diff --git a/examples/gan/dcgan.py b/examples/gan/dcgan.py
index 03669add630..0980f4dc085 100644
--- a/examples/gan/dcgan.py
+++ b/examples/gan/dcgan.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Generator(Net):
         nf (int): Number of filters in the second-to-last deconv layer
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, z_dim, nf):
+    def __init__(self, z_dim, nf, nc):
         super(Generator, self).__init__()
 
         self.net = nn.Sequential(
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def __init__(self, z_dim, nf):
             nn.ReLU(inplace=True),
 
             # state size. (nf) x 32 x 32
-            nn.ConvTranspose2d(in_channels=nf, out_channels=3, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1, bias=False),
+            nn.ConvTranspose2d(in_channels=nf, out_channels=nc, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1, bias=False),
             nn.Tanh()
 
             # state size. (nc) x 64 x 64
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ class Discriminator(Net):
         nf (int): Number of filters in the first conv layer.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, nf):
+    def __init__(self, nc, nf):
         super(Discriminator, self).__init__()
 
         self.net = nn.Sequential(
 
             # input is (nc) x 64 x 64
-            nn.Conv2d(in_channels=3, out_channels=nf, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1, bias=False),
+            nn.Conv2d(in_channels=nc, out_channels=nf, kernel_size=4, stride=2, padding=1, bias=False),
             nn.LeakyReLU(0.2, inplace=True),
 
             # state size. (nf) x 32 x 32
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ def check_dataset(dataset, dataroot):
         dataset (data.Dataset): torchvision Dataset object
 
     """
-    to_rgb = transforms.Lambda(lambda img: img.convert('RGB'))
     resize = transforms.Resize(64)
     crop = transforms.CenterCrop(64)
     to_tensor = transforms.ToTensor()
@@ -177,31 +176,35 @@ def check_dataset(dataset, dataroot):
                                                                                 crop,
                                                                                 to_tensor,
                                                                                 normalize]))
+        nc = 3
 
     elif dataset == 'lsun':
         dataset = dset.LSUN(root=dataroot, classes=['bedroom_train'], transform=transforms.Compose([resize,
                                                                                                     crop,
                                                                                                     to_tensor,
                                                                                                     normalize]))
+        nc = 3
 
     elif dataset == 'cifar10':
         dataset = dset.CIFAR10(root=dataroot, download=True, transform=transforms.Compose([resize,
                                                                                            to_tensor,
                                                                                            normalize]))
+        nc = 3
 
     elif dataset == 'mnist':
-        dataset = dset.MNIST(root=dataroot, download=True, transform=transforms.Compose([to_rgb,
-                                                                                         resize,
+        dataset = dset.MNIST(root=dataroot, download=True, transform=transforms.Compose([resize,
                                                                                          to_tensor,
                                                                                          normalize]))
+        nc = 1
 
     elif dataset == 'fake':
         dataset = dset.FakeData(size=256, image_size=(3, 64, 64), transform=to_tensor)
+        nc = 3
 
     else:
         raise RuntimeError("Invalid dataset name: {}".format(dataset))
 
-    return dataset
+    return dataset, nc
 
 
 def main(dataset, dataroot,
@@ -216,9 +219,13 @@ def main(dataset, dataroot,
     # seed
     check_manual_seed(seed)
 
+    # data
+    dataset, num_channels = check_dataset(dataset, dataroot)
+    loader = data.DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, num_workers=n_workers, drop_last=True)
+
     # netowrks
-    netG = Generator(z_dim, g_filters).to(device)
-    netD = Discriminator(d_filters).to(device)
+    netG = Generator(z_dim, g_filters, num_channels).to(device)
+    netD = Discriminator(num_channels, d_filters).to(device)
 
     # criterion
     bce = nn.BCELoss()
@@ -227,10 +234,6 @@ def main(dataset, dataroot,
     optimizerG = optim.Adam(netG.parameters(), lr=learning_rate, betas=(beta_1, 0.999))
     optimizerD = optim.Adam(netD.parameters(), lr=learning_rate, betas=(beta_1, 0.999))
 
-    # data
-    dataset = check_dataset(dataset, dataroot)
-    loader = data.DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, num_workers=n_workers, drop_last=True)
-
     # load pre-trained models
     if saved_G:
         netG.load_state_dict(torch.load(saved_G))