diff --git a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/inputs/InputType.java b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/inputs/InputType.java
index ce5e8c78f..99704c0bb 100644
--- a/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/inputs/InputType.java
+++ b/deeplearning4j/deeplearning4j-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/inputs/InputType.java
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ public abstract class InputType implements Serializable {
         FF, RNN, CNN, CNNFlat, CNN3D
     }
 
+    public static CNN2DFormat getDefaultCNN2DFormat() {
+        return defaultCNN2DFormat;
+    }
+
+    public static void setDefaultCNN2DFormat(CNN2DFormat defaultCNN2DFormat) {
+        InputType.defaultCNN2DFormat = defaultCNN2DFormat;
+    }
+
+    private static CNN2DFormat defaultCNN2DFormat = CNN2DFormat.NCHW;
 
     @JsonIgnore
     public abstract Type getType();
@@ -137,7 +146,7 @@ public abstract class InputType implements Serializable {
      * @return InputTypeConvolutional
      */
     public static InputType convolutional(long height, long width, long depth) {
-        return convolutional(height, width, depth, CNN2DFormat.NCHW);
+        return convolutional(height, width, depth, getDefaultCNN2DFormat());
     }
 
     public static InputType convolutional(long height, long width, long depth, CNN2DFormat format){