diff --git a/codes/process_video.py b/codes/process_video.py
index e8bea43c..bc91d317 100644
--- a/codes/process_video.py
+++ b/codes/process_video.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                       screen=True, tofile=True)
     logger = logging.getLogger('base')
     logger.info(option.dict2str(opt))
+    util.loaded_options = opt
 
     #### Create test dataset and dataloader
     test_loaders = []
diff --git a/codes/utils/distributed_checkpont.py b/codes/utils/distributed_checkpont.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33e8260d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codes/utils/distributed_checkpont.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import torch
+import warnings
+
+
+def detach_variable(inputs):
+    if isinstance(inputs, tuple):
+        out = []
+        for inp in inputs:
+            x = inp.detach()
+            x.requires_grad = inp.requires_grad
+            out.append(x)
+        return tuple(out)
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "Only tuple of tensors is supported. Got Unsupported input type: ", type(inputs).__name__)
+
+
+def check_backward_validity(inputs):
+    if not any(inp.requires_grad for inp in inputs):
+        warnings.warn("None of the inputs have requires_grad=True. Gradients will be None")
+
+
+class CheckpointFunction(torch.autograd.Function):
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(ctx, run_function, length, *args):
+        ctx.run_function = run_function
+        ctx.input_tensors = list(args[:length])
+        ctx.input_params = list(args[length:])
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            output_tensors = ctx.run_function(*ctx.input_tensors)
+        return output_tensors
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx, *output_grads):
+        for i in range(len(ctx.input_tensors)):
+            temp = ctx.input_tensors[i]
+            ctx.input_tensors[i] = temp.detach()
+            ctx.input_tensors[i].requires_grad = temp.requires_grad
+        with torch.enable_grad():
+            output_tensors = ctx.run_function(*ctx.input_tensors)
+        input_grads = torch.autograd.grad(output_tensors, ctx.input_tensors + ctx.input_params, output_grads, allow_unused=True)
+        return (None, None) + input_grads
+
+
+def checkpoint(module, *params):
+    differentiable_params = tuple(filter(lambda p: p.requires_grad, module.parameters()))
+    if len(differentiable_params) > 0:
+        args = params + differentiable_params
+        return CheckpointFunction.apply(module, len(params), *args)
+    else:
+        return module(*params)
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