diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 3852f2b..4692b7f 100644
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class Config(ConfigBase):
     gradient_accumulation_steps: int = 1
     sampling_temperature: float = 1.0
 
+    cache_dataloader: bool = False
+
     @cached_property
     def get_spkr(self):
         return eval(self.spkr_name_getter)
@@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ class Config(ConfigBase):
 
     @cached_property
     def diskcache(self):
-        return diskcache.Cache(self.cache_dir).memoize
+        if self.cache_dataloader:
+            return diskcache.Cache(self.cache_dir).memoize
+        return lambda: lambda x: x
 
 
 cfg = Config.from_cli()
diff --git a/vall_e/data.py b/vall_e/data.py
index b92435f..a6c477a 100644
--- a/vall_e/data.py
+++ b/vall_e/data.py
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ class VALLEDatset(Dataset):
             p for p in self.paths if len(self.paths_by_spkr_name[_get_spkr_name(p)]) > 1
         ]
 
+        if len(self.paths) == 0:
+            raise ValueError("No valid path is found. ")
+
         if training:
             self.sampler = Sampler(self.paths, [_get_spkr_name])
         else: