diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 4702620..b9a82a4 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     ControlNetModel,
     StableDiffusionXLControlNetPipeline,
     AutoPipelineForImage2Image,
+    FluxPipeline,
 )
 from diffusers.utils import load_image
 from fastapi import FastAPI
@@ -183,6 +184,20 @@
 # token merging
 # tomesd.apply_patch(pipe, ratio=0.2)  # light speedup
 
+# Flux text-to-image pipeline for experimental usage
+try:
+    flux_pipe = FluxPipeline.from_pretrained(
+        "black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell",
+        torch_dtype=torch.float16,
+    )
+    flux_pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()
+    flux_pipe.enable_attention_slicing()
+    flux_pipe.enable_vae_slicing()
+    flux_pipe.watermark = None
+except Exception as e:
+    logger.error(f"Failed to load Flux model: {e}")
+    flux_pipe = None
+
 
 refiner = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
     # "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-refiner-1.0",
@@ -463,6 +478,18 @@ async def create_and_upload_image(
     return JSONResponse({"path": path})
 
 
+@app.get("/flux_create_and_upload_image")
+async def flux_create_and_upload_image(prompt: str, save_path: str = ""):
+    """Generate an image using the Flux pipeline and upload it."""
+    path_components = save_path.split("/")[0:-1]
+    final_name = save_path.split("/")[-1]
+    if not path_components:
+        path_components = []
+    save_path = "/".join(path_components) + quote_plus(final_name)
+    path = get_flux_image_or_upload(prompt, save_path)
+    return JSONResponse({"path": path})
+
+
 @app.get("/inpaint_and_upload_image")
 async def inpaint_and_upload_image(
     prompt: str, image_url: str, mask_url: str, save_path: str = ""
@@ -577,6 +604,22 @@ def get_image_or_style_transfer_upload_to_cloud_storage(
     return link
 
 
+def get_flux_image_or_upload(prompt: str, save_path: str):
+    """Return cached Flux image URL or generate and upload a new one."""
+    prompt = shorten_too_long_text(prompt)
+    save_path = shorten_too_long_text(save_path)
+    if check_if_blob_exists(save_path):
+        return f"https://{BUCKET_NAME}/{BUCKET_PATH}/{save_path}"
+    if flux_pipe is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Flux pipeline unavailable")
+    with torch.inference_mode():
+        bio = create_flux_image_from_prompt(prompt)
+    if bio is None:
+        return None
+    link = upload_to_bucket(save_path, bio, is_bytesio=True)
+    return link
+
+
 def get_image_or_create_upload_to_cloud_storage(
     prompt: str, width: int, height: int, save_path: str
 ):
@@ -1062,6 +1105,19 @@ def inpaint_image_from_prompt(prompt, image_url: str, mask_url: str):
     return image_to_bytes(image)
 
 
+def create_flux_image_from_prompt(prompt: str, n_steps: int = 4) -> bytes:
+    """Generate an image with the Flux pipeline and return it as bytes."""
+    if flux_pipe is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Flux pipeline unavailable")
+    prompt = shorten_too_long_text(prompt)
+    image = flux_pipe(
+        prompt=prompt,
+        num_inference_steps=n_steps,
+        guidance_scale=0.0,
+    ).images[0]
+    return image_to_bytes(image)
+
+
 def shorten_too_long_text(prompt):
     if len(prompt) > 200:
         # remove stopwords
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index b8a5052..be520a4 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ certifi
 charset-normalizer
 click
 cmake
-diffusers
+diffusers==0.33.1
 exceptiongroup
 fastapi
 filelock
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 409b6fa..ea62030 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ cycler==0.12.1
     # via matplotlib
 deepcache==0.1.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-diffusers==0.31.0
+diffusers==0.33.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   deepcache
diff --git a/stable_diffusion_server/__init__.py b/stable_diffusion_server/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable_diffusion_server/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/tests/test_flux_pipeline.py b/tests/test_flux_pipeline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f53c34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_flux_pipeline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import importlib
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+with patch.dict(sys.modules, {
+    'cv2': MagicMock(__spec__=MagicMock()),
+    'google': MagicMock(),
+    'google.cloud': MagicMock(),
+}):
+    with patch('diffusers.DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained', return_value=MagicMock()) as _:
+        main = importlib.import_module('main')
+
+@patch('main.upload_to_bucket')
+@patch('main.check_if_blob_exists')
+def test_get_flux_image_or_upload_existing(mock_exists, mock_upload):
+    mock_exists.return_value = True
+    result = main.get_flux_image_or_upload('test prompt', 'img.png')
+    assert result == f"https://{main.BUCKET_NAME}/{main.BUCKET_PATH}/img.png"
+    mock_upload.assert_not_called()
+
+@patch('main.upload_to_bucket')
+@patch('main.check_if_blob_exists')
+def test_get_flux_image_or_upload_new(mock_exists, mock_upload):
+    mock_exists.return_value = False
+    mock_upload.return_value = 'url'
+    fake_image = MagicMock()
+    fake_image.images = [MagicMock()]
+    with patch.object(main, 'flux_pipe') as mock_pipe:
+        mock_pipe.return_value = fake_image
+        with patch('main.image_to_bytes', return_value=b'x'):
+            result = main.get_flux_image_or_upload('test', 'new.png')
+    assert result == 'url'
+    mock_upload.assert_called_once()