diff --git a/comfy-nodes/external_image.py b/comfy-nodes/external_image.py
index 8191aa9..0f13e21 100644
--- a/comfy-nodes/external_image.py
+++ b/comfy-nodes/external_image.py
@@ -34,12 +34,18 @@ class ComfyUIDeployExternalImage:
                 print("Fetching image from url: ", input_id)
                 response = requests.get(input_id)
                 image = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
+            elif input_id.startswith('data:image/png;base64,'):
+                import base64
+                from io import BytesIO
+                print("Decoding base64 image")
+                base64_image = input_id[input_id.find(",")+1:]
+                decoded_image = base64.b64decode(base64_image)
+                image = Image.open(BytesIO(decoded_image))
             else:
                 raise ValueError("Invalid image url provided.")
-            # image_path = folder_paths.get_annotated_filepath(name)
-            # image = Image.open(image_path)
+
             image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
-            # image = image.convert("RGB")
+            image = image.convert("RGB")
             image = np.array(image).astype(np.float32) / 255.0
             image = torch.from_numpy(image)[None,]
             return [image]
diff --git a/comfy-nodes/external_image_alpha.py b/comfy-nodes/external_image_alpha.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b0aba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comfy-nodes/external_image_alpha.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import folder_paths
+from PIL import Image, ImageOps
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+
+class ComfyUIDeployExternalImageAlpha:
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(s):
+        return {
+            "required": {
+                "input_id": (
+                    "STRING",
+                    {"multiline": False, "default": "input_image"},
+                ),
+            },
+            "optional": {
+                "default_value": ("IMAGE",),
+            }
+        }
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("IMAGE",)
+    RETURN_NAMES = ("image",)
+
+    FUNCTION = "run"
+
+    CATEGORY = "image"
+
+    def run(self, input_id, default_value=None):
+        image = default_value
+        try:
+            if input_id.startswith('http'):
+                import requests
+                from io import BytesIO
+                print("Fetching image from url: ", input_id)
+                response = requests.get(input_id)
+                image = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content))
+            elif input_id.startswith('data:image/png;base64,'):
+                import base64
+                from io import BytesIO
+                print("Decoding base64 image")
+                base64_image = input_id[input_id.find(",")+1:]
+                decoded_image = base64.b64decode(base64_image)
+                image = Image.open(BytesIO(decoded_image))
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid image url provided.")
+
+            image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
+            image = np.array(image).astype(np.float32) / 255.0
+            image = torch.from_numpy(image)[None,]
+            return [image]
+        except:
+            return [image]
+
+
+NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {"ComfyUIDeployExternalImageAlpha": ComfyUIDeployExternalImageAlpha}
+NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {"ComfyUIDeployExternalImageAlpha": "External Image Alpha (ComfyUI Deploy)"}
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