diff --git a/examples/common/common.hpp b/examples/common/common.hpp
index 82328bccb..d299da50c 100644
--- a/examples/common/common.hpp
+++ b/examples/common/common.hpp
@@ -1594,10 +1594,30 @@ struct SDGenerationParams {
         load_if_exists("skip_layers", skip_layers);
         load_if_exists("high_noise_skip_layers", high_noise_skip_layers);
 
+        load_if_exists("steps", sample_params.sample_steps);
+        load_if_exists("high_noise_steps", high_noise_sample_params.sample_steps);
         load_if_exists("cfg_scale", sample_params.guidance.txt_cfg);
         load_if_exists("img_cfg_scale", sample_params.guidance.img_cfg);
         load_if_exists("guidance", sample_params.guidance.distilled_guidance);
 
+        auto load_sampler_if_exists = [&](const char* key, enum sample_method_t& out) {
+            if (j.contains(key) && j[key].is_string()) {
+                enum sample_method_t tmp = str_to_sample_method(j[key].get<std::string>().c_str());
+                if (tmp != SAMPLE_METHOD_COUNT) {
+                    out = tmp;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        load_sampler_if_exists("sample_method", sample_params.sample_method);
+        load_sampler_if_exists("high_noise_sample_method", high_noise_sample_params.sample_method);
+
+        if (j.contains("scheduler") && j["scheduler"].is_string()) {
+            enum scheduler_t tmp = str_to_scheduler(j["scheduler"].get<std::string>().c_str());
+            if (tmp != SCHEDULER_COUNT) {
+                sample_params.scheduler = tmp;
+            }
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/server/main.cpp b/examples/server/main.cpp
index b15daca1a..b0ac7eef9 100644
--- a/examples/server/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/main.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (gen_params.sample_params.sample_steps > 100)
+                gen_params.sample_params.sample_steps = 100;
+
             if (!gen_params.process_and_check(IMG_GEN, "")) {
                 res.status = 400;
                 res.set_content(R"({"error":"invalid params"})", "application/json");
@@ -598,6 +601,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (gen_params.sample_params.sample_steps > 100)
+                gen_params.sample_params.sample_steps = 100;
+
             if (!gen_params.process_and_check(IMG_GEN, "")) {
                 res.status = 400;
                 res.set_content(R"({"error":"invalid params"})", "application/json");