diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
index 2c407160..f90fc8f8 100644
--- a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
@@ -816,12 +816,24 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
 
                 if len(paths) > 0:
                     latest_path = max(paths, key=os.path.getctime)
+        
+        if latest_path is None and self.network_config is not None and self.network_config.pretrained_lora_path is not None:
+            # set pretrained lora path as load path if we do not have a checkpoint to resume from
+            if os.path.exists(self.network_config.pretrained_lora_path):
+                latest_path = self.network_config.pretrained_lora_path
+                print_acc(f"Using pretrained lora path from config: {latest_path}")
+            else:
+                # no pretrained lora found
+                print_acc(f"Pretrained lora path from config does not exist: {self.network_config.pretrained_lora_path}")
 
         return latest_path
 
     def load_training_state_from_metadata(self, path):
         if not self.accelerator.is_main_process:
             return
+        if path is not None and self.network_config is not None and path == self.network_config.pretrained_lora_path:
+            # dont load metadata from pretrained lora
+            return
         meta = None
         # if path is folder, then it is diffusers
         if os.path.isdir(path):
diff --git a/toolkit/config_modules.py b/toolkit/config_modules.py
index d29de574..7d2895cd 100644
--- a/toolkit/config_modules.py
+++ b/toolkit/config_modules.py
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ class NetworkConfig:
         
         # ramtorch, doesn't work yet
         self.layer_offloading = kwargs.get('layer_offloading', False)
+        
+        # start from a pretrained lora
+        self.pretrained_lora_path = kwargs.get('pretrained_lora_path', None)
 
 
 AdapterTypes = Literal['t2i', 'ip', 'ip+', 'clip', 'ilora', 'photo_maker', 'control_net', 'control_lora', 'i2v']