diff --git a/vall_e/models/base.py b/vall_e/models/base.py
index cea6759..15b5b75 100755
--- a/vall_e/models/base.py
+++ b/vall_e/models/base.py
@@ -1538,24 +1538,12 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 
 			return input
 
-		def _calc_loss( logit, sequence, factor = 1 ):
-			"""
-			if any(sequence >= logit.shape[-1]):
-				_logger.warning(f'Batch contains extraneous value: {sequence}')
-				return
-			"""
+		def _calc_loss( logit, sequence, causal = True ):
 			# filter tokens that exceed the vocab size
-			if any(sequence >= logit.shape[-1]):
-				extraneous = []
-				for i, t in enumerate( sequence ):
-					if t < logits[batch_index].shape[-1]:
-						continue
-					extraneous.append(t.item())
-					sequence[i] = self.ignore_index
-				_logger.warning(f'Batch contains extraneous value: {extraneous} >= {logit.shape[-1]}')
-
+			sequence = torch.where( sequence >= logit.shape[-1], self.ignore_index, sequence )
+			# drop if all tokens are ignored
 			if all(sequence == self.ignore_index):
-				return
+				return None, None
 
 			# shift if causal
 			if causal:
@@ -1563,11 +1551,10 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 				logit = logit[..., :-l, :] # shift the target so that token n...
 				sequence = sequence[..., l:] # ...predicts token n + 1
 
+			nll = None
+			metrics = None
 			if compute_hard_loss:
-				nll = F.cross_entropy( logit, sequence, ignore_index=self.ignore_index ) * factor
-				if 'nll' not in loss:
-					loss['nll'] = []
-				loss["nll"].append( nll )
+				nll = F.cross_entropy( logit, sequence, ignore_index=self.ignore_index )
 
 			if compute_acc:
 				if self.metrics is not None and classifier_level in self.classifiers.names:
@@ -1582,9 +1569,8 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 					).to(logit.device)
 					metrics = accuracy_metric( logit, sequence )
 
-				if 'acc' not in stats:
-					stats['acc'] = []
-				stats["acc"].append( metrics )
+				metrics
+			return nll, metrics
 		
 		for batch_index, batch in enumerate(inputs):
 			quant_level = quant_levels[batch_index]
@@ -1675,11 +1661,34 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 						continue
 
 					if logits[batch_index].dim() < 3:
-						_calc_loss( logits[batch_index][start:end], token.long(), loss_factor )
+						nll, metrics = _calc_loss( logits[batch_index][start:end], token.long(), causal )
 					else:
+						nlls = []
+						accs = []
+						
 						for level, logit in enumerate( logits[batch_index] ):
 							sequence = token if token.dim() <= 1 else token[:, level]
-							_calc_loss( logit[start:end], sequence.long(), loss_factor )
+							nll, metrics = _calc_loss( logit[start:end], sequence.long(), causal )
+
+							if nll:
+								nlls.append( nll )
+							if metrics:
+								accs.append( metrics )
+
+						if nlls:
+							nll = sum(nlls) / len(nlls)
+						if accs:
+							accs = sum(accs) / len(accs)
+
+					if nll is not None:
+						if f'{name}.nll' not in loss:
+							loss[f'{name}.nll'] = []
+						loss[f"{name}.nll"].append( nll * loss_factor )
+					
+					if metrics is not None:
+						if f'{name}.acc' not in stats:
+							stats[f'{name}.acc'] = []
+						stats[f"{name}.acc"].append( metrics )
 				# add to list
 				else:
 					target.append( token )
@@ -1688,12 +1697,35 @@ class Base(nn.Module):
 			if not self.config.loss_factors:
 				if logits[batch_index].dim() < 3:
 					sequence = _join( target, torch.tensor(self.ignore_index, device=target[-1].device) )
-					_calc_loss( logits[batch_index], sequence )
+					nll, metrics = _calc_loss( logits[batch_index], sequence, causal )
 				else:
+					nlls = []
+					accs = []
+					
 					for level, logit in enumerate( logits[batch_index] ):
 						sequence = [ x if x.dim() <= 1 else x[:, level] for x in target ] 
 						sequence = _join( sequence, torch.tensor(self.ignore_index, device=sequence[-1].device) )
-						_calc_loss( logit, sequence )
+						nll, metrics = _calc_loss( logit, sequence, causal )
+
+						if nll:
+							nlls.append( nll )
+						if metrics:
+							accs.append( metrics )
+
+					if nlls:
+						nll = sum(nlls) / len(nlls)
+					if accs:
+						accs = sum(accs) / len(accs)
+
+				if nll is not None:
+					if 'nll' not in loss:
+						loss['nll'] = []
+					loss["nll"].append( nll )
+				
+				if metrics is not None:
+					if 'acc' not in stats:
+						stats['acc'] = []
+					stats["acc"].append( metrics )
 
 		# average
 		loss = { name: sum( loss[name] ) / len( loss[name] ) for name in loss.keys() }