diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
index 5f532aadea..7f19f17567 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@
                        || alphaInfo == kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast;
 
   BOOL contentModeSupported =    contentMode == UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill
-                              || contentMode == UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
+                              || contentMode == UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit
+                              || contentMode == UIViewContentModeCenter;
 
   CGSize backingSize;
   CGRect imageDrawRect;
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
index 3e906a8225..9fb21dad84 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void __ASDisplayLayerDecrementConcurrentDisplayCount(BOOL displayIsAsync,
       if (stretchable) {
         ASDisplayNodeSetupLayerContentsWithResizableImage(_layer, image);
       } else {
-        _layer.contentsScale = image.scale;
+        _layer.contentsScale = self.contentsScale;
         _layer.contents = (id)image.CGImage;
       }
       [self didDisplayAsyncLayer:self.asyncLayer];
diff --git a/examples/Kittens/Sample/KittenNode.m b/examples/Kittens/Sample/KittenNode.m
index f87d5118a3..dfa1499bfd 100644
--- a/examples/Kittens/Sample/KittenNode.m
+++ b/examples/Kittens/Sample/KittenNode.m
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static const CGFloat kInnerPadding = 10.0f;
   _imageNode.URL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://placekitten.com/%zd/%zd",
                                                                    (NSInteger)roundl(_kittenSize.width),
                                                                    (NSInteger)roundl(_kittenSize.height)]];
+//  _imageNode.contentMode = UIViewContentModeCenter;
   [self addSubnode:_imageNode];
 
   // lorem ipsum text, plus some nice styling