diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 6751977..8474189 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ class Dataset:
 	
 	tasks_list: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["tts"])
 
-	continuous: bool = False # VALL-E continuous, as explained in the paper
-
 	@property
 	def min_phones(self):
 		return self.phones_range[0]
diff --git a/vall_e/data.py b/vall_e/data.py
index b217fee..17b9ee0 100755
--- a/vall_e/data.py
+++ b/vall_e/data.py
@@ -312,12 +312,14 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 
 		noise_scale = 0.25
 		# text-to-speech
-		if task == "tts":
+		if task == "tts" or task == "tts-c":
 			trim_length = int(cfg.dataset.prompt_duration * 75)
+			continuous = task == "tts-c" and trim_length * 2 < resps.shape[0]
+
 			# VALL-E continuous
 			# ignore if target utterance is shorter than prompt duration
 			# to-do: actually do this for the AR only as I don't think the paper trained the NAR for this
-			if cfg.dataset.continuous and trim_length > resps.shape[0]:
+			if continuous:
 				proms = resps[:trim_length, :]
 				resps = resps[trim_length:, :]
 			else:
@@ -440,7 +442,7 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 				([ post_prom ] if post_prom is not None else [])
 			)
 		else:
-			raise f'Undefined task: {task}'
+			raise Exception(f'Undefined task: {task}')
 
 		"""
 		# emulate SVC
diff --git a/vall_e/engines/deepspeed.py b/vall_e/engines/deepspeed.py
index 0d88de7..6e2b760 100755
--- a/vall_e/engines/deepspeed.py
+++ b/vall_e/engines/deepspeed.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Engine(DeepSpeedEngine):
 			print(str(e))
 
 	def traverse(self, *args, **kwargs):
-		with torch.autocast(self.device, dtype=cfg.trainer.dtype, enabled=cfg.trainer.amp):
+		with torch.autocast("cuda", dtype=cfg.trainer.dtype, enabled=cfg.trainer.amp):
 			self.forward(*args, **kwargs)
 			losses = self.gather_attribute("loss")
 			loss = torch.stack([*losses.values()]).sum()
diff --git a/vall_e/train.py b/vall_e/train.py
index 3268916..83f8f97 100755
--- a/vall_e/train.py
+++ b/vall_e/train.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mel_stft_loss = auraloss.freq.MelSTFTLoss(24_000, device="cpu")
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def train_feeder(engine, batch):
-	with torch.autocast(engine.device, dtype=cfg.trainer.dtype, enabled=cfg.trainer.amp):
+	with torch.autocast("cuda", dtype=cfg.trainer.dtype, enabled=cfg.trainer.amp):
 		engine(
 			text_list=batch["text"],
 			proms_list=[prom[:, :engine._cfg.prom_levels] for prom in batch["proms"]], # reduce the input prompt to the target prom level
diff --git a/vall_e/utils/distributed.py b/vall_e/utils/distributed.py
index e43c7e5..b6364dd 100755
--- a/vall_e/utils/distributed.py
+++ b/vall_e/utils/distributed.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ def get_free_port():
 
 
 _distributed_initialized = False
-def init_distributed( fn ):
-	fn()
+def init_distributed( fn, *args, **kwargs ):
+	fn(*args, **kwargs)
 	_distributed_initialized = True
 
 def distributed_initialized():