffusion_networks.py
+++ b/models/diffusion_networks.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def define_G(
     alg_palette_sampling_method,
     alg_palette_conditioning,
     alg_palette_cond_embed_dim,
+    alg_palette_ref_embed_net,
     model_prior_321_backwardcompatibility,
     dropout=0,
     channel_mults=(1, 2, 4, 8),
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ def define_G(
     denoise_fn = PaletteDenoiseFn(
         model=model,
         cond_embed_dim=cond_embed_dim,
+        ref_embed_net=alg_palette_ref_embed_net,
         conditioning=alg_palette_conditioning,
         nclasses=f_s_semantic_nclasses,
     )
diff --git a/models/modules/palette_denoise_fn.py b/models/modules/palette_denoise_fn.py
index d64c3819f..b2b8b3d66 100644
--- a/models/modules/palette_denoise_fn.py
+++ b/models/modules/palette_denoise_fn.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 from torchvision import transforms
 from einops import rearrange
 
-
 from .image_bind import imagebind_model
 from .image_bind.imagebind_model import ModalityType
+import clip
 
 
 class LabelEmbedder(nn.Module):
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ def forward(self, labels):
 
 
 class PaletteDenoiseFn(nn.Module):
-    def __init__(self, model, cond_embed_dim, conditioning, nclasses):
+    def __init__(self, model, cond_embed_dim, ref_embed_net, conditioning, nclasses):
         super().__init__()
 
         self.model = model
         self.conditioning = conditioning
         self.cond_embed_dim = cond_embed_dim
+        self.ref_embed_net = ref_embed_net
 
         # Label embedding
         if "class" in conditioning:
@@ -59,9 +60,6 @@ def __init__(self, model, cond_embed_dim, conditioning, nclasses):
         if "ref" in conditioning:
             cond_embed_class = cond_embed_dim // 2
 
-            """self.freezenetImageBin = imagebind_model.imagebind_huge(pretrained=True)
-            self.freezenetImageBin.eval()"""
-
             self.ref_transform = transforms.Compose(
                 [
                     transforms.Resize(
@@ -71,15 +69,22 @@ def __init__(self, model, cond_embed_dim, conditioning, nclasses):
                 ]
             )
 
-            import clip
+            if ref_embed_net == "clip":
+                model_name = "ViT-B/16"
+                self.freezenetClip, _ = clip.load(model_name)
+                self.freezenetClip = self.freezenetClip.visual.float()
+                ref_embed_dim = 512
 
-            model_name = "ViT-B/16"
-            self.freezenetClip, _ = clip.load(model_name)
+            elif ref_embed_net == "imagebind":
+                self.freezenetImageBin = imagebind_model.imagebind_huge(pretrained=True)
+                self.freezenetImageBin.eval()
+                ref_embed_dim = 1024
 
-            self.freezenetClip = self.freezenetClip.visual.float()
+            else:
+                raise NotImplementedError(ref_embed_net)
 
             self.emb_layers = nn.Sequential(
-                torch.nn.SiLU(), nn.Linear(512, cond_embed_class)
+                torch.nn.SiLU(), nn.Linear(ref_embed_dim, cond_embed_class)
             )
 
     def forward(self, input, embed_noise_level, cls, mask, ref):
@@ -115,12 +120,18 @@ def compute_cond(self, input, cls, mask, ref):
             mask_embed = None
 
         if "ref" in self.conditioning:
-            """ref = self.bin_transform(ref)
-            input_ref = {ModalityType.VISION: ref}
-            ref_embed = self.freezenetImageBin(input_ref)["vision"]"""
+            ref = self.ref_transform(ref)
+
+            if self.ref_embed_net == "clip":
+                ref_embed = self.freezenetClip(ref)
+
+            elif self.ref_embed_net == "imagebind":
+                input_ref = {ModalityType.VISION: ref}
+                ref_embed = self.freezenetImageBin(input_ref)["vision"]
+
+            else:
+                raise NotImplementedError(ref_embed_net)
 
-            ref_input = self.ref_transform(ref)
-            ref_embed = self.freezenetClip(ref_input)
             ref_embed = self.emb_layers(ref_embed)
 
         else:
diff --git a/models/palette_model.py b/models/palette_model.py
index 2fd0f3ae1..dff765119 100644
--- a/models/palette_model.py
+++ b/models/palette_model.py
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ def modify_commandline_options(parser, is_train=True):
             help="whether to generate samples of each images",
         )
 
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--alg_palette_ref_embed_net",
+            type=str,
+            default="clip",
+            choices=["clip", "imagebind"],
+            help="embedding network to use for ref conditioning",
+        )
+
         return parser
 
     def __init__(self, opt, rank):