diff --git a/scripts/finetune.py b/scripts/finetune.py
index 8c3d3457f..5ab842443 100644
--- a/scripts/finetune.py
+++ b/scripts/finetune.py
@@ -427,9 +427,10 @@ def train(
     max_packed_sequence_len = min(max_packed_sequence_len, cfg.sequence_len)  # make sure we don't accidentally set it larger than sequence_len
     ds_hash = str(md5((str(max_packed_sequence_len) + "@" + "|".join(sorted([f"{d.path}:{d.type}" for d in cfg.datasets]))).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest())
     prepared_ds_path = Path(cfg.dataset_prepared_path) / ds_hash if cfg.dataset_prepared_path else Path(DEFAULT_DATASET_PREPARED_PATH) / ds_hash
+
     if any(prepared_ds_path.glob("*")):
         logging.info("Loading prepared dataset from disk...")
-        dataset = load_from_disk(cfg.dataset_prepared_path)
+        dataset = load_from_disk(str(prepared_ds_path))
         logging.info("Prepared dataset loaded from disk...")
     else:
         logging.info("Loading raw datasets...")
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ def train(
         for d in cfg.datasets:
             ds_from_hub = False
             try:
-                ds = load_dataset(d.path, streaming=True)
+                load_dataset(d.path, streaming=True)
                 ds_from_hub = True
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass