diff --git a/image_datasets/control_dataset.py b/image_datasets/control_dataset.py
index 650799f..0fad995 100644
--- a/image_datasets/control_dataset.py
+++ b/image_datasets/control_dataset.py
@@ -74,56 +74,54 @@ def __len__(self):
         return 999999
 
     def __getitem__(self, idx):
-        try:
-            idx = random.randint(0, len(self.images) - 1)
-            if self.cached_image_embeddings is None:
-                img = Image.open(self.images[idx]).convert('RGB')
-                if self.random_ratio:
-                    ratio = random.choice(["16:9", "default", "1:1", "4:3"])
-                    if ratio != "default":
-                        img = crop_to_aspect_ratio(img, ratio)
-                img = image_resize(img, self.img_size)
-                w, h = img.size
-                new_w = (w // 32) * 32
-                new_h = (h // 32) * 32
-                img = img.resize((new_w, new_h))
-                img = torch.from_numpy((np.array(img) / 127.5) - 1)
-                img = img.permute(2, 0, 1)
-            else:
-                img = self.cached_image_embeddings[self.images[idx].split('/')[-1]]
-            if self.cached_control_image_embeddings is None:
-                img = Image.open(self.images[idx]).convert('RGB')
-                if self.random_ratio:
-                    ratio = random.choice(["16:9", "default", "1:1", "4:3"])
-                    if ratio != "default":
-                        img = crop_to_aspect_ratio(img, ratio)
-                img = image_resize(img, self.img_size)
-                w, h = img.size
-                new_w = (w // 32) * 32
-                new_h = (h // 32) * 32
-                img = img.resize((new_w, new_h))
-                img = torch.from_numpy((np.array(img) / 127.5) - 1)
-                img = img.permute(2, 0, 1)
-            else:
-                control_img = self.cached_control_image_embeddings[self.images[idx].split('/')[-1]]
-                
-            txt_path = self.images[idx].split('.')[0] + '.' + self.caption_type
-            if self.cached_text_embeddings is None:
-                prompt = open(txt_path, encoding='utf-8').read()
-                if throw_one(self.caption_dropout_rate):
-                    return img, " ", control_img
+        for _ in range(10):
+            try:
+                idx = random.randint(0, len(self.images) - 1)
+                img_path = self.images[idx]
+                img_name = os.path.basename(img_path)
+                base = os.path.splitext(img_name)[0]
+                txt = base + ".txt"
+
+                # --- image load (cached or not) ---
+                if self.cached_image_embeddings is None:
+                    img = Image.open(img_path).convert("RGB")
+                    img = image_resize(img, self.img_size)
+                    img = torch.from_numpy((np.array(img) / 127.5) - 1).permute(2, 0, 1)
+                else:
+                    img = self.cached_image_embeddings[img_name]
+
+                # --- control image load ---
+                if self.cached_control_image_embeddings is None:
+                    control_img = Image.open(img_path).convert("RGB")
+                    control_img = image_resize(control_img, self.img_size)
+                    control_img = torch.from_numpy((np.array(control_img) / 127.5) - 1).permute(2, 0, 1)
                 else:
+                    control_img = self.cached_control_image_embeddings[img_name]
+
+                # --- text embedding ---
+                if self.cached_text_embeddings is None:
+                    txt_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(img_path), txt)
+                    if not os.path.exists(txt_path):
+                        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Caption file not found: {txt_path}")
+                    prompt = open(txt_path, encoding="utf-8").read()
+                    if throw_one(self.caption_dropout_rate):
+                        return img, " ", control_img
                     return img, prompt, control_img
-            else:
-                txt = txt_path.split('/')[-1]
-                if throw_one(self.caption_dropout_rate):
-                    return img, self.cached_text_embeddings[txt + 'empty_embedding']['prompt_embeds'], self.cached_text_embeddings[txt + 'empty_embedding']['prompt_embeds_mask'], control_img
                 else:
-                    return img, self.cached_text_embeddings[txt]['prompt_embeds'], self.cached_text_embeddings[txt]['prompt_embeds_mask'], control_img
-        
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
-            return self.__getitem__(random.randint(0, len(self.images) - 1))
+                    if throw_one(self.caption_dropout_rate):
+                        key = txt + "empty_embedding"
+                    else:
+                        key = txt
+                    if key not in self.cached_text_embeddings:
+                        raise KeyError(f"Missing embedding key: {key}")
+                    emb = self.cached_text_embeddings[key]
+                    return img, emb["prompt_embeds"], emb["prompt_embeds_mask"], control_img
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Error loading sample (try again): {e}")
+                continue
+        raise RuntimeError("Too many dataset loading errors")
+
         
 
 def loader(train_batch_size, num_workers, **args):