diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 8ae3309..8185d47 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class Model:
 	frozen_params: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: []) # frozen parameters that are not updated when training
 	attention: str = "eager" # or flash_attention_2
 	audio_embedding_sums: bool = True
+	dropout: float = 0.1 # adjustable dropout value
 
 	def get(self, name=None):
 		return [ self ] if not name or self.name == name else []
@@ -687,6 +688,9 @@ class Config(_Config):
 		if self.dataset.prompt_duration != 0:
 			self.dataset.prompt_duration_range = [self.dataset.prompt_duration, self.dataset.prompt_duration]
 
+		if self.trainer.backend == "local" and self.distributed:
+			self.trainer.ddp = True
+
 # Preserves the old behavior
 class NaiveTokenizer:
 	def get_vocab( self ):
diff --git a/vall_e/models/__init__.py b/vall_e/models/__init__.py
index 5979e44..59a86d7 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/__init__.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ def get_model(cfg, training=True):
 		n_layers=cfg.layers,
 		n_experts=cfg.experts,
 		
+		p_dropout=cfg.dropout,
+		
 		l_padding = cfg.input_alignment,
 		
 		training = training,
diff --git a/vall_e/utils/trainer.py b/vall_e/utils/trainer.py
index 7d4b3b5..230e49b 100755
--- a/vall_e/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/vall_e/utils/trainer.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def train(
 	last_save_step = engines.global_step
 	last_eval_step = 0
 
+	if cfg.distributed:
+		train_dl.sampler.set_epoch(int(engines.global_samples / len(train_dl.dataset.paths)))
+
 	# Training loop
 	for batch in _make_infinite_epochs(train_dl):
 		if engines.global_step >= cfg.trainer.iterations: