diff --git a/inputs.py b/inputs.py
index 6191eec3..41056c76 100644
--- a/inputs.py
+++ b/inputs.py
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ def mlm_sample_text(params, x, random_documents = False):
     return masked_features, labels
 
 
-def pred_input(params, logger, enc=None,
-               path_to_prompt=""):
+def pred_input(params, logger, enc=None, path_to_prompt=""):
 
     unicorns = "In a shocking finding, scientists discovered a herd of unicorns living in a remote, " \
                "previously unexplored valley, in the Andes Mountains. Even more surprising to the " \
@@ -294,12 +293,14 @@ def _get_skip_index(all_files, n_batches):
             break
     return skip_idx, remainder
 
-def _parse_function(example_proto):
-    features = {
-        "text": tf.VarLenFeature(tf.int64)
-    }
-    parsed_features = tf.parse_single_example(example_proto, features)
-    return tf.sparse.to_dense(parsed_features["text"], parsed_features["text"].dense_shape[0])
+
+def _parse_function(proto):
+    x = tf.parse_single_example(proto, {'text': tf.VarLenFeature(tf.int64)})
+    x = x['text']
+    x = tf.sparse.to_dense(x)
+    x = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(x)
+    return x
+
 
 def sequential_input(params, global_step=None, eval=False):
     """
@@ -321,45 +322,72 @@ def sequential_input(params, global_step=None, eval=False):
     If training is starting and stopping often, as with TPU pre-emption, reading the whole dataset sequentially appears to improve model 
     performance, as it results in less repeated data.
     """
+
     if not eval:
         assert global_step is not None
-    logging.warning("Changing batch size with sequential_input() will result in some data being skipped or repeated. Please ensure your batch size stays constant throughout training.")
+
+    logging.warning("Changing batch size with sequential_input() will result in some data being skipped or repeated."
+                    "Please ensure your batch size stays constant throughout training.")
+
     batch_size = params['eval_batch_size' if eval else 'train_batch_size']
 
     filenames = []
-    for dataset_config in params['dataset_configs'].values(): # iterate through each dataset and read params
+
+    # iterate through each dataset and read params
+    for dataset_config in params['dataset_configs'].values():
         path_key = 'path' if not eval else 'eval_path'
         path = dataset_config[path_key]
-        filenames.extend(tf.io.gfile.glob(path)) # then glob all files that fit the pattern specified in dataset_configs
+
+        # then glob all files that fit the pattern specified in dataset_configs
+        filenames.extend(tf.io.gfile.glob(path))
     
     filenames = natural_sort(filenames)
     shuffle_filenames = params.get("shuffle_input_filenames", True)
     if shuffle_filenames:
-        seed = params.get('seed', 1) # shuffle deterministically
+
+        # shuffle deterministically
+        seed = params.get('seed', 1)
         random.seed(seed)
         random.shuffle(filenames)
-    
-    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(filenames).repeat() # repeat filenames to infinity
+
+    # repeat filenames to infinity
+    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(filenames).repeat()
 
     if not eval:
+
         # skip forward first in the filenames list, then skip the remaining amount in the parsed tfrecords files
         skip_idx, remainder = _get_skip_index(filenames, n_batches=global_step * params["train_batch_size"]) # TODO: fix for > 1 epoch
         dataset = dataset.skip(skip_idx) # skip to skip idx
 
         # read tfrecord examples and skip remainder
-        dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.TFRecordDataset)
+        #dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.TFRecordDataset)
         dataset = dataset.skip(remainder)
     else:
+
         # shuffle filenames if in eval mode
         dataset = dataset.shuffle(len(filenames))
-        dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.TFRecordDataset)
+        #dataset = dataset.apply(tf.data.TFRecordDataset)
 
-        
-    # parse the tokenized data from the tfrecord files and shuffle
-    dataset = dataset.map(_parse_function, num_parallel_calls=1)
-    dataset = dataset.map(partial(autoregressive_sample_text, params), num_parallel_calls=1)
-    
-    # batch data and repeat to infinity
-    dataset = dataset.batch(batch_size, drop_remainder=True).prefetch(params["iterations"] * 2)
-    return dataset.repeat()
-    
+    def memory_func(x):
+        x = tf.reshape(x, (batch_size, params["n_ctx"] + 1))
+        x = tf.cast(x, tf.int32)
+
+        vals1 = x[:, :params["n_ctx"]]
+        vals2 = x[:, 1:params["n_ctx"] + 1]
+
+        return vals1, vals2
+
+    dataset = dataset.map(tf.data.TFRecordDataset)
+
+    dataset = dataset.flat_map(lambda x: x.flat_map(_parse_function))
+    dataset = dataset.window(size=params["n_ctx"] + 1, shift=params["n_ctx"], stride=1, drop_remainder=True)
+    dataset = dataset.flat_map(lambda x: x.batch(params["n_ctx"] + 1))
+
+    dataset = dataset.shuffle(512, seed=seed)
+
+    dataset = dataset.batch(batch_size, drop_remainder=True)
+    dataset = dataset.map(memory_func)
+    dataset = dataset.prefetch(params["iterations"] * 2)
+
+
+    return dataset
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