diff --git a/src/convnets/unet.jl b/src/convnets/unet.jl
index 9a06a040..d78756f5 100644
--- a/src/convnets/unet.jl
+++ b/src/convnets/unet.jl
@@ -71,18 +71,44 @@ Backbone of any Metalhead ResNet-like model can be used as encoder
     - `final`: final block as described in original paper
     - `fdownscale`: downscale factor
 """
-function unet(encoder_backbone, imgdims, outplanes::Integer,
-              final::Any = unet_final_block, fdownscale::Integer = 0)
-    backbonelayers = collect(flatten_chains(encoder_backbone))
-    layers = unetlayers(backbonelayers, imgdims; m_middle = unet_middle_block,
-                        skip_upscale = fdownscale)
+function unet(encoder_backbone, imgdims, inchannels::Integer,outplanes::Integer,
+    final::Any = unet_final_block, fdownscale::Integer = 0)
+backbonelayers = collect(flatten_chains(encoder_backbone))
 
-    outsz = Flux.outputsize(layers, imgdims)
-    layers = Chain(layers, final(outsz[end - 1], outplanes))
+# Adjusting input size to include channels
+adjusted_imgdims = (imgdims..., inchannels, 1)
 
-    return layers
+layers = unetlayers(backbonelayers, adjusted_imgdims; m_middle = unet_middle_block,
+              skip_upscale = fdownscale)
+
+outsz = Flux.outputsize(layers, adjusted_imgdims)
+layers = Chain(layers, final(outsz[end - 1], outplanes))
+
+return layers
+end
+function modify_first_conv_layer_advanced(encoder_backbone, inchannels)
+    layers = [layer for layer in encoder_backbone.layers]  # Create a mutable array from the layers
+    modified = false
+    for index in 1:length(layers)
+        if isa(layers[index], Flux.Conv) && !modified
+            layer = layers[index]
+            outchannels = size(layer.weight, 1)  # The number of output channels
+            kernel_size = (size(layer.weight, 3), size(layer.weight, 4))  # Kernel size
+            stride = layer.stride
+            pad = layer.pad
+
+            
+            new_conv_layer = Flux.Conv(kernel_size, inchannels => outchannels, stride=stride, pad=pad)
+            layers[index] = new_conv_layer  # Replace the old layer with the new one
+
+            modified = true  # Mark as modified to avoid changing any other Conv layer
+        end
+    end
+    return Flux.Chain(layers...)  # Reconstruct the model with the modified layers
 end
 
+
+
 """
     UNet(imsize::Dims{2} = (256, 256), inchannels::Integer = 3, outplanes::Integer = 3,
          encoder_backbone = Metalhead.backbone(DenseNet(121)); pretrain::Bool = false)
@@ -110,17 +136,25 @@ See also [`Metalhead.unet`](@ref).
 struct UNet
     layers::Any
 end
-@functor UNet
 
+@functor UNet
 function UNet(imsize::Dims{2} = (256, 256), inchannels::Integer = 3, outplanes::Integer = 3,
               encoder_backbone = Metalhead.backbone(DenseNet(121)); pretrain::Bool = false)
+    
+    if inchannels != 3
+       encoder_backbone = modify_first_conv_layer_advanced(encoder_backbone, inchannels)
+
+    end
+
     layers = unet(encoder_backbone, (imsize..., inchannels, 1), outplanes)
     model = UNet(layers)
     if pretrain
+        
         artifact_name = "UNet"
         loadpretrain!(model, artifact_name)
     end
     return model
 end
 
+
 (m::UNet)(x::AbstractArray) = m.layers(x)