diff --git a/app/frontend_management.py b/app/frontend_management.py
index d336d766a34..001ebbecb4f 100644
--- a/app/frontend_management.py
+++ b/app/frontend_management.py
@@ -112,9 +112,22 @@ def latest_release(self) -> Release:
         response.raise_for_status()  # Raises an HTTPError if the response was an error
         return response.json()
 
+    @cached_property
+    def latest_prerelease(self) -> Release:
+        """Get the latest pre-release version - even if it's older than the latest release"""
+        release = [release for release in self.all_releases if release["prerelease"]]
+
+        if not release:
+            raise ValueError("No pre-releases found")
+
+        # GitHub returns releases in reverse chronological order, so first is latest
+        return release[0]
+
     def get_release(self, version: str) -> Release:
         if version == "latest":
             return self.latest_release
+        elif version == "prerelease":
+            return self.latest_prerelease
         else:
             for release in self.all_releases:
                 if release["tag_name"] in [version, f"v{version}"]:
@@ -221,7 +234,7 @@ def parse_version_string(cls, value: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
         Raises:
             argparse.ArgumentTypeError: If the version string is invalid.
         """
-        VERSION_PATTERN = r"^([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,38})/([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)@(v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+[-._a-zA-Z0-9]*|latest)$"
+        VERSION_PATTERN = r"^([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,38})/([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)@(v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+[-._a-zA-Z0-9]*|latest|prerelease)$"
         match_result = re.match(VERSION_PATTERN, value)
         if match_result is None:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f"Invalid version string: {value}")
diff --git a/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py b/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
index 01056470448..d93fbd77822 100644
--- a/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
+++ b/comfy_api_nodes/nodes_bfl.py
@@ -346,20 +346,6 @@ def INPUT_TYPES(s):
             },
         }
 
-    @classmethod
-    def VALIDATE_INPUTS(cls, aspect_ratio: str):
-        try:
-            validate_aspect_ratio(
-                aspect_ratio,
-                minimum_ratio=cls.MINIMUM_RATIO,
-                maximum_ratio=cls.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
-                minimum_ratio_str=cls.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                maximum_ratio_str=cls.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            return str(e)
-        return True
-
     RETURN_TYPES = (IO.IMAGE,)
     DESCRIPTION = cleandoc(__doc__ or "")  # Handle potential None value
     FUNCTION = "api_call"
@@ -380,6 +366,13 @@ def api_call(
         unique_id: Union[str, None] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
+        aspect_ratio = validate_aspect_ratio(
+            aspect_ratio,
+            minimum_ratio=self.MINIMUM_RATIO,
+            maximum_ratio=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
+            minimum_ratio_str=self.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
+            maximum_ratio_str=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
+        )
         if input_image is None:
             validate_string(prompt, strip_whitespace=False)
         operation = SynchronousOperation(
@@ -395,13 +388,7 @@ def api_call(
                 guidance=round(guidance, 1),
                 steps=steps,
                 seed=seed,
-                aspect_ratio=validate_aspect_ratio(
-                    aspect_ratio,
-                    minimum_ratio=self.MINIMUM_RATIO,
-                    maximum_ratio=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO,
-                    minimum_ratio_str=self.MINIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                    maximum_ratio_str=self.MAXIMUM_RATIO_STR,
-                ),
+                aspect_ratio=aspect_ratio,
                 input_image=(
                     input_image
                     if input_image is None