diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index cc21181b..6907bd4d 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class InpaintModelConditioning:
 
     CATEGORY = "conditioning/inpaint"
 
-    def encode(self, positive, negative, pixels, vae, mask, noise_mask):
+    def encode(self, positive, negative, pixels, vae, mask, noise_mask=True):
         x = (pixels.shape[1] // 8) * 8
         y = (pixels.shape[2] // 8) * 8
         mask = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(mask.reshape((-1, 1, mask.shape[-2], mask.shape[-1])), size=(pixels.shape[1], pixels.shape[2]), mode="bilinear")