diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
index d0663e91..40e07514 100644
--- a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
@@ -1304,28 +1304,23 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
                     # if we have a 5d tensor, then we need to do it on a per batch item, per channel basis, per frame
                     s = (noise.shape[0], noise.shape[1], noise.shape[2], 1, 1)
                 
-                if self.train_config.random_noise_multiplier > 0.0:
-                    
-                    # do it on a per batch item, per channel basis
-                    noise_multiplier = 1 + torch.randn(
-                        s,
-                        device=noise.device,
-                        dtype=noise.dtype
-                    ) * self.train_config.random_noise_multiplier
-                
-            with self.timer('make_noisy_latents'):
-
                 noise = noise * noise_multiplier
                 
                 if self.train_config.random_noise_shift > 0.0:
                     # get random noise -1 to 1
                     noise_shift = torch.randn(
-                        s,  
+                        batch_size, latents.shape[1], 1, 1,
                         device=noise.device,
                         dtype=noise.dtype
                     ) * self.train_config.random_noise_shift
                     # add to noise
                     noise += noise_shift
+                
+                if self.train_config.random_noise_multiplier > 0.0:
+                    sigma = self.train_config.random_noise_multiplier
+                    noise_multiplier = torch.exp(torch.randn(s, device=noise.device, dtype=noise.dtype) * sigma)
+                
+            with self.timer('make_noisy_latents'):
 
                 latent_multiplier = self.train_config.latent_multiplier