diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index d7fc2c3..6adddae 100644
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -102,10 +102,18 @@ class BaseConfig:
 		return yaml
 
 	@classmethod
-	def from_yaml( cls, yaml_path ):
+	def from_yaml( cls, yaml_path, lora_path=None ):
 		state = {}
 		state = yaml.safe_load(open(yaml_path, "r", encoding="utf-8"))
 		state.setdefault("yaml_path", yaml_path)
+
+		if lora_path:
+			if not lora_path.exists():
+				raise Exception(f'LoRA path does not exist: {lora_path}')
+
+			lora_state_dict = torch_load( lora_path ) if lora_path and lora_path.exists() else None
+			state["loras"] = [ lora_state_dict["config"] | { "path": lora_path } ] if lora_state_dict is not None else []
+
 		state = cls.prune_missing( state )
 		return cls(**state)
 
@@ -157,7 +165,7 @@ class BaseConfig:
 			return cls.from_model( args.model, args.lora )
 
 		if args.yaml:
-			return cls.from_yaml( args.yaml )
+			return cls.from_yaml( args.yaml, args.lora )
 
 		return cls(**{})
 
@@ -981,8 +989,8 @@ class Config(BaseConfig):
 	"""
 
 	# this gets called from vall_e.inference
-	def load_yaml( self, config_path ):
-		tmp = Config.from_yaml( config_path )
+	def load_yaml( self, config_path, lora_path=None ):
+		tmp = Config.from_yaml( config_path, lora_path )
 		self.__dict__.update(tmp.__dict__)
 	
 	def load_model( self, config_path, lora_path=None ):
diff --git a/vall_e/data.py b/vall_e/data.py
index 4106450..d9ab892 100644
--- a/vall_e/data.py
+++ b/vall_e/data.py
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 				# split to retain tuples
 				flattened[bucket] = self.duration_buckets[bucket]
 				# replace with path
-				flattened[bucket] = [ x[0] for x in flattened[bucket] ]
+				# flattened[bucket] = [ x[0] for x in flattened[bucket] ]
 				# flatten by paths
 				flattened[bucket] = [*_interleaved_reorder(flattened[bucket], lambda x: x[0])]
 			# flatten paths
diff --git a/vall_e/inference.py b/vall_e/inference.py
index 7f41aa3..c82fe1d 100644
--- a/vall_e/inference.py
+++ b/vall_e/inference.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TTS():
 
 		if config.suffix == ".yaml":
 			_logger.info(f"Loading YAML: {config}")
-			cfg.load_yaml( config )
+			cfg.load_yaml( config, lora )
 		elif config.suffix == ".sft":
 			_logger.info(f"Loading model: {config}")
 			cfg.load_model( config, lora )