diff --git a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
index 35652d5c3c..cea0158159 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ def _convert_3dsmax_project_settings(ayon_settings, output):
 
     ayon_max = ayon_settings["max"]
 
+    _convert_host_imageio(ayon_max)
+
     output["max"] = ayon_max