diff --git a/examples/pytorch/FastCells/train_classifier.py b/examples/pytorch/FastCells/train_classifier.py
index 69c5979b..1f0588bb 100644
--- a/examples/pytorch/FastCells/train_classifier.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/FastCells/train_classifier.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torch.optim as optim
 import torch.onnx
+import random
 
 from torch.autograd import Variable, Function
 from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ class AudioDataset(Dataset):
     mini-batch training.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, filename, config, keywords):
+    def __init__(self, filename, config, keywords, training=False):
         """ Initialize the AudioDataset from the given *.npz file """
         self.dataset = np.load(filename)
 
@@ -331,10 +332,18 @@ class AudioDataset(Dataset):
         else:
             self.mean = None
             self.std = None
+
         self.label_names = self.dataset["labels"]
         self.keywords = keywords
         self.num_keywords = len(self.keywords)
         self.labels = self.to_long_vector()
+        
+        self.keywords_idx = None
+        self.non_keywords_idx = None
+        if training and config.sample_non_kw is not None:
+            self.keywords_idx, self.non_keywords_idx = self.get_keyword_idx(config.sample_non_kw)
+            self.sample_non_kw_probability = config.sample_non_kw_probability
+
         msg = "Loaded dataset {} and found sample rate {}, audio_size {}, input_size {}, window_size {} and shift {}"
         print(msg.format(os.path.basename(filename), self.sample_rate, self.audio_size, self.input_size,
                          self.window_size, self.shift))
@@ -342,23 +351,40 @@ class AudioDataset(Dataset):
     def get_data_loader(self, batch_size):
         """ Get a DataLoader that can enumerate shuffled batches of data in this dataset """
         return DataLoader(self, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, drop_last=True)
-
+    
     def to_long_vector(self):
         """ convert the expected labels to a list of integer indexes into the array of keywords """
         indexer = [(0 if x == "<null>" else self.keywords.index(x)) for x in self.label_names]
         return np.array(indexer, dtype=np.longlong)
 
+    def get_keyword_idx(self, non_kw_label):
+        """ find the keywords and store there index """
+        indexer = [ids for ids, label in enumerate(self.label_names) if label != non_kw_label]
+        non_indexer = [ids for ids, label in enumerate(self.label_names) if label == non_kw_label]
+        return (np.array(indexer, dtype=np.longlong), np.array(non_indexer, dtype=np.longlong))
+
     def __len__(self):
         """ Return the number of rows in this Dataset """
-        return self.num_rows
+        if self.non_keywords_idx is None:
+            return self.num_rows
+        else:
+            return int(len(self.keywords_idx) / (1-self.sample_non_kw_probability))
 
     def __getitem__(self, idx):
         """ Return a single labelled sample here as a tuple """
-        audio = self.features[idx]  # batch index is second dimension
-        label = self.labels[idx]
+        if self.non_keywords_idx is None:
+            updated_idx=idx
+        else:
+            if idx < len(self.keywords_idx):
+                updated_idx=self.keywords_idx[idx]
+            else:
+                updated_idx=np.random.choice(self.non_keywords_idx)
+        audio = self.features[updated_idx]  # batch index is second dimension
+        label = self.labels[updated_idx]
         sample = (audio, label)
         return sample
 
+            
 
 def create_model(model_config, input_size, num_keywords):
     ModelClass = get_model_class(KeywordSpotter)
@@ -453,7 +479,7 @@ def train(config, evaluate_only=False, outdir=".", detail=False, azureml=False):
     log = None
     if not evaluate_only:
         print("Loading {}...".format(training_file))
-        training_data = AudioDataset(training_file, config.dataset, keywords)
+        training_data = AudioDataset(training_file, config.dataset, keywords, training=True)
 
         print("Loading {}...".format(validation_file))
         validation_data = AudioDataset(validation_file, config.dataset, keywords)
@@ -556,6 +582,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument("--rolling", help="Whether to train model in rolling fashion or not", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--max_rolling_length", help="Max number of epochs you want to roll the rolling training"
                         " default is 100", type=int)
+    parser.add_argument("--sample_non_kw", "-sl", type=str, help="Sample data for this label with probability sample_prob")
+    parser.add_argument("--sample_non_kw_probability", "-spr", type=float, help="Sample from scl with this probability")
 
     # arguments for fastgrnn
     parser.add_argument("--wRank", "-wr", help="Rank of W in 1st layer of FastGRNN default is None", type=int)
@@ -645,6 +673,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         config.dataset.categories = args.categories
     if args.dataset:
         config.dataset.path = args.dataset
+    if args.sample_non_kw:
+        config.dataset.sample_non_kw = args.sample_non_kw
+        if args.sample_non_kw_probability is None:
+            config.dataset.sample_non_kw_probability = 0.5
+        else:
+            config.dataset.sample_non_kw_probability = args.sample_non_kw_probability
+    else:
+        config.dataset.sample_non_kw = None
+
     if args.wRank:
         config.model.wRank = args.wRank
     if args.uRank: