diff --git a/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py b/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
index 41466732..a64c289f 100644
--- a/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
+++ b/extensions_built_in/sd_trainer/SDTrainer.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from diffusers import T2IAdapter
 
 from toolkit import train_tools
 from toolkit.basic import value_map
+from toolkit.config_modules import GuidanceConfig
 from toolkit.data_transfer_object.data_loader import DataLoaderBatchDTO
 from toolkit.ip_adapter import IPAdapter
 from toolkit.prompt_utils import PromptEmbeds
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ class SDTrainer(BaseSDTrainProcess):
         super().__init__(process_id, job, config, **kwargs)
         self.assistant_adapter: Union['T2IAdapter', None]
         self.do_prior_prediction = False
-        self.target_class = self.get_conf('target_class', '')
         if self.train_config.inverted_mask_prior:
             self.do_prior_prediction = True
 
@@ -187,84 +187,84 @@ class SDTrainer(BaseSDTrainProcess):
             **kwargs
     ):
         with torch.no_grad():
+            conditional_noisy_latents = noisy_latents
             dtype = get_torch_dtype(self.train_config.dtype)
-            # target class is unconditional
-            target_class_embeds = self.sd.encode_prompt(self.target_class).detach()
 
             if batch.unconditional_latents is not None:
-                # do the unconditional prediction here instead of a prior prediction
-                unconditional_noisy_latents = self.sd.noise_scheduler.add_noise(batch.unconditional_latents, noise,
-                                                                                timesteps)
+                # Encode the unconditional image into latents
+                unconditional_noisy_latents = self.sd.noise_scheduler.add_noise(
+                    batch.unconditional_latents, noise, timesteps
+                )
 
-            was_network_active = self.network.is_active
+            # was_network_active = self.network.is_active
             self.network.is_active = False
             self.sd.unet.eval()
 
-            guidance_scale = 1.0
+            # calculate the differential between our conditional (target image) and out unconditional ("bad" image)
+            target_differential = unconditional_noisy_latents - conditional_noisy_latents
+            target_differential = target_differential.detach()
 
-            def cfg(uncon, con):
-                return uncon + guidance_scale * (
-                        con - uncon
-                )
+            # add the target differential to the target latents as if it were noise with the scheduler scaled to
+            # the current timestep. Scaling the noise here is IMPORTANT and will lead to a blurry targeted area if not done
+            # properly
+            guidance_latents = self.sd.noise_scheduler.add_noise(
+                conditional_noisy_latents,
+                target_differential,
+                timesteps
+            )
 
-            target_conditional = self.sd.predict_noise(
-                latents=noisy_latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
+            # With LoRA network bypassed, predict noise to get a baseline of what the network
+            # wants to do with the latents + noise. Pass our target latents here for the input.
+            target_unconditional = self.sd.predict_noise(
+                latents=conditional_noisy_latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
                 conditional_embeddings=conditional_embeds.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
                 timestep=timesteps,
                 guidance_scale=1.0,
                 **pred_kwargs  # adapter residuals in here
             ).detach()
 
-            target_unconditional = self.sd.predict_noise(
-                latents=unconditional_noisy_latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
-                conditional_embeddings=target_class_embeds.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
-                timestep=timesteps,
-                guidance_scale=1.0,
-                **pred_kwargs  # adapter residuals in here
-            ).detach()
-
-            neutral_latents = (noisy_latents + unconditional_noisy_latents) / 2.0
-
-            target_noise = cfg(target_unconditional, target_conditional)
-            # latents = self.noise_scheduler.step(target_noise, timesteps, noisy_latents, return_dict=False)[0]
-
-            # target_pred = target_pred - noisy_latents + (unconditional_noisy_latents - noise)
-
-        # target_noise_res = noisy_latents - unconditional_noisy_latents
-
-        # target_pred = cfg(unconditional_noisy_latents, target_pred)
-        # target_pred = target_pred + target_noise_res
-
-        self.network.is_active = True
+        # turn the LoRA network back on.
         self.sd.unet.train()
+        self.network.is_active = True
+        self.network.multiplier = network_weight_list
 
-        prediction = self.sd.predict_noise(
-            latents=neutral_latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
+        # with LoRA active, predict the noise with the scaled differential latents added. This will allow us
+        # the opportunity to predict the differential + noise that was added to the latents.
+        prediction_unconditional = self.sd.predict_noise(
+            latents=guidance_latents.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
             conditional_embeddings=conditional_embeds.to(self.device_torch, dtype=dtype).detach(),
             timestep=timesteps,
             guidance_scale=1.0,
             **pred_kwargs  # adapter residuals in here
         )
 
-        # prediction_res = target_pred - prediction
+        # remove the baseline conditional prediction. This will leave only the divergence from the baseline and
+        # the prediction of the added differential noise
+        prediction_positive = prediction_unconditional - target_unconditional
 
+        # for loss, we target ONLY the unscaled differential between our conditional and unconditional latents
+        # this is the diffusion training process.
+        # This will guide the network to make identical predictions it previously did for everything EXCEPT our
+        # differential between the conditional and unconditional images
+        positive_loss = torch.nn.functional.mse_loss(
+            prediction_positive.float(),
+            target_differential.float(),
+            reduction="none"
+        )
+        positive_loss = positive_loss.mean([1, 2, 3])
+        # send it backwards BEFORE switching network polarity
+        positive_loss = self.apply_snr(positive_loss, timesteps)
+        positive_loss = positive_loss.mean()
+        positive_loss.backward()
+        # loss = positive_loss.detach() + negative_loss.detach()
+        loss = positive_loss.detach()
 
-        # prediction = cfg(prediction, target_pred)
+        # add a grad so other backward does not fail
+        loss.requires_grad_(True)
 
-        loss = torch.nn.functional.mse_loss(prediction.float(), target_noise.float(), reduction="none")
-        loss = loss.mean([1, 2, 3])
+        # restore network
+        self.network.multiplier = network_weight_list
 
-        if self.train_config.learnable_snr_gos:
-            # add snr_gamma
-            loss = apply_learnable_snr_gos(loss, timesteps, self.snr_gos)
-        elif self.train_config.snr_gamma is not None and self.train_config.snr_gamma > 0.000001:
-            # add snr_gamma
-            loss = apply_snr_weight(loss, timesteps, self.sd.noise_scheduler, self.train_config.snr_gamma, fixed=True)
-        elif self.train_config.min_snr_gamma is not None and self.train_config.min_snr_gamma > 0.000001:
-            # add min_snr_gamma
-            loss = apply_snr_weight(loss, timesteps, self.sd.noise_scheduler, self.train_config.min_snr_gamma)
-
-        loss = loss.mean()
         return loss
 
     def get_prior_prediction(
diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
index 863e4dca..01e57b1b 100644
--- a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ from toolkit.stable_diffusion_model import StableDiffusion
 from jobs.process import BaseTrainProcess
 from toolkit.metadata import get_meta_for_safetensors, load_metadata_from_safetensors, add_base_model_info_to_meta, \
     parse_metadata_from_safetensors
-from toolkit.train_tools import get_torch_dtype, LearnableSNRGamma
+from toolkit.train_tools import get_torch_dtype, LearnableSNRGamma, apply_learnable_snr_gos, apply_snr_weight
 import gc
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from toolkit.config_modules import SaveConfig, LogingConfig, SampleConfig, NetworkConfig, TrainConfig, ModelConfig, \
-    GenerateImageConfig, EmbeddingConfig, DatasetConfig, preprocess_dataset_raw_config, AdapterConfig
+    GenerateImageConfig, EmbeddingConfig, DatasetConfig, preprocess_dataset_raw_config, AdapterConfig, GuidanceConfig
 
 
 def flush():
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
         self.data_loader_reg: Union[DataLoader, None] = None
         self.trigger_word = self.get_conf('trigger_word', None)
 
+        self.guidance_config: Union[GuidanceConfig, None] = None
+        guidance_config_raw = self.get_conf('guidance', None)
+        if guidance_config_raw is not None:
+            self.guidance_config = GuidanceConfig(**guidance_config_raw)
+
         # store is all are cached. Allows us to not load vae if we don't need to
         self.is_latents_cached = True
         raw_datasets = self.get_conf('datasets', None)
@@ -417,6 +422,7 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
         self.print(f"Saved to {file_path}")
         self.clean_up_saves()
         self.post_save_hook(file_path)
+        flush()
 
     # Called before the model is loaded
     def hook_before_model_load(self):
@@ -501,6 +507,19 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
             print("load_weights not implemented for non-network models")
             return None
 
+    def apply_snr(self, seperated_loss, timesteps):
+        if self.train_config.learnable_snr_gos:
+            # add snr_gamma
+            seperated_loss = apply_learnable_snr_gos(seperated_loss, timesteps, self.snr_gos)
+        elif self.train_config.snr_gamma is not None and self.train_config.snr_gamma > 0.000001:
+            # add snr_gamma
+            seperated_loss = apply_snr_weight(seperated_loss, timesteps, self.sd.noise_scheduler, self.train_config.snr_gamma, fixed=True)
+        elif self.train_config.min_snr_gamma is not None and self.train_config.min_snr_gamma > 0.000001:
+            # add min_snr_gamma
+            seperated_loss = apply_snr_weight(seperated_loss, timesteps, self.sd.noise_scheduler, self.train_config.min_snr_gamma)
+
+        return seperated_loss
+
     def load_lorm(self):
         latest_save_path = self.get_latest_save_path()
         if latest_save_path is not None:
diff --git a/toolkit/config_modules.py b/toolkit/config_modules.py
index b8f8122e..7f0efafb 100644
--- a/toolkit/config_modules.py
+++ b/toolkit/config_modules.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ class ModelConfig:
         self.dtype: str = kwargs.get('dtype', 'float16')
         self.vae_path = kwargs.get('vae_path', None)
         self.refiner_name_or_path = kwargs.get('refiner_name_or_path', None)
+        self._original_refiner_name_or_path = self.refiner_name_or_path
         self.refiner_start_at = kwargs.get('refiner_start_at', 0.5)
 
         # only for SDXL models for now
@@ -286,6 +287,14 @@ class SliderTargetConfig:
         self.shuffle: bool = kwargs.get('shuffle', False)
 
 
+class GuidanceConfig:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.target_class: str = kwargs.get('target_class', '')
+        self.guidance_scale: float = kwargs.get('guidance_scale', 1.0)
+        self.positive_prompt: str = kwargs.get('positive_prompt', '')
+        self.negative_prompt: str = kwargs.get('negative_prompt', '')
+
+
 class SliderConfigAnchors:
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.prompt = kwargs.get('prompt', '')
diff --git a/toolkit/data_loader.py b/toolkit/data_loader.py
index 504094d8..4d62b72d 100644
--- a/toolkit/data_loader.py
+++ b/toolkit/data_loader.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import copy
 import json
 import os
 import random
+import traceback
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import List, TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ class AiToolkitDataset(LatentCachingMixin, BucketsMixin, CaptionMixin, Dataset):
                 )
                 self.file_list.append(file_item)
             except Exception as e:
+                print(traceback.format_exc())
                 print(f"Error processing image: {file}")
                 print(e)
                 bad_count += 1
diff --git a/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py b/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
index c6081467..f71add54 100644
--- a/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
+++ b/toolkit/data_transfer_object/data_loader.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class FileItemDTO(
     ArgBreakMixin,
 ):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.path = kwargs.get('path', None)
         self.dataset_config: 'DatasetConfig' = kwargs.get('dataset_config', None)
         # process width and height
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ class FileItemDTO(
             h, w = img.size
         self.width: int = w
         self.height: int = h
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
         # self.caption_path: str = kwargs.get('caption_path', None)
         self.raw_caption: str = kwargs.get('raw_caption', None)
diff --git a/toolkit/dataloader_mixins.py b/toolkit/dataloader_mixins.py
index 394dac91..d82d4144 100644
--- a/toolkit/dataloader_mixins.py
+++ b/toolkit/dataloader_mixins.py
@@ -779,11 +779,21 @@ class PoiFileItemDTOMixin:
             if self.poi not in json_data['poi']:
                 raise Exception(f"Error: poi not found in caption file: {caption_path}")
             # poi has, x, y, width, height
-            poi = json_data['poi'][self.poi]
-            self.poi_x = int(poi['x'])
-            self.poi_y = int(poi['y'])
-            self.poi_width = int(poi['width'])
-            self.poi_height = int(poi['height'])
+            # do full image if no poi
+            self.poi_x = 0
+            self.poi_y = 0
+            self.poi_width = self.width
+            self.poi_height = self.height
+            try:
+                if self.poi in json_data['poi']:
+                    poi = json_data['poi'][self.poi]
+                    self.poi_x = int(poi['x'])
+                    self.poi_y = int(poi['y'])
+                    self.poi_width = int(poi['width'])
+                    self.poi_height = int(poi['height'])
+            except Exception as e:
+                pass
+
 
             # handle flipping
             if kwargs.get('flip_x', False):
diff --git a/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py b/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
index 891230b6..ca9aceff 100644
--- a/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
+++ b/toolkit/stable_diffusion_model.py
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ class StableDiffusion:
         refiner_config_path = os.path.join(ORIG_CONFIGS_ROOT, 'sd_xl_refiner.yaml')
         # load the refiner model
         dtype = get_torch_dtype(self.dtype)
-        model_path = self.model_config.refiner_name_or_path
+        model_path = self.model_config._original_refiner_name_or_path
         if not os.path.exists(model_path) or os.path.isdir(model_path):
             # TODO only load unet??
             refiner = StableDiffusionXLImg2ImgPipeline.from_pretrained(