diff --git a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
index 78c9164ac..a49b673d1 100644
--- a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
+++ b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
@@ -3190,8 +3190,10 @@ where
                 model: generation_options.model,
                 provider_model: if generation_options.model == EDITOR_IMAGE_MODEL_NANOBANANA2 {
                     generation_options.model
-                } else {
+                } else if reference_images.is_empty() {
                     GPT_IMAGE_2_5_GENERATION_MODEL
+                } else {
+                    GPT_IMAGE_2_5_EDIT_MODEL
                 },
                 prompt: submitted_prompt.as_str(),
                 negative_prompt,