diff --git a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
index 814796e6..5da603ef 100644
--- a/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
+++ b/jobs/process/BaseSDTrainProcess.py
@@ -301,25 +301,31 @@ class BaseSDTrainProcess(BaseTrainProcess):
             extra_args = {}
             if self.adapter_config is not None and self.adapter_config.test_img_path is not None:
                 extra_args['adapter_image_path'] = test_image_paths[i]
+            
+            sample_item = sample_config.samples[i]
+            if sample_item.seed is not None:
+                current_seed = sample_item.seed
 
             gen_img_config_list.append(GenerateImageConfig(
                 prompt=prompt,  # it will autoparse the prompt
-                width=sample_config.width,
-                height=sample_config.height,
-                negative_prompt=sample_config.neg,
+                width=sample_item.width,
+                height=sample_item.height,
+                negative_prompt=sample_item.neg,
                 seed=current_seed,
-                guidance_scale=sample_config.guidance_scale,
+                guidance_scale=sample_item.guidance_scale,
                 guidance_rescale=sample_config.guidance_rescale,
-                num_inference_steps=sample_config.sample_steps,
-                network_multiplier=sample_config.network_multiplier,
+                num_inference_steps=sample_item.sample_steps,
+                network_multiplier=sample_item.network_multiplier,
                 output_path=output_path,
                 output_ext=sample_config.ext,
                 adapter_conditioning_scale=sample_config.adapter_conditioning_scale,
                 refiner_start_at=sample_config.refiner_start_at,
                 extra_values=sample_config.extra_values,
                 logger=self.logger,
-                num_frames=sample_config.num_frames,
-                fps=sample_config.fps,
+                num_frames=sample_item.num_frames,
+                fps=sample_item.fps,
+                ctrl_img=sample_item.ctrl_img,
+                ctrl_idx=sample_item.ctrl_idx,
                 **extra_args
             ))
 
diff --git a/toolkit/config_modules.py b/toolkit/config_modules.py
index f05d0a6e..a8814f94 100644
--- a/toolkit/config_modules.py
+++ b/toolkit/config_modules.py
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ class LoggingConfig:
         self.project_name: str = kwargs.get('project_name', 'ai-toolkit')
         self.run_name: str = kwargs.get('run_name', None)
 
+class SampleItem:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sample_config: 'SampleConfig',
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        # prompt should always be in the kwargs
+        self.prompt = kwargs.get('prompt', None)
+        self.width: int = kwargs.get('width', sample_config.width)
+        self.height: int = kwargs.get('height', sample_config.height)
+        self.neg: str = kwargs.get('neg', sample_config.neg)
+        self.seed: Optional[int] = kwargs.get('seed', None) # if none, default to autogen seed
+        self.guidance_scale: float = kwargs.get('guidance_scale', sample_config.guidance_scale)
+        self.sample_steps: int = kwargs.get('sample_steps', sample_config.sample_steps)
+        self.fps: int = kwargs.get('fps', sample_config.fps)
+        self.num_frames: int = kwargs.get('num_frames', sample_config.num_frames)
+        self.ctrl_img: Optional[str] = kwargs.get('ctrl_img', None)
+        self.ctrl_idx: int = kwargs.get('ctrl_idx', 0)
+        self.network_multiplier: float = kwargs.get('network_multiplier', sample_config.network_multiplier)
+        
 
 class SampleConfig:
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -44,7 +64,6 @@ class SampleConfig:
         self.sample_every: int = kwargs.get('sample_every', 100)
         self.width: int = kwargs.get('width', 512)
         self.height: int = kwargs.get('height', 512)
-        self.prompts: list[str] = kwargs.get('prompts', [])
         self.neg = kwargs.get('neg', False)
         self.seed = kwargs.get('seed', 0)
         self.walk_seed = kwargs.get('walk_seed', False)
@@ -62,6 +81,23 @@ class SampleConfig:
         if self.num_frames > 1 and self.ext not in ['webp']:
             print("Changing sample extention to animated webp")
             self.ext = 'webp'
+        
+        prompts: list[str] = kwargs.get('prompts', [])
+        
+        self.samples: Optional[List[SampleItem]] = None
+        # use the legacy prompts if it is passed that way to get samples object
+        default_samples_kwargs = [
+            {"prompt": x} for x in prompts
+        ]
+        raw_samples = kwargs.get('samples', default_samples_kwargs)
+        self.samples = [SampleItem(self, **item) for item in raw_samples]
+        
+    @property
+    def prompts(self):
+        # for backwards compatibility as this is checked for length frequently
+        return [sample.prompt for sample in self.samples if sample.prompt is not None]
+  
+                
 
 
 class LormModuleSettingsConfig:
@@ -893,6 +929,7 @@ class GenerateImageConfig:
             refiner_start_at: float = 0.5,  # start at this percentage of a step. 0.0 to 1.0 . 1.0 is the end
             extra_values: List[float] = None,  # extra values to save with prompt file
             logger: Optional[EmptyLogger] = None,
+            ctrl_img: Optional[str] = None,  # control image for controlnet
             num_frames: int = 1,
             fps: int = 15,
             ctrl_idx: int = 0
@@ -926,7 +963,7 @@ class GenerateImageConfig:
         self.extra_values = extra_values if extra_values is not None else []
         self.num_frames = num_frames
         self.fps = fps
-        self.ctrl_img = None
+        self.ctrl_img = ctrl_img
         self.ctrl_idx = ctrl_idx