diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 2e6204e..8fdd591 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ class Dataset:
 	random_utterance: float = 1.0
 	max_prompts: int = 3
 	prompt_duration: float = 3.0
+	
+	max_resps: int = 1
+	p_resp_append: float = 1.0
 
 	sample_type: str = "path" # path | speaker
 	
diff --git a/vall_e/data.py b/vall_e/data.py
index 08244c9..15833a6 100755
--- a/vall_e/data.py
+++ b/vall_e/data.py
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 			if prom_length >= trim_length or random.random() > cfg.dataset.random_utterance:
 				break
 
+		# might be better to decode => concat waveforms with silence in between => reencode
+		# as you technically can't just append encodec sequences together like this without issues
 		prom = torch.cat(prom_list)
 
 		if cfg.dataset.prompt_duration > 0 and trim_length < prom.shape[0]:
@@ -348,11 +350,41 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 		else:
 			text = torch.tensor([*map(self.phone_symmap.get, _get_phones(path))]).to(self.text_dtype)
 			resps = _load_quants(path)
+
+		# append additional prompts in an attempt to artifically increase lengths / offer new data
+		if cfg.experimental and cfg.dataset.max_resps > 1 and random.random() < cfg.dataset.p_resp_append:
+			choices = [*(set(self.paths_by_spkr_name[spkr_name]) - {path})]
+
+			if len(choices) > 0:
+				for _ in range( cfg.dataset.max_resps - 1 ):
+					sampled_path = random.choice(choices)
+					choices = [*(set(choices) - {sampled_path})]
+					if cfg.dataset.use_hdf5:
+						key = _get_hdf5_path(path)
+						txt = cfg.hdf5[key]["text"][:]
+						qnt = cfg.hdf5[key]["audio"][:, :]
+
+						txt = np.array( _cleanup_phones( txt, targets=[ self.phone_symmap[" "] ] ) )
+						
+						txt = torch.from_numpy(txt).to(self.text_dtype)
+						qnt = torch.from_numpy(qnt).to(torch.int16)
+					else:
+						txt = torch.tensor([*map(self.phone_symmap.get, _get_phones(sampled_path))]).to(self.text_dtype)
+						qnt = _load_quants(sampled_path)
+
+					# <s>[original text] [new text]</s>
+					# removes the original text's </s>, includes a space, and remove the new text's <s>
+					text = torch.concat([ text[:-1], torch.tensor([self.phone_symmap[" "]]).to(torch.int16),  txt[1:] ])
+
+					# might be better to decode => concat waveforms with silence in between => reencode
+					# as you technically can't just append encodec sequences together like this without issues
+					resps = torch.concat([ resps, qnt ])
 		
 		task = "tts"
 		trim_length = int(cfg.dataset.prompt_duration * 75)
 		proms = self.sample_prompts(spkr_name, ignore=path) if random.random() < cfg.dataset.random_utterance else resps
 
+
 		# Disabled until I swap over to a better method
 		"""
 		task = random.choice(self.tasks)