diff --git a/src/worker/executors/transformers_executor.py b/src/worker/executors/transformers_executor.py
index 658c9a7..a18e7d9 100644
--- a/src/worker/executors/transformers_executor.py
+++ b/src/worker/executors/transformers_executor.py
@@ -114,6 +114,28 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _select_vision_features(
+    hidden_states: "Sequence[torch.Tensor]",
+    feature_layer: int | list[int],
+    select_strategy: str,
+) -> "torch.Tensor":
+    """Select vision-tower hidden states the way LlavaModel.get_image_features does.
+
+    Crops the leading CLS token when ``select_strategy == "default"``. A
+    list-valued ``feature_layer`` gathers each layer and concatenates along the
+    feature dimension.
+    """
+    if isinstance(feature_layer, int):
+        selected = hidden_states[feature_layer]
+        if select_strategy == "default":
+            selected = selected[:, 1:]
+        return selected
+    pool = [hidden_states[layer] for layer in feature_layer]
+    if select_strategy == "default":
+        pool = [layer[:, 1:] for layer in pool]
+    return torch.cat(pool, dim=-1)
+
+
 class TransformersResult(BaseExecutorResult):
     ok: bool = True
     model: str | None = None
@@ -458,9 +480,12 @@ def _run_inner(
                 vision_outputs = base_model.vision_tower(
                     inputs.pixel_values, output_hidden_states=True
                 )
-                selected_features = vision_outputs.hidden_states[
-                    self._model.config.vision_feature_layer
-                ]
+                model_config = self._model.config
+                selected_features = _select_vision_features(
+                    vision_outputs.hidden_states,
+                    model_config.vision_feature_layer,
+                    model_config.vision_feature_select_strategy,
+                )
                 visual_embeddings = base_model.multi_modal_projector(selected_features)
 
             grouped_visual_embeddings: list[torch.Tensor]
diff --git a/tests/worker/test_transformers_visual_embedding_features.py b/tests/worker/test_transformers_visual_embedding_features.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4289b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/worker/test_transformers_visual_embedding_features.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# ruff: noqa: E402
+import pytest
+
+torch = pytest.importorskip(
+    "torch", reason="torch not installed (needs --extra inference)"
+)
+
+from worker.executors.transformers_executor import _select_vision_features
+
+
+def _hidden_states(num_layers: int = 3):
+    return tuple(
+        torch.arange(2 * 4 * 3, dtype=torch.float32).reshape(2, 4, 3) + layer * 100
+        for layer in range(num_layers)
+    )
+
+
+def test_int_layer_default_crops_cls_token() -> None:
+    hidden_states = _hidden_states()
+    selected = _select_vision_features(hidden_states, -2, "default")
+    assert selected.shape == (2, 3, 3)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(selected, hidden_states[-2][:, 1:])
+
+
+def test_int_layer_full_keeps_cls_token() -> None:
+    hidden_states = _hidden_states()
+    selected = _select_vision_features(hidden_states, -2, "full")
+    assert selected.shape == (2, 4, 3)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(selected, hidden_states[-2])
+
+
+def test_list_layer_default_crops_then_concatenates_on_feature_dim() -> None:
+    hidden_states = _hidden_states()
+    selected = _select_vision_features(hidden_states, [-2, -1], "default")
+    assert selected.shape == (2, 3, 6)
+    expected = torch.cat([hidden_states[-2][:, 1:], hidden_states[-1][:, 1:]], dim=-1)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(selected, expected)
+
+
+def test_list_layer_full_concatenates_without_cropping() -> None:
+    hidden_states = _hidden_states()
+    selected = _select_vision_features(hidden_states, [0, 2], "full")
+    assert selected.shape == (2, 4, 6)
+    expected = torch.cat([hidden_states[0], hidden_states[2]], dim=-1)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(selected, expected)