diff --git a/src/axolotl/prompters.py b/src/axolotl/prompters.py
index 3ae0a0bd4..c79c3afa7 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/prompters.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/prompters.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class PromptStyle(Enum):
     instruct = "instruct"
     chat = "chat"
 
+
 class AlpacaPrompter:
     system_prompt = "Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.\n\n"
     system_no_input_prompt = "Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.\n\n"
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ class AlpacaPrompter:
         return output.split(self.response_split)[1].strip()
 
 
+class UnpromptedPrompter(AlpacaPrompter):
+    system_prompt = ""
+    system_no_input_prompt = ""
+
 class JeopardyPrompter(AlpacaPrompter):
     prompt_input = "Below is a Jeopardy clue paired with input providing the category of the clue. Write a concise response that best answers tbe clue given the category.\n\n### Instruction:\n{instruction}\n\n### Input:\n{input}\n\n### Response:\n"
 
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/data.py b/src/axolotl/utils/data.py
index 2ceaa4d99..8d9525fa5 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/data.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/data.py
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ def load_tokenized_prepared_datasets(tokenizer, cfg, default_dataset_prepared_pa
                 ds = load_dataset("json", data_files=fp, streaming=False, split=None)
             if not ds:
                 raise Exception("unhandled dataset load")
+            # support for using a subset of the data
+            if d.shards:
+                ds = ds.shuffle(seed=42)["train"].shard(
+                    num_shards=cfg.shards, index=0
+                )
             d_type = d.type
             d_type_split = d_type.split(":")
             d_base_type = d_type_split[0]
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
index 1bcc4b0bc..571f1c6dd 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/models.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def load_model(
             model = LlamaForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
                 base_model,
                 load_in_8bit=cfg.load_in_8bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
+                load_in_4bit=cfg.load_in_4bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
                 torch_dtype=torch_dtype,
                 device_map=cfg.device_map,
                 **model_kwargs,
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ def load_model(
             model = getattr(transformers, model_type).from_pretrained(
                 base_model,
                 load_in_8bit=cfg.load_in_8bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
+                load_in_4bit=cfg.load_in_4bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
                 torch_dtype=torch_dtype,
                 device_map=cfg.device_map,
                 trust_remote_code=True if cfg.trust_remote_code is True else False,
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ def load_model(
                 base_model,
                 config=config,
                 load_in_8bit=cfg.load_in_8bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
+                load_in_4bit=cfg.load_in_4bit and cfg.adapter is not None,
                 torch_dtype=torch_dtype,
                 device_map=cfg.device_map,
                 trust_remote_code=True if cfg.trust_remote_code is True else False,