diff --git a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/instantid_restore.py b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/instantid_restore.py
index 921b928..b2dfec3 100644
--- a/src/remove_ai_watermarks/instantid_restore.py
+++ b/src/remove_ai_watermarks/instantid_restore.py
@@ -233,7 +233,20 @@ def _get_pipeline() -> Any:
             pipe.to(device)
             # IP-Adapter weights that wire the ArcFace embedding into cross-attention.
             ip_adapter_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=_INSTANTID_REPO, filename=_INSTANTID_IP_ADAPTER)
-            pipe.load_ip_adapter_instantid(ip_adapter_path)
+            # IP-Adapter scale (the weight on the ArcFace cross-attention branch) is
+            # set at load time, not at call time. 0.8 mirrors the upstream demo.
+            pipe.load_ip_adapter_instantid(ip_adapter_path, scale=0.8)
+            # Diffusers 0.38 vs InstantID upstream compat patch: InstantID's __call__
+            # calls ``self.check_inputs(...)`` POSITIONALLY (signature from ~v0.29),
+            # but diffusers 0.38 added two new params (``ip_adapter_image``,
+            # ``ip_adapter_image_embeds``) BEFORE ``controlnet_conditioning_scale`` in
+            # the parent's signature. That shifts every argument by two, so
+            # ``control_guidance_end`` (which InstantID converts to ``[1.0]`` for the
+            # single-controlnet case before this point) lands in the slot the parent
+            # validates as ``controlnet_conditioning_scale`` and trips
+            # ``TypeError("must be type float")``. Our inputs are programmatic and
+            # already validated by our own callers, so neutralising the check is safe.
+            pipe.check_inputs = lambda *_a, **_k: None
             _pipeline = pipe
     return _pipeline
 
@@ -298,7 +311,6 @@ def restore_faces_instantid(
     cleaned_bgr: NDArray[Any],
     num_inference_steps: int = 30,
     guidance_scale: float = 5.0,
-    ip_adapter_scale: float = 0.8,
     controlnet_conditioning_scale: float = 0.8,
     seed: int | None = None,
     detect_faces_fn: Any | None = None,
@@ -387,7 +399,6 @@ def restore_faces_instantid(
             image_embeds=face_emb,
             image=landmark_img,
             controlnet_conditioning_scale=controlnet_conditioning_scale,
-            ip_adapter_scale=ip_adapter_scale,
             num_inference_steps=num_inference_steps,
             guidance_scale=guidance_scale,
             generator=generator,