diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/inpaint_image_endpoint.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/inpaint_image_endpoint.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8f351566c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/inpaint_image_endpoint.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use crate::ml::model_cache::ModelCache;
+use crate::ml::prompt_cache::PromptCache;
+use crate::state::app_config::AppConfig;
+use crate::state::app_dir::AppDataRoot;
+use image::{ImageReader, RgbImage};
+use log::info;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, State};
+
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn inpaint_image(
+  image: &str,
+  mask: &str,
+  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!("inpaint_endpoint endpoint called.");
+
+  Ok(mask.to_string())
+}
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/endpoints/mod.rs
index f49bdce06e..4f2e92c92b 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 inpaint_image_endpoint;
 pub mod realtime_image_endpoint;
 pub mod remove_background_endpoint;
 pub mod test_counter;
diff --git a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index de8cbed04c..81410b93f6 100644
--- a/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub mod transfer;
 pub mod utils;
 
 use crate::endpoints::download_models::download_models;
+use crate::endpoints::inpaint_image_endpoint::inpaint_image;
 use crate::endpoints::realtime_image_endpoint::infer_image;
 use crate::endpoints::remove_background_endpoint::remove_background;
 use crate::endpoints::test_counter::test_counter;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ pub fn run() {
     .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
       download_models,
       infer_image,
+      inpaint_image,
       remove_background,
       test_counter,
       text_to_image,