diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 615bc99..5a1ff98 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ class Dataset:
 	max_resps: int = 1 # number of samples to target for training
 	p_resp_append: float = 1.0 # probability to append another sample to the training target
 	p_resp_pad_silence: float = 0.0 # probability to pad resp with silence to fit within the next window
+	prompt_similar_top_k: int = 1
+	prompt_similar_top_k_offset: int = 0
 
 	sample_type: str = "path" # path | speaker
 	sample_order: str = "interleaved" # duration
diff --git a/vall_e/data.py b/vall_e/data.py
index fdb553b..b53ede5 100755
--- a/vall_e/data.py
+++ b/vall_e/data.py
@@ -880,7 +880,10 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 		return path, text, resps
 
 	# icky slop
-	def get_similar_utterance(self, path, offset=0 ):
+	def get_similar_utterance(self, path, offset=None ):
+		if offset is None:
+			offset = cfg.dataset.prompt_similar_top_k_offset
+
 		reference = path.name
 
 		if cfg.dataset.use_hdf5:
@@ -904,7 +907,12 @@ class Dataset(_Dataset):
 			offset = 0
 
 		metadata_keys = list(metadata.keys())
-		index = reference_metadata["similar"][offset]
+
+		if cfg.dataset.prompt_similar_top_k > 1:
+			indices = reference_metadata["similar"][offset:offset+cfg.dataset.prompt_similar_top_k]
+			index = random.choice( indices )
+		else:
+			index = reference_metadata["similar"][offset]
 		name = metadata_keys[index]
 
 		return root / name