diff --git a/adv_control/control.py b/adv_control/control.py
index e31f0e5..a1775e9 100644
--- a/adv_control/control.py
+++ b/adv_control/control.py
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ class ControlNetAdvanced(ControlNet, AdvancedControlBase):
 
         # make cond_hint appropriate dimensions
         # TODO: change this to not require cond_hint upscaling every step when self.sub_idxs are present
-        if self.sub_idxs is not None or self.cond_hint is None or x_noisy.shape[2] * self.compression_ratio != self.cond_hint.shape[2] or x_noisy.shape[3] * self.compression_ratio != self.cond_hint.shape[3]:
+        if self.sub_idxs is not None or self.cond_hint is None or x_noisy.shape[2] * self.real_compression_ratio != self.cond_hint.shape[2] or x_noisy.shape[3] * self.real_compression_ratio != self.cond_hint.shape[3]:
             if self.cond_hint is not None:
                 del self.cond_hint
             self.cond_hint = None
+            self.real_compression_ratio = self.compression_ratio
             compression_ratio = self.compression_ratio
             if self.vae is not None and self.mult_by_ratio_when_vae:
                 compression_ratio *= self.vae.downscale_ratio
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ class ControlNetAdvanced(ControlNet, AdvancedControlBase):
                 loaded_models = comfy.model_management.loaded_models(only_currently_used=True)
                 self.cond_hint = self.vae.encode(self.cond_hint.movedim(1, -1))
                 comfy.model_management.load_models_gpu(loaded_models)
+                if not self.mult_by_ratio_when_vae:
+                    self.real_compression_ratio = 1
             if self.latent_format is not None:
                 self.cond_hint = self.latent_format.process_in(self.cond_hint)
             self.cond_hint = self.cond_hint.to(device=x_noisy.device, dtype=dtype)
diff --git a/adv_control/utils.py b/adv_control/utils.py
index 869cafb..e89ba48 100644
--- a/adv_control/utils.py
+++ b/adv_control/utils.py
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ class AdvancedControlBase:
         # vae to store
         self.adv_vae = None
         self.mult_by_ratio_when_vae = True
+        # compression ratio stuff
+        self.real_compression_ratio = None
         # require model/vae to be passed into Apply Advanced ControlNet 🛂🅐🅒🅝 node
         self.require_vae = require_vae
         self.allow_condhint_latents = allow_condhint_latents
@@ -634,6 +636,9 @@ class AdvancedControlBase:
         # for each timestep keyframe, calculate the start_t
         for tk in self.timestep_keyframes.keyframes:
             tk.start_t = percent_to_timestep_function(tk.start_percent)
+        # set real_compression_ratio to compression_ratio
+        if hasattr(self, "compression_ratio"):
+            self.real_compression_ratio = self.compression_ratio
         # clear variables
         self.cleanup_advanced()
 
@@ -857,6 +862,9 @@ class AdvancedControlBase:
         self.batch_size = 0
         self.weights = None
         self.latent_keyframes = None
+        # set effective_compression_ratio to compression_ratio
+        if hasattr(self, "compression_ratio"):
+            self.real_compression_ratio = self.compression_ratio
         # timestep stuff
         self._current_timestep_keyframe = None
         self._current_timestep_index = -1