diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/binary_includes/1024.png b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/binary_includes/1024.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f746687dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/binary_includes/1024.png differ
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs
index d365df449b..f49bdce06e 100644
--- a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub mod download_models;
 pub mod flip_image;
-pub mod image_endpoint;
+pub mod realtime_image_endpoint;
 pub mod remove_background_endpoint;
 pub mod test_counter;
+pub mod text_to_image_endpoint;
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/image_endpoint.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/realtime_image_endpoint.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/image_endpoint.rs
rename to crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/realtime_image_endpoint.rs
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/text_to_image_endpoint.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/text_to_image_endpoint.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..081625fb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/text_to_image_endpoint.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use crate::ml::model_cache::ModelCache;
+use crate::ml::prompt_cache::PromptCache;
+use crate::ml::stable_diffusion::lcm_pipeline::{lcm_pipeline, Args};
+use crate::state::app_config::AppConfig;
+use crate::state::app_dir::AppDataRoot;
+use crate::utils::image::decode_base64_image::decode_base64_image;
+use crate::utils::image::encode_rgb_image_base64_png::encode_rgb_image_base64_png;
+use image::imageops::FilterType;
+use image::{DynamicImage, ImageReader, RgbImage};
+use log::{error, info};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, State};
+
+const RANDOM_SEED: u32 = 42;
+
+const STRENGTH: f64 = 1.0;
+const PNG_BYTES : &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../binary_includes/1024.png");
+
+// NB: We're just hacking a temporary "text to image" test endpoint leveraging the existing image to image modality.
+static IMAGE : Lazy<DynamicImage> = Lazy::new(||{
+  ImageReader::new(Cursor::new(PNG_BYTES))
+    .with_guessed_format()
+    .expect("failed to detect png format")
+    .decode()
+    .expect("failed to decode image")
+});
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn text_to_image(
+  prompt: String,
+  model_config: State<'_, AppConfig>,
+  model_cache: State<'_, ModelCache>,
+  prompt_cache: State<'_, PromptCache>,
+  app_data_root: State<'_, AppDataRoot>,
+  app: AppHandle,
+) -> Result<String, String> {
+  info!("text_to_image endpoint called.");
+
+  let image = IMAGE.resize(512, 512, FilterType::CatmullRom);
+
+  let result = do_infer_image(
+    &prompt, 
+    image, 
+    Some(STRENGTH), 
+    &model_config, 
+    &model_cache, 
+    prompt_cache, 
+    app, 
+    &app_data_root
+  ).await;
+  
+  let image = match result {
+    Ok(image) => image,
+    Err(err) => {
+      error!("There was an error generating the image: {:?}", err);
+      return Err(format!("There was an error generating the image: {}", err));
+    }
+  };
+
+  let bytes = encode_rgb_image_base64_png(image)
+    .map_err(|err| format!("failure to encode image: {:?}", err))?;
+
+  info!("Inference successful; image converted to base64, serving back to browser...");
+
+  Ok(bytes)
+}
+
+async fn do_infer_image(
+  prompt: &str,
+  image: DynamicImage,
+  strength: Option<f64>,
+  config: &AppConfig,
+  model_cache: &ModelCache,
+  prompt_cache: State<'_, PromptCache>,
+  app: AppHandle,
+  app_data_root: &AppDataRoot,
+) -> Result<RgbImage, String> {
+
+  let args = Args {
+    image: &image,
+    prompt: prompt.to_string(),
+    uncond_prompt: "".to_string(),
+    model_cache,
+    configs: config,
+    prompt_cache: &prompt_cache,
+    i2i_strength: strength,
+    cfg_scale: config.cfg_scale,
+    app: &app,
+    app_data_root,
+    use_flash_attn: true,
+  };
+
+  let image = lcm_pipeline(args)
+    .map_err(|err| format!("failure to encode image: {:?}", err))?;
+
+  Ok(image)
+}
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index a5f00e13e2..653655c2a0 100644
--- a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ pub mod transfer;
 pub mod utils;
 
 use crate::endpoints::download_models::download_models;
-use crate::endpoints::image_endpoint::infer_image;
+use crate::endpoints::realtime_image_endpoint::infer_image;
 use crate::endpoints::remove_background_endpoint::remove_background;
 use crate::endpoints::test_counter::test_counter;
+use crate::endpoints::text_to_image_endpoint::text_to_image;
 use crate::ml::model_cache::ModelCache;
 use crate::ml::prompt_cache::PromptCache;
 use crate::state::app_config::AppConfig;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ pub fn run() {
       infer_image,
       remove_background,
       test_counter, 
+      text_to_image,
     ])
     .run(tauri::generate_context!())
     .expect("error while running tauri application");
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 718a24832a..17c4b70706 100644
--- a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
       "icons/128x128@2x.png",
       "icons/icon.icns",
       "icons/icon.ico"
-    ],
-    "resources": {
-      "../../../windows_dlls/*.dll": "."
-    }
+    ]
   }
 }