diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/train.py b/dalle2_pytorch/train.py
index ed0c16b..4316204 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/train.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/train.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ from dalle2_pytorch.optimizer import get_optimizer
 
 # helper functions
 
+def exists(val):
+    return val is not None
+
+def cast_tuple(val, length = 1):
+    return val if isinstance(val, tuple) else ((val,) * length)
+
 def pick_and_pop(keys, d):
     values = list(map(lambda key: d.pop(key), keys))
     return dict(zip(keys, values))
@@ -89,6 +95,9 @@ class DecoderTrainer(nn.Module):
         self,
         decoder,
         use_ema = True,
+        lr = 3e-4,
+        wd = 1e-2,
+        max_grad_norm = None,
         **kwargs
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -106,16 +115,35 @@ class DecoderTrainer(nn.Module):
 
         self.ema_unets = nn.ModuleList([])
 
-        for ind, unet in enumerate(self.decoder.unets):
-            optimizer = get_optimizer(unet.parameters(), **kwargs)
+        # be able to finely customize learning rate, weight decay
+        # per unet
+
+        lr, wd = map(partial(cast_tuple, length = self.num_unets), (lr, wd))
+
+        for ind, (unet, unet_lr, unet_wd) in enumerate(zip(self.decoder.unets, lr, wd)):
+            optimizer = get_optimizer(
+                unet.parameters(),
+                lr = unet_lr,
+                wd = unet_wd,
+                **kwargs
+            )
+
             setattr(self, f'optim{ind}', optimizer) # cannot use pytorch ModuleList for some reason with optimizers
 
             if self.use_ema:
                 self.ema_unets.append(EMA(unet, **ema_kwargs))
 
+        # gradient clipping if needed
+
+        self.max_grad_norm = max_grad_norm
+
     def update(self, unet_number):
         assert 1 <= unet_number <= self.num_unets
         index = unet_number - 1
+        unet = self.decoder.unets[index]
+
+        if exists(self.max_grad_norm):
+            nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(unet.parameters(), self.max_grad_norm)
 
         optimizer = getattr(self, f'optim{index}')
         optimizer.step()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d97c21..7a3bfbe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setup(
       'dream = dalle2_pytorch.cli:dream'
     ],
   },
-  version = '0.0.77',
+  version = '0.0.78',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'DALL-E 2',
   author = 'Phil Wang',