def speclab(img):

    # initialize the model
    model = torch.hub.load('Nano1337/SpecLab', 'srdetect', force_reload=True) # for some reasons loads the model in src rather than demo
    model.eval()

    # preprocess image to be used as input
    transforms = A.Compose([
        A.Normalize(mean=(0.5, 0.5, 0.5), std=(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)),
        ToTensorV2()
    ])
    input = transforms(image=img)['image']
    input = input.unsqueeze(0)

    # model prediction
    output = model(input)

    # overlay output onto original image
    img[output==255] = [0, 255, 0]

    return img

# define app features and run
title = "SpecLab Demo"
description = "<p style='text-align: center'>Gradio demo for an ASPP model architecture trained on the SpecLab dataset. To use it, simply add your image, or click one of the examples to load them. Since this demo is run on CPU only, please allow additional time for processing. </p>"
article = "<p style='text-align: center'><a href='https://github.com/Nano1337/SpecLab'>Github Repo</a></p>"
css = "#0 {object-fit: contain;} #1 {object-fit: contain;}"
demo = gr.Interface(fn=speclab, 
                    title=title, 
                    description=description,
                    article=article,
                    inputs=gr.Image(elem_id=0, show_label=False), 
                    outputs=gr.Image(elem_id=1, show_label=False),
                    css=css, 
                    examples=examples, 
                    cache_examples=True,
                    allow_flagging='never')
demo.launch()