diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/espcn.py b/modules/deeplearning/espcn.py
index 6c32384a9f1a1a60f4d931badbfb20acd9372cf0..83189b9b37376571872cc88a67284f1a343c3e93 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/espcn.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/espcn.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class ESPCN:
         if NOISE_TRAINING:
             conv = conv_b = tf.keras.layers.GaussianNoise(stddev=NOISE_STDDEV)(conv)
 
-        scale = None
+        scale = 0.20
 
         conv_b = build_residual_conv2d_block(conv_b, num_filters, 'Residual_Block_1', scale=scale)