diff --git a/jobs/MergeJob.py b/jobs/MergeJob.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9e3b87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs/MergeJob.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from toolkit.kohya_model_util import load_models_from_stable_diffusion_checkpoint
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from jobs import BaseJob
+from toolkit.train_tools import get_torch_dtype
+
+process_dict = {
+}
+
+
+class MergeJob(BaseJob):
+
+    def __init__(self, config: OrderedDict):
+        super().__init__(config)
+        self.dtype = self.get_conf('dtype', 'fp16')
+        self.torch_dtype = get_torch_dtype(self.dtype)
+        self.is_v2 = self.get_conf('is_v2', False)
+        self.device = self.get_conf('device', 'cpu')
+
+        # loads the processes from the config
+        self.load_processes(process_dict)
+
+    def run(self):
+        super().run()
+
+        print("")
+        print(f"Running  {len(self.process)} process{'' if len(self.process) == 1 else 'es'}")
+
+        for process in self.process:
+            process.run()
diff --git a/jobs/__init__.py b/jobs/__init__.py
index 9c2472f6..688ccfc1 100644
--- a/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .BaseJob import BaseJob
 from .ExtractJob import ExtractJob
 from .TrainJob import TrainJob
+from .MergeJob import MergeJob
diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseMergeProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseMergeProcess.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5396dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseMergeProcess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import os
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from safetensors.torch import save_file
+
+from jobs.process.BaseProcess import BaseProcess
+from toolkit.metadata import get_meta_for_safetensors
+from toolkit.train_tools import get_torch_dtype
+
+
+class BaseMergeProcess(BaseProcess):
+    process_id: int
+    config: OrderedDict
+
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            process_id: int,
+            job,
+            config: OrderedDict
+    ):
+        super().__init__(process_id, job, config)
+        self.output_path = self.get_conf('output_path', required=True)
+        self.dtype = self.get_conf('dtype', self.job.dtype)
+        self.torch_dtype = get_torch_dtype(self.dtype)
+
+    def run(self):
+        # implement in child class
+        # be sure to call super().run() first
+        pass
+
+    def save(self, state_dict):
+        # prepare meta
+        save_meta = get_meta_for_safetensors(self.meta, self.job.name)
+
+        # save
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.output_path), exist_ok=True)
+
+        for key in list(state_dict.keys()):
+            v = state_dict[key]
+            v = v.detach().clone().to("cpu").to(self.torch_dtype)
+            state_dict[key] = v
+
+        # having issues with meta
+        save_file(state_dict, self.output_path, save_meta)
+
+        print(f"Saved to {self.output_path}")
diff --git a/jobs/process/MergeLoconProcess.py b/jobs/process/MergeLoconProcess.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00c70cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs/process/MergeLoconProcess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from toolkit.lycoris_utils import extract_diff
+from .BaseExtractProcess import BaseExtractProcess
+
+
+class MergeLoconProcess(BaseExtractProcess):
+    def __init__(self, process_id: int, job, config: OrderedDict):
+        super().__init__(process_id, job, config)
+
+    def run(self):
+        super().run()
+        new_state_dict = {}
+        raise NotImplementedError("This is not implemented yet")
+
+
+    def get_output_path(self, prefix=None, suffix=None):
+        if suffix is None:
+            suffix = f"_{self.mode}_{self.linear_param}_{self.conv_param}"
+        return super().get_output_path(prefix, suffix)
+
diff --git a/jobs/process/TrainVAEProcess.py b/jobs/process/TrainVAEProcess.py
index ef526b7d..90efff03 100644
--- a/jobs/process/TrainVAEProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/TrainVAEProcess.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class TrainVAEProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
         self.mse_weight = self.get_conf('mse_weight', 1e0, as_type=float)
         self.tv_weight = self.get_conf('tv_weight', 1e0, as_type=float)
         self.critic_weight = self.get_conf('critic_weight', 1, as_type=float)
+        self.first_step = 0
 
         self.blocks_to_train = self.get_conf('blocks_to_train', ['all'])
         self.writer = self.job.writer
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ class TrainVAEProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
         self.max_steps = num_steps
         self.epochs = num_epochs
         start_step = self.step_num
+        self.first_step = start_step
 
         self.print(f"Training VAE")
         self.print(f" - Training folder: {self.training_folder}")
diff --git a/jobs/process/__init__.py b/jobs/process/__init__.py
index 6160dff7..413aebce 100644
--- a/jobs/process/__init__.py
+++ b/jobs/process/__init__.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ from .ExtractLoraProcess import ExtractLoraProcess
 from .BaseProcess import BaseProcess
 from .BaseTrainProcess import BaseTrainProcess
 from .TrainVAEProcess import TrainVAEProcess
+from .BaseMergeProcess import BaseMergeProcess