diff --git a/aana/configs/pipeline.py b/aana/configs/pipeline.py
index a8e39454..81ca9857 100644
--- a/aana/configs/pipeline.py
+++ b/aana/configs/pipeline.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         "name": "hf_blip2_opt_2_7b",
         "type": "ray_deployment",
         "deployment_name": "hf_blip2_deployment_opt_2_7b",
-        "method": "generate_captions",
+        "method": "generate_batch",
         "inputs": [
             {
                 "name": "images",
diff --git a/aana/deployments/hf_blip2_deployment.py b/aana/deployments/hf_blip2_deployment.py
index 800bfe14..f5b5c677 100644
--- a/aana/deployments/hf_blip2_deployment.py
+++ b/aana/deployments/hf_blip2_deployment.py
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ class CaptioningOutput(TypedDict):
     """
     The output of the captioning model.
 
+    Attributes:
+        caption (str): the caption
+    """
+
+    caption: str
+
+
+class CaptioningBatchOutput(TypedDict):
+    """
+    The output of the captioning model.
+
     Attributes:
         captions (List[str]): the list of captions
     """
@@ -82,11 +93,11 @@ async def apply_config(self, config: Dict[str, Any]):
         # and process them in parallel
         self.batch_size = config_obj.batch_size
         self.num_processing_threads = config_obj.num_processing_threads
-        # The actual inference is done in _generate_captions()
+        # The actual inference is done in _generate()
         # We use lambda because BatchProcessor expects dict as input
-        # and we use **kwargs to unpack the dict into named arguments for _generate_captions()
+        # and we use **kwargs to unpack the dict into named arguments for _generate()
         self.batch_processor = BatchProcessor(
-            process_batch=lambda request: self._generate_captions(**request),
+            process_batch=lambda request: self._generate(**request),
             batch_size=self.batch_size,
             num_threads=self.num_processing_threads,
         )
@@ -103,7 +114,26 @@ async def apply_config(self, config: Dict[str, Any]):
         self.device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
         self.model.to(self.device)
 
-    async def generate_captions(self, **kwargs) -> CaptioningOutput:
+    async def generate(self, image: Image) -> CaptioningOutput:
+        """
+        Generate captions for the given image.
+
+        Args:
+            image (Image): the image
+
+        Returns:
+            CaptioningOutput: the dictionary with one key "captions"
+                            and the list of captions for the image as value
+
+        Raises:
+            InferenceException: if the inference fails
+        """
+        captions: CaptioningBatchOutput = await self.batch_processor.process(
+            {"images": [image]}
+        )
+        return CaptioningOutput(caption=captions["captions"][0])
+
+    async def generate_batch(self, **kwargs) -> CaptioningBatchOutput:
         """
         Generate captions for the given images.
 
@@ -111,17 +141,17 @@ async def generate_captions(self, **kwargs) -> CaptioningOutput:
             images (List[Image]): the images
 
         Returns:
-            CaptioningOutput: the dictionary with one key "captions"
+            CaptioningBatchOutput: the dictionary with one key "captions"
                             and the list of captions for the images as value
 
         Raises:
             InferenceException: if the inference fails
         """
         # Call the batch processor to process the requests
-        # The actual inference is done in _generate_captions()
+        # The actual inference is done in _generate()
         return await self.batch_processor.process(kwargs)
 
-    def _generate_captions(self, images: List[Image]) -> CaptioningOutput:
+    def _generate(self, images: List[Image]) -> CaptioningBatchOutput:
         """
         Generate captions for the given images.
 
@@ -131,7 +161,7 @@ def _generate_captions(self, images: List[Image]) -> CaptioningOutput:
             images (List[Image]): the images
 
         Returns:
-            CaptioningOutput: the dictionary with one key "captions"
+            CaptioningBatchOutput: the dictionary with one key "captions"
                             and the list of captions for the images as value
 
         Raises:
@@ -152,6 +182,6 @@ def _generate_captions(self, images: List[Image]) -> CaptioningOutput:
             generated_texts = [
                 generated_text.strip() for generated_text in generated_texts
             ]
-            return CaptioningOutput(captions=generated_texts)
+            return CaptioningBatchOutput(captions=generated_texts)
         except Exception as e:
             raise InferenceException(self.model_id) from e
diff --git a/aana/tests/deployments/test_hf_blip2_deployment.py b/aana/tests/deployments/test_hf_blip2_deployment.py
index 3c501967..5fc94d11 100644
--- a/aana/tests/deployments/test_hf_blip2_deployment.py
+++ b/aana/tests/deployments/test_hf_blip2_deployment.py
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ def ray_setup(deployment):
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not is_gpu_available(), reason="GPU is not available")
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_hf_blip2_deployments():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "image_name, expected_text",
+    [("Starry_Night.jpeg", "the starry night by vincent van gogh")],
+)
+async def test_hf_blip2_deployments(image_name, expected_text):
     for name, deployment in deployments.items():
         # skip if not a VLLM deployment
         if deployment.name != "HFBlip2Deployment":
@@ -29,14 +33,18 @@ async def test_hf_blip2_deployments():
 
         handle = ray_setup(deployment)
 
-        path = resources.path("aana.tests.files.images", "Starry_Night.jpeg")
+        path = resources.path("aana.tests.files.images", image_name)
         image = Image(path=path, save_on_disk=False)
 
+        output = await handle.generate.remote(image=image)
+        caption = output["caption"]
+        compare_texts(expected_text, caption)
+
         images = [image] * 8
 
-        output = await handle.generate_captions.remote(images=images)
+        output = await handle.generate_batch.remote(images=images)
         captions = output["captions"]
 
         assert len(captions) == 8
         for caption in captions:
-            compare_texts("the starry night by vincent van gogh", caption)
+            compare_texts(expected_text, caption)