diff --git a/im2mesh/encoder/conv.py b/im2mesh/encoder/conv.py
index 1668462..b394639 100644
--- a/im2mesh/encoder/conv.py
+++ b/im2mesh/encoder/conv.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def __init__(self, c_dim, normalize=True, use_linear=True):
         super().__init__()
         self.normalize = normalize
         self.use_linear = use_linear
-        self.features = models.resnet50(pretrained=True)
+        self.features = models.resnet101(pretrained=True)
         self.features.fc = nn.Sequential()
         if use_linear:
             self.fc = nn.Linear(2048, c_dim)