diff --git a/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/flux3/flux3.py b/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/flux3/flux3.py
index 4bddee0..28dba59 100644
--- a/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/flux3/flux3.py
+++ b/extensions_built_in/diffusion_models/flux3/flux3.py
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class Flux3Model(BaseModel):
         self.target_lora_modules = ["Flux3Transformer"]
         self.supports_model_paths = True
         self.use_old_lokr_format = False
+        # references keep their own framing; _fit_reference sizes them by area
+        self.use_raw_control_images = True
 
         self.processor = None  # Qwen3-VL AutoProcessor
         self.max_text_length = int(
@@ -515,7 +517,11 @@ class Flux3Model(BaseModel):
                 if batch.control_tensor_list is not None:
                     control_list = batch.control_tensor_list
                 elif batch.control_tensor is not None:
-                    control_list = [[batch.control_tensor[b]] for b in range(batch_size)]
+                    # (B, C, H, W) single reference or the dataloader's
+                    # (B, N, C, H, W) stack of N references per sample
+                    control_list = [
+                        list(ct) if ct.ndim == 4 else [ct] for ct in batch.control_tensor
+                    ]
             if control_list is not None:
                 target_pixels = h_lat * w_lat * 16 * 16
                 ref_latents = []
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 1d45490..cbca31d 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "0.13.31"
+VERSION = "0.13.32"