diff --git a/benchmarks/ppo/continual_ppo_trainer.py b/benchmarks/ppo/continual_ppo_trainer.py
index cb3d747f..4865b2b9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ppo/continual_ppo_trainer.py
+++ b/benchmarks/ppo/continual_ppo_trainer.py
@@ -270,8 +270,9 @@ def __init__(
                 gradient_accumulation_steps=args.gradient_accumulation_steps
             )
             self.accelerator = accelerator
+            self.gather_function = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics
             ContinualPPOTrainer.shared_accelerator = accelerator
-        else:
+        elif False:
             self.accelerator = ContinualPPOTrainer.shared_accelerator
             self.gather_function = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics
             if (
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.model = PolicyAndValueWrapper(self.policy_model, self.value_model)
             ContinualPPOTrainer.policy_value_models = self.model
             self.model.config = self.policy_model.config  # needed for pushing to hub
-        else:
+        elif False:
             # Subsequent tasks: Reuse existing model
             self.model = ContinualPPOTrainer.policy_value_models
             self.model.config = self.policy_model.config  # needed for pushing to hub
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ def __init__(
                 self.model, self.optimizer, self.dataloader
             )
             ContinualPPOTrainer.ds_wrapped_models = self.model
-        else:
+        elif False:
             # For subsequent tasks, only prepare optimizer and dataloader
             self.optimizer, self.dataloader = self.accelerator.prepare(
                 self.optimizer, self.dataloader
@@ -971,6 +972,7 @@ def repeat_generator() -> DataLoader:
             ContinualPPOTrainer.class_ref_model = original_ref_model
 
         # Ensure the class variable is updated
+        # TODO: Double check this is fine to keep
         ContinualPPOTrainer.class_ref_model = self.ref_model
         if self.is_deepspeed_enabled:
             ContinualPPOTrainer.ds_wrapped_models = self.deepspeed
diff --git a/benchmarks/ppo/ppo_continual.py b/benchmarks/ppo/ppo_continual.py
index 8db6aff3..b62aece9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ppo/ppo_continual.py
+++ b/benchmarks/ppo/ppo_continual.py
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@ def main(
         quantization_config=quantization_config,
     )
 
-    # Load main model and (optionally) reference model
     model = str(training_args.sft_model_path)
-    policy = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
-        training_args.sft_model_path,
-        trust_remote_code=model_args.trust_remote_code,
-        **model_kwargs,
-    )
     peft_config = get_peft_config(model_args)
     if peft_config is None:
         ref_policy = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
@@ -69,13 +63,6 @@ def main(
     else:
         ref_policy = None
 
-    # Load value model and policy model (main model)
-    value_model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(
-        script_args.value_model_path,
-        trust_remote_code=model_args.trust_remote_code,
-        num_labels=1,
-    )
-
     # Load tokenizer and set chat template if needed
     tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
         training_args.sft_model_path,
@@ -117,6 +104,24 @@ def main(
 
     # Task Loop
     for i, dataset in enumerate(continual_dataset):
+        # Load main model and (optionally) reference model
+        if i == 0:
+            model_path = training_args.sft_model_path
+        else:
+            model_path = os.path.join(training_args.output_dir, 'last')
+        policy = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+            pretrained_model_name_or_path=model_path,
+            trust_remote_code=model_args.trust_remote_code,
+            **model_kwargs,
+        )
+
+        # Load value model and policy model (main model)
+        value_model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(
+            script_args.value_model_path,
+            trust_remote_code=model_args.trust_remote_code,
+            num_labels=1,
+        )
+
         # Build custom repository name for this task
         custom_repo_name = (
             model.split('/')[-1] + '_' + clean_dataset_name + '_PPO_' + str(i)
@@ -174,9 +179,8 @@ def main(
                 wb.log({f'task/{custom_repo_name}/last': metrics})  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         # Save model checkpoint and optionally push
-        if not training_args.push_to_hub:
-            trainer.save_model(os.path.join(training_args.output_dir, 'last'))
-        else:
+        trainer.save_model(os.path.join(training_args.output_dir, 'last'))
+        if training_args.push_to_hub:
             trainer.push_to_hub(
                 model_name=custom_repo_name,
                 dataset_name='Continual_PPO_' + clean_dataset_name + '_' + str(i),