diff --git a/backend/api/tests/api/test_auto_labeling.py b/backend/api/tests/api/test_auto_labeling.py
index e8920f4f..e8777744 100644
--- a/backend/api/tests/api/test_auto_labeling.py
+++ b/backend/api/tests/api/test_auto_labeling.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from auto_labeling_pipeline.models import RequestModelFactory
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
-from ...models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION
+from ...models import DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION
 from ...views.auto_labeling import load_data_as_b64
-from .utils import CRUDMixin, prepare_project
+from .utils import (CRUDMixin, make_auto_labeling_config, make_doc, make_image,
+                    prepare_project)
 
 data_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'data'
 
@@ -108,3 +109,35 @@ class TestConfigCreation(CRUDMixin):
 
     def test_create_config(self):
         self.assert_create(self.project.users[0], status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+
+class TestAutoLabelingText(CRUDMixin):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.project = prepare_project(task=DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION)
+        make_auto_labeling_config(self.project.item)
+        self.example = make_doc(self.project.item)
+        self.url = reverse(viewname='auto_labeling_annotation', args=[self.project.item.id, self.example.id])
+
+    @patch('api.views.auto_labeling.execute_pipeline', return_value=[])
+    def test_text_task(self, mock):
+        self.assert_create(self.project.users[0], status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        _, kwargs = mock.call_args
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs['text'], self.example.text)
+
+
+class TestAutoLabelingImage(CRUDMixin):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.project = prepare_project(task=IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION)
+        make_auto_labeling_config(self.project.item)
+        filepath = data_dir / 'images/1500x500.jpeg'
+        self.example = make_image(self.project.item, str(filepath))
+        self.url = reverse(viewname='auto_labeling_annotation', args=[self.project.item.id, self.example.id])
+
+    @patch('api.views.auto_labeling.execute_pipeline', return_value=[])
+    def test_text_task(self, mock):
+        self.assert_create(self.project.users[0], status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        _, kwargs = mock.call_args
+        expected = load_data_as_b64(str(self.example.filename))
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs['text'], expected)
diff --git a/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py b/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
index 147b5bd3..ce8019b4 100644
--- a/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
+++ b/backend/api/tests/api/utils.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from model_mommy import mommy
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
-from ...models import (DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, SEQ2SEQ, SEQUENCE_LABELING,
-                       SPEECH2TEXT, Role, RoleMapping)
+from ...models import (DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION, SEQ2SEQ,
+                       SEQUENCE_LABELING, SPEECH2TEXT, Role, RoleMapping)
 
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../data')
 
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def make_project(
         DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION: 'TextClassificationProject',
         SEQUENCE_LABELING: 'SequenceLabelingProject',
         SEQ2SEQ: 'Seq2seqProject',
-        SPEECH2TEXT: 'Speech2TextProject'
+        SPEECH2TEXT: 'Speech2TextProject',
+        IMAGE_CLASSIFICATION: 'ImageClassificationProject'
     }.get(task, 'Project')
     project = mommy.make(
         _model=project_model,
@@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ def make_label(project):
 
 
 def make_doc(project):
-    return mommy.make('Example', project=project)
+    return mommy.make('Example', text='example', project=project)
 
 
-def make_image(project):
-    return mommy.make('Example', project=project)
+def make_image(project, filepath):
+    return mommy.make('Example', filename=filepath, project=project)
 
 
 def make_comment(doc, user):
@@ -104,6 +105,10 @@ def make_example_state(example, user):
     return mommy.make('ExampleState', example=example, confirmed_by=user)
 
 
+def make_auto_labeling_config(project):
+    return mommy.make('AutoLabelingConfig', project=project)
+
+
 def make_annotation(task, doc, user):
     annotation_model = {
         DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION: 'Category',
diff --git a/backend/api/views/auto_labeling.py b/backend/api/views/auto_labeling.py
index fd7c832a..06a8d43e 100644
--- a/backend/api/views/auto_labeling.py
+++ b/backend/api/views/auto_labeling.py
@@ -223,14 +223,21 @@ class AutoLabelingAnnotation(generics.CreateAPIView):
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
         serializer.save(user=self.request.user)
 
+    def get_example(self, project):
+        example = get_object_or_404(Example, pk=self.kwargs['doc_id'])
+        if project.is_task_of('text'):
+            return example.text
+        else:
+            return load_data_as_b64(str(example.filename))
+
     def extract(self):
         project = get_object_or_404(Project, pk=self.kwargs['project_id'])
-        doc = get_object_or_404(Example, pk=self.kwargs['doc_id'])
+        example = self.get_example(project)
         config = project.auto_labeling_config.first()
         if not config:
             raise AutoLabeliingPermissionDenied()
         return execute_pipeline(
-            text=doc.text,
+            text=example,
             project_type=project.project_type,
             model_name=config.model_name,
             model_attrs=config.model_attrs,