diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/__init__.py
index 87d2fc3a9..23a66ddca 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/__init__.py
@@ -18,18 +18,19 @@ class LMEvalPlugin(BasePlugin):
         return "axolotl.integrations.lm_eval.LMEvalArgs"
 
     def post_train_unload(self, cfg):
-        # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
-        for lm_eval_args in build_lm_eval_command(
-            cfg.lm_eval_tasks,
-            bfloat16=cfg.bfloat16 or cfg.bf16,
-            flash_attention=cfg.flash_attention,
-            output_dir=cfg.output_dir,
-            batch_size=cfg.lm_eval_batch_size,
-            wandb_project=cfg.wandb_project,
-            wandb_entity=cfg.wandb_entity,
-            hub_model_id=cfg.hub_model_id,
-        ):
-            subprocess.run(  # nosec
-                lm_eval_args,
-                check=True,
-            )
+        if cfg.lm_eval_post_train:
+            # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
+            for lm_eval_args in build_lm_eval_command(
+                cfg.lm_eval_tasks,
+                bfloat16=cfg.bfloat16 or cfg.bf16,
+                flash_attention=cfg.flash_attention,
+                output_dir=cfg.output_dir,
+                batch_size=cfg.lm_eval_batch_size,
+                wandb_project=cfg.wandb_project,
+                wandb_entity=cfg.wandb_entity,
+                hub_model_id=cfg.hub_model_id,
+            ):
+                subprocess.run(  # nosec
+                    lm_eval_args,
+                    check=True,
+                )
diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/args.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/args.py
index f58e6a6e3..3bce5c238 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/args.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/args.py
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ class LMEvalArgs(BaseModel):
 
     lm_eval_tasks: List[str] = []
     lm_eval_batch_size: Optional[int] = 8
+    lm_eval_post_train: Optional[bool] = True
diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
index 352143a37..f979e683e 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/lm_eval/cli.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def build_lm_eval_command(
             wandb_args.append(f"entity={wandb_entity}")
         if wandb_args:
             lm_eval_args.append("--wandb_args")
-            lm_eval_args.extend(",".join(wandb_args))
+            lm_eval_args.append(",".join(wandb_args))
         if num_fewshot_val:
             lm_eval_args.append("--num_fewshot")
             lm_eval_args.append(str(num_fewshot_val))