diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 5a9ac5f1..a6bb439c 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ class Api:
 
         populate = txt2imgreq.copy(update={ # Override __init__ params
             "sampler_name": validate_sampler_name(txt2imgreq.sampler_name or txt2imgreq.sampler_index),
-            "do_not_save_samples": True,
-            "do_not_save_grid": True
+            "do_not_save_samples": txt2imgreq.do_not_save,
+            "do_not_save_grid": txt2imgreq.do_not_save,
             }
         )
         if populate.sampler_name:
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ class Api:
         args = vars(populate)
         args.pop('script_name', None)
 
+        send_images = True if not 'do_not_send' in args else not args['do_not_send']
+        args.pop('do_not_send', None)
+        args.pop('do_not_save', None)
+
         with self.queue_lock:
             p = StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img(sd_model=shared.sd_model, **args)
 
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ class Api:
                 processed = process_images(p)
             shared.state.end()
 
-        b64images = list(map(encode_pil_to_base64, processed.images))
+        b64images = list(map(encode_pil_to_base64, processed.images)) if send_images else []
 
         return TextToImageResponse(images=b64images, parameters=vars(txt2imgreq), info=processed.js())
 
@@ -220,8 +224,8 @@ class Api:
 
         populate = img2imgreq.copy(update={ # Override __init__ params
             "sampler_name": validate_sampler_name(img2imgreq.sampler_name or img2imgreq.sampler_index),
-            "do_not_save_samples": True,
-            "do_not_save_grid": True,
+            "do_not_save_samples": img2imgreq.do_not_save,
+            "do_not_save_grid": img2imgreq.do_not_save,
             "mask": mask
             }
         )
@@ -232,6 +236,13 @@ class Api:
         args.pop('include_init_images', None)  # this is meant to be done by "exclude": True in model, but it's for a reason that I cannot determine.
         args.pop('script_name', None)
 
+        send_images = True if not 'do_not_send' in args else not args['do_not_send']
+        args.pop('do_not_send', None)
+        args.pop('do_not_save', None)
+
+        send_images = True if not 'do_not_send_images' in args else not args['do_not_send_images']
+        args.pop('do_not_send_images', None)
+
         with self.queue_lock:
             p = StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img(sd_model=shared.sd_model, **args)
             p.init_images = [decode_base64_to_image(x) for x in init_images]
@@ -246,7 +257,7 @@ class Api:
                 processed = process_images(p)
             shared.state.end()
 
-        b64images = list(map(encode_pil_to_base64, processed.images))
+        b64images = list(map(encode_pil_to_base64, processed.images)) if send_images else []
 
         if not img2imgreq.include_init_images:
             img2imgreq.init_images = None
diff --git a/modules/api/models.py b/modules/api/models.py
index cba43d3b..2b66e1f0 100644
--- a/modules/api/models.py
+++ b/modules/api/models.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ API_NOT_ALLOWED = [
     "outpath_samples",
     "outpath_grids",
     "sampler_index",
-    "do_not_save_samples",
-    "do_not_save_grid",
+    # "do_not_save_samples",
+    # "do_not_save_grid",
     "extra_generation_params",
     "overlay_images",
     "do_not_reload_embeddings",
@@ -100,13 +100,29 @@ class PydanticModelGenerator:
 StableDiffusionTxt2ImgProcessingAPI = PydanticModelGenerator(
     "StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img",
     StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img,
-    [{"key": "sampler_index", "type": str, "default": "Euler"}, {"key": "script_name", "type": str, "default": None}, {"key": "script_args", "type": list, "default": []}]
+    [
+        {"key": "sampler_index", "type": str, "default": "Euler"},
+        {"key": "script_name", "type": str, "default": None},
+        {"key": "script_args", "type": list, "default": []},
+        {"key": "do_not_send", "type": bool, "default": False},
+        {"key": "do_not_save", "type": bool, "default": True}
+    ]
 ).generate_model()
 
 StableDiffusionImg2ImgProcessingAPI = PydanticModelGenerator(
     "StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img",
     StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img,
-    [{"key": "sampler_index", "type": str, "default": "Euler"}, {"key": "init_images", "type": list, "default": None}, {"key": "denoising_strength", "type": float, "default": 0.75}, {"key": "mask", "type": str, "default": None}, {"key": "include_init_images", "type": bool, "default": False, "exclude" : True}, {"key": "script_name", "type": str, "default": None}, {"key": "script_args", "type": list, "default": []}]
+    [
+        {"key": "sampler_index", "type": str, "default": "Euler"},
+        {"key": "init_images", "type": list, "default": None},
+        {"key": "denoising_strength", "type": float, "default": 0.75},
+        {"key": "mask", "type": str, "default": None},
+        {"key": "include_init_images", "type": bool, "default": False, "exclude" : True},
+        {"key": "script_name", "type": str, "default": None},
+        {"key": "script_args", "type": list, "default": []},
+        {"key": "do_not_send", "type": bool, "default": False},
+        {"key": "do_not_save", "type": bool, "default": True}
+    ]
 ).generate_model()
 
 class TextToImageResponse(BaseModel):
diff --git a/modules/images.py b/modules/images.py
index 5b80c23e..f8e62b71 100644
--- a/modules/images.py
+++ b/modules/images.py
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ def save_image(image, path, basename, seed=None, prompt=None, extension='png', i
     """
     namegen = FilenameGenerator(p, seed, prompt, image)
 
+    if path is None: # set default path to avoid errors when functions are triggered manually or via api and param is not set
+        path = opts.outdir_save
+
     if save_to_dirs is None:
         save_to_dirs = (grid and opts.grid_save_to_dirs) or (not grid and opts.save_to_dirs and not no_prompt)