diff --git a/include/darknet.h b/include/darknet.h
index bd85e880..a6d2c4a9 100644
--- a/include/darknet.h
+++ b/include/darknet.h
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ typedef enum {
     YOLO_CENTER = 1 << 0, YOLO_LEFT_TOP = 1 << 1, YOLO_RIGHT_BOTTOM = 1 << 2
 } YOLO_POINT;
 
+// parser.h
+typedef enum {
+    NO_WEIGHTS, PER_FEATURE, PER_CHANNEL
+} WEIGHTS_TYPE_T;
+
 
 // image.h
 typedef enum{
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ struct layer {
     int   * input_sizes;
     float **layers_output;
     float **layers_delta;
+    WEIGHTS_TYPE_T weights_type;
     int   * map;
     int   * counts;
     float ** sums;
diff --git a/src/blas.c b/src/blas.c
index 9533f74d..d10af5ff 100644
--- a/src/blas.c
+++ b/src/blas.c
@@ -68,36 +68,49 @@ void weighted_delta_cpu(float *a, float *b, float *s, float *da, float *db, floa
     }
 }
 
-void shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers, float **layers_output, float *out, float *in)
+void shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers, float **layers_output, float *out, float *in, float *weights, int nweights)
 {
+    // nweights - l.n or l.n*l.c or (l.n*l.c*l.h*l.w)
+    const int layer_step = nweights / (n + 1);    // 1 or l.c or (l.c * l.h * l.w)
+    const int step = src_outputs / layer_step; // (l.c * l.h * l.w) or (l.w*l.h) or 1
+
     int id;
     #pragma omp parallel for
     for (id = 0; id < size; ++id) {
 
         int src_id = id;
-        int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
+        const int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
         src_id /= src_outputs;
         int src_b = src_id;
 
-        out[id] = in[id];
+        if(weights) out[id] = in[id] * weights[src_i / step]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+        else out[id] = in[id];
 
         // layers
-        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
             int add_outputs = outputs_of_layers[i];
             if (src_i < add_outputs) {
                 int add_index = add_outputs*src_b + src_i;
                 int out_index = id;
 
                 float *add = layers_output[i];
-                out[out_index] += add[add_index];
+                const int weights_index = src_i / step + (i + 1)*layer_step;  // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+
+                if (weights) out[out_index] += add[add_index] * weights[weights_index]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+                else out[out_index] += add[add_index];
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 void backward_shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers,
-    float **layers_delta, float *delta_out, float *delta_in)
+    float **layers_delta, float *delta_out, float *delta_in, float *weights, float *weight_updates, int nweights, float *in, float **layers_output)
 {
+    // nweights - l.n or l.n*l.c or (l.n*l.c*l.h*l.w)
+    const int layer_step = nweights / (n + 1);    // 1 or l.c or (l.c * l.h * l.w)
+    const int step = src_outputs / layer_step; // (l.c * l.h * l.w) or (l.w*l.h) or 1
+
     int id;
     #pragma omp parallel for
     for (id = 0; id < size; ++id) {
@@ -106,17 +119,29 @@ void backward_shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int
         src_id /= src_outputs;
         int src_b = src_id;
 
-        delta_out[id] += delta_in[id];
+        if (weights) {
+            delta_out[id] += delta_in[id] * weights[src_i / step]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+            weight_updates[src_i / step] += delta_in[id] * in[id];
+        }
+        else delta_out[id] += delta_in[id];
 
         // layers
-        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
             int add_outputs = outputs_of_layers[i];
             if (src_i < add_outputs) {
                 int add_index = add_outputs*src_b + src_i;
                 int out_index = id;
 
                 float *layer_delta = layers_delta[i];
-                layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id];
+                if (weights) {
+                    float *add = layers_output[i];
+                    const int weights_index = src_i / step + (i + 1)*layer_step;  // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+
+                    layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id] * weights[weights_index]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+                    weight_updates[weights_index] += delta_in[id] * add[add_index];
+                }
+                else layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id];
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/blas.h b/src/blas.h
index 9e1d5a9a..ac441a44 100644
--- a/src/blas.h
+++ b/src/blas.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ void fill_cpu(int N, float ALPHA, float * X, int INCX);
 float dot_cpu(int N, float *X, int INCX, float *Y, int INCY);
 void test_gpu_blas();
 void shortcut_cpu(int batch, int w1, int h1, int c1, float *add, int w2, int h2, int c2, float *out);
-void shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers, float **layers_output, float *out, float *in);
+void shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers, float **layers_output, float *out, float *in, float *weights, int nweights);
 void backward_shortcut_multilayer_cpu(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers,
-    float **layers_delta, float *delta_out, float *delta_in);
+    float **layers_delta, float *delta_out, float *delta_in, float *weights, float *weight_updates, int nweights, float *in, float **layers_output);
 
 void mean_cpu(float *x, int batch, int filters, int spatial, float *mean);
 void variance_cpu(float *x, float *mean, int batch, int filters, int spatial, float *variance);
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ void fast_variance_delta_gpu(float *x, float *delta, float *mean, float *varianc
 void fast_variance_gpu(float *x, float *mean, int batch, int filters, int spatial, float *variance);
 void fast_mean_gpu(float *x, int batch, int filters, int spatial, float *mean);
 void shortcut_gpu(int batch, int w1, int h1, int c1, float *add, int w2, int h2, int c2, float *out);
-void shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in);
-void backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in);
+void shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in, float *weights_gpu, int nweights);
+void backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in,
+    float *weights, float *weight_updates, int nweights, float *in, float **layers_output);
 void input_shortcut_gpu(float *in, int batch, int w1, int h1, int c1, float *add, int w2, int h2, int c2, float *out);
 void scale_bias_gpu(float *output, float *biases, int batch, int n, int size);
 void backward_scale_gpu(float *x_norm, float *delta, int batch, int n, int size, float *scale_updates);
diff --git a/src/blas_kernels.cu b/src/blas_kernels.cu
index 7eec0e10..820f2e67 100644
--- a/src/blas_kernels.cu
+++ b/src/blas_kernels.cu
@@ -674,17 +674,22 @@ extern "C" void fill_ongpu(int N, float ALPHA, float * X, int INCX)
     CHECK_CUDA(cudaPeekAtLastError());
 }
 
-__global__ void shortcut_multilayer_kernel(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in)
+__global__ void shortcut_multilayer_kernel(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in, float *weights_gpu, int nweights)
 {
     const int id = (blockIdx.x + blockIdx.y*gridDim.x) * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
     if (id >= size) return;
 
+    // nweights - l.n or l.n*l.c or (l.n*l.c*l.h*l.w)
+    const int layer_step = nweights / (n + 1);    // 1 or l.c or (l.c * l.h * l.w)
+    const int step = src_outputs / layer_step; // (l.c * l.h * l.w) or (l.w*l.h) or 1
+
     int src_id = id;
-    int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
+    const int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
     src_id /= src_outputs;
     int src_b = src_id;
 
-    out[id] = in[id];
+    if (weights_gpu) out[id] = in[id] * weights_gpu[src_i / step]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+    else out[id] = in[id];
 
     // layers
     for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
@@ -694,33 +699,45 @@ __global__ void shortcut_multilayer_kernel(int size, int src_outputs, int batch,
             int out_index = id;
 
             float *add = layers_output_gpu[i];
-            out[out_index] += add[add_index];
+            const int weights_index = src_i / step + (i + 1)*layer_step;  // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+
+            if (weights_gpu) out[out_index] += add[add_index] * weights_gpu[weights_index]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+            else out[out_index] += add[add_index];
         }
     }
 }
 
-extern "C" void shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in)
+extern "C" void shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_output_gpu, float *out, float *in, float *weights_gpu, int nweights)
 {
     //printf(" src_outputs = %d, batch = %d, n = %d \n", src_outputs, batch, n);
     int size = batch * src_outputs;
-    shortcut_multilayer_kernel << <cuda_gridsize(size), BLOCK, 0, get_cuda_stream() >> > (size, src_outputs, batch, n, outputs_of_layers_gpu, layers_output_gpu, out, in);
+    shortcut_multilayer_kernel << <cuda_gridsize(size), BLOCK, 0, get_cuda_stream() >> > (size, src_outputs, batch, n, outputs_of_layers_gpu, layers_output_gpu, out, in, weights_gpu, nweights);
     CHECK_CUDA(cudaPeekAtLastError());
 }
 
 
 
 __global__ void backward_shortcut_multilayer_kernel(int size, int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu,
-    float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in)
+    float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in, float *weights_gpu, float *weight_updates_gpu, int nweights, float *in, float **layers_output_gpu)
 {
     const int id = (blockIdx.x + blockIdx.y*gridDim.x) * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
     if (id >= size) return;
 
+    // nweights - l.n or l.n*l.c or (l.n*l.c*l.h*l.w)
+    const int layer_step = nweights / (n + 1);    // 1 or l.c or (l.c * l.h * l.w)
+    const int step = src_outputs / layer_step; // (l.c * l.h * l.w) or (l.w*l.h) or 1
+    //if(id == 0) printf(" layer_step = %d, step = %d \n", layer_step, step);
+
     int src_id = id;
-    int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
+    const int src_i = src_id % src_outputs;
     src_id /= src_outputs;
     int src_b = src_id;
 
-    delta_out[id] += delta_in[id];
+    if (weights_gpu) {
+        delta_out[id] += delta_in[id] * weights_gpu[src_i / step]; // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+        weight_updates_gpu[src_i / step] += delta_in[id] * in[id];
+    }
+    else delta_out[id] += delta_in[id];
 
     // layers
     for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
@@ -730,16 +747,28 @@ __global__ void backward_shortcut_multilayer_kernel(int size, int src_outputs, i
             int out_index = id;
 
             float *layer_delta = layers_delta_gpu[i];
-            layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id];
+            if (weights_gpu) {
+                float *add = layers_output_gpu[i];
+                const int weights_index = src_i / step + (i + 1)*layer_step;  // [0 or c or (c, h ,w)]
+                layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id] * weights_gpu[weights_index];
+                weight_updates_gpu[weights_index] += delta_in[id] * add[add_index];
+            }
+            else layer_delta[add_index] += delta_in[id];
         }
     }
 }
 
-extern "C" void backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in)
+extern "C" void backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(int src_outputs, int batch, int n, int *outputs_of_layers_gpu,
+    float **layers_delta_gpu, float *delta_out, float *delta_in, float *weights_gpu, float *weight_updates_gpu, int nweights, float *in, float **layers_output_gpu)
 {
+    const int layer_step = nweights / (n + 1);    // 1 or l.c or (l.c * l.h * l.w)
+    const int step = src_outputs / layer_step; // (l.c * l.h * l.w) or (l.w*l.h) or 1
+    //printf(" nweights = %d, n = %d, layer_step = %d, step = %d \n", nweights, n, layer_step, step);
+
     //printf(" src_outputs = %d, batch = %d, n = %d \n", src_outputs, batch, n);
     int size = batch * src_outputs;
-    backward_shortcut_multilayer_kernel << <cuda_gridsize(size), BLOCK, 0, get_cuda_stream() >> > (size, src_outputs, batch, n, outputs_of_layers_gpu, layers_delta_gpu, delta_out, delta_in);
+    backward_shortcut_multilayer_kernel << <cuda_gridsize(size), BLOCK, 0, get_cuda_stream() >> > (size, src_outputs, batch, n, outputs_of_layers_gpu,
+        layers_delta_gpu, delta_out, delta_in, weights_gpu, weight_updates_gpu, nweights, in, layers_output_gpu);
     CHECK_CUDA(cudaPeekAtLastError());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 478c620e..c0239f80 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ layer parse_shortcut(list *options, size_params params, network net)
     char *activation_s = option_find_str(options, "activation", "logistic");
     ACTIVATION activation = get_activation(activation_s);
 
-    int assisted_excitation = option_find_float_quiet(options, "assisted_excitation", 0);
-    //char *l = option_find(options, "from");
-    //int index = atoi(l);
-    //if(index < 0) index = params.index + index;
+    char *weights_type_srt = option_find_str_quiet(options, "weights_type", "none");
+    WEIGHTS_TYPE_T weights_type = NO_WEIGHTS;
+    if(strcmp(weights_type_srt, "per_feature") == 0) weights_type = PER_FEATURE;
+    else if (strcmp(weights_type_srt, "per_channel") == 0) weights_type = PER_CHANNEL;
 
     char *l = option_find(options, "from");
     int len = strlen(l);
@@ -854,7 +854,11 @@ layer parse_shortcut(list *options, size_params params, network net)
     }
 #endif// GPU
 
-    layer s = make_shortcut_layer(params.batch, n, layers, sizes, params.w, params.h, params.c, layers_output, layers_delta, layers_output_gpu, layers_delta_gpu, activation, params.train);
+    layer s = make_shortcut_layer(params.batch, n, layers, sizes, params.w, params.h, params.c, layers_output, layers_delta,
+        layers_output_gpu, layers_delta_gpu, weights_type, activation, params.train);
+
+    free(layers_output_gpu);
+    free(layers_delta_gpu);
 
     for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
         int index = layers[i];
@@ -1515,6 +1519,18 @@ void save_convolutional_weights_binary(layer l, FILE *fp)
     }
 }
 
+void save_shortcut_weights(layer l, FILE *fp)
+{
+#ifdef GPU
+    if (gpu_index >= 0) {
+        pull_shortcut_layer(l);
+    }
+#endif
+    int num = l.nweights;
+    fwrite(l.weights, sizeof(float), num, fp);
+
+}
+
 void save_convolutional_weights(layer l, FILE *fp)
 {
     if(l.binary){
@@ -1591,8 +1607,10 @@ void save_weights_upto(network net, char *filename, int cutoff)
     int i;
     for(i = 0; i < net.n && i < cutoff; ++i){
         layer l = net.layers[i];
-        if(l.type == CONVOLUTIONAL && l.share_layer == NULL){
+        if (l.type == CONVOLUTIONAL && l.share_layer == NULL) {
             save_convolutional_weights(l, fp);
+        } if (l.type == SHORTCUT && l.nweights > 0) {
+            save_shortcut_weights(l, fp);
         } if(l.type == CONNECTED){
             save_connected_weights(l, fp);
         } if(l.type == BATCHNORM){
@@ -1786,6 +1804,22 @@ void load_convolutional_weights(layer l, FILE *fp)
 #endif
 }
 
+void load_shortcut_weights(layer l, FILE *fp)
+{
+    if (l.binary) {
+        //load_convolutional_weights_binary(l, fp);
+        //return;
+    }
+    int num = l.nweights;
+    int read_bytes;
+    read_bytes = fread(l.weights, sizeof(float), num, fp);
+    if (read_bytes > 0 && read_bytes < num) printf("\n Warning: Unexpected end of wights-file! l.weights - l.index = %d \n", l.index);
+#ifdef GPU
+    if (gpu_index >= 0) {
+        push_shortcut_layer(l);
+    }
+#endif
+}
 
 void load_weights_upto(network *net, char *filename, int cutoff)
 {
@@ -1826,6 +1860,9 @@ void load_weights_upto(network *net, char *filename, int cutoff)
         if(l.type == CONVOLUTIONAL && l.share_layer == NULL){
             load_convolutional_weights(l, fp);
         }
+        if (l.type == SHORTCUT && l.nweights > 0) {
+            load_shortcut_weights(l, fp);
+        }
         if(l.type == CONNECTED){
             load_connected_weights(l, fp, transpose);
         }
diff --git a/src/shortcut_layer.c b/src/shortcut_layer.c
index 931f394e..15a50a98 100644
--- a/src/shortcut_layer.c
+++ b/src/shortcut_layer.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int n, int *input_layers, int* input_sizes, int w, int h, int c,
-    float **layers_output, float **layers_delta, float **layers_output_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, ACTIVATION activation, int train)
+    float **layers_output, float **layers_delta, float **layers_output_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, WEIGHTS_TYPE_T weights_type, ACTIVATION activation, int train)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "Shortcut Layer: ");
     int i;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int n, int *input_layers, int* input_sizes,
     l.input_sizes = input_sizes;
     l.layers_output = layers_output;
     l.layers_delta = layers_delta;
+    l.weights_type = weights_type;
 
     //l.w = w2;
     //l.h = h2;
@@ -40,6 +41,18 @@ layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int n, int *input_layers, int* input_sizes,
     if (train) l.delta = (float*)calloc(l.outputs * batch, sizeof(float));
     l.output = (float*)calloc(l.outputs * batch, sizeof(float));
 
+    if (l.weights_type == PER_FEATURE) l.nweights = (l.n + 1);
+    else if (l.weights_type == PER_CHANNEL) l.nweights = (l.n + 1) * l.c;
+
+    if (l.nweights > 0) {
+        l.weights = (float*)calloc(l.nweights, sizeof(float));
+        float scale = sqrt(2. / l.nweights);
+        for (i = 0; i < l.nweights; ++i) l.weights[i] = 1;// scale*rand_uniform(-1, 1);   // rand_normal();
+
+        if (train) l.weight_updates = (float*)calloc(l.nweights, sizeof(float));
+        l.update = update_shortcut_layer;
+    }
+
     l.forward = forward_shortcut_layer;
     l.backward = backward_shortcut_layer;
 #ifndef GPU
@@ -52,16 +65,23 @@ layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int n, int *input_layers, int* input_sizes,
     l.forward_gpu = forward_shortcut_layer_gpu;
     l.backward_gpu = backward_shortcut_layer_gpu;
 
+    if (l.nweights > 0) {
+        l.update_gpu = update_shortcut_layer_gpu;
+        l.weights_gpu = cuda_make_array(l.weights, l.nweights);
+        if (train) l.weight_updates_gpu = cuda_make_array(l.weight_updates, l.nweights);
+    }
+
     if (train) l.delta_gpu =  cuda_make_array(l.delta, l.outputs*batch);
     l.output_gpu = cuda_make_array(l.output, l.outputs*batch);
 
     l.input_sizes_gpu = cuda_make_int_array_new_api(input_sizes, l.n);
-    l.layers_output_gpu = cuda_make_array_pointers((void**)layers_output_gpu, l.n);
-    l.layers_delta_gpu = cuda_make_array_pointers((void**)layers_delta_gpu, l.n);
+    l.layers_output_gpu = (float**)cuda_make_array_pointers((void**)layers_output_gpu, l.n);
+    l.layers_delta_gpu = (float**)cuda_make_array_pointers((void**)layers_delta_gpu, l.n);
 #endif  // GPU
 
     l.bflops = l.out_w * l.out_h * l.out_c * l.n / 1000000000.;
-    fprintf(stderr, " outputs:%4d x%4d x%4d %5.3f BF\n", l.out_w, l.out_h, l.out_c, l.bflops);
+    if (l.weights_type) l.bflops *= 2;
+    fprintf(stderr, " wt = %d, outputs:%4d x%4d x%4d %5.3f BF\n", l.weights_type, l.out_w, l.out_h, l.out_c, l.bflops);
     return l;
 }
 
@@ -95,9 +115,21 @@ void resize_shortcut_layer(layer *l, int w, int h, network *net)
         l->delta_gpu = cuda_make_array(l->delta, l->outputs*l->batch);
     }
 
+    float **layers_output_gpu = (float **)calloc(l->n, sizeof(float *));
+    float **layers_delta_gpu = (float **)calloc(l->n, sizeof(float *));
+
+    for (i = 0; i < l->n; ++i) {
+        const int index = l->input_layers[i];
+        layers_output_gpu[i] = net->layers[index].output_gpu;
+        layers_delta_gpu[i] = net->layers[index].delta_gpu;
+    }
+
     memcpy_ongpu(l->input_sizes_gpu, l->input_sizes, l->n * sizeof(int));
-    memcpy_ongpu(l->layers_output_gpu, l->layers_output, l->n * sizeof(float*));
-    memcpy_ongpu(l->layers_delta_gpu, l->layers_delta, l->n * sizeof(float*));
+    memcpy_ongpu(l->layers_output_gpu, layers_output_gpu, l->n * sizeof(float*));
+    memcpy_ongpu(l->layers_delta_gpu, layers_delta_gpu, l->n * sizeof(float*));
+
+    free(layers_output_gpu);
+    free(layers_delta_gpu);
 #endif
 
 }
@@ -108,7 +140,7 @@ void forward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state)
     int from_h = state.net.layers[l.index].h;
     int from_c = state.net.layers[l.index].c;
 
-    if (l.n == 1 && from_w == l.w && from_h == l.h && from_c == l.c) {
+    if (l.nweights == 0 && l.n == 1 && from_w == l.w && from_h == l.h && from_c == l.c) {
         int size = l.batch * l.w * l.h * l.c;
         int i;
         #pragma omp parallel for
@@ -116,7 +148,7 @@ void forward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state)
             l.output[i] = state.input[i] + state.net.layers[l.index].output[i];
     }
     else {
-        shortcut_multilayer_cpu(l.outputs * l.batch, l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes, l.layers_output, l.output, state.input);
+        shortcut_multilayer_cpu(l.outputs * l.batch, l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes, l.layers_output, l.output, state.input, l.weights, l.nweights);
     }
 
     //copy_cpu(l.outputs*l.batch, state.input, 1, l.output, 1);
@@ -135,12 +167,24 @@ void backward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state)
     else gradient_array(l.output, l.outputs*l.batch, l.activation, l.delta);
 
     backward_shortcut_multilayer_cpu(l.outputs * l.batch, l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes,
-        l.layers_delta, state.delta, l.delta);
+        l.layers_delta, state.delta, l.delta, l.weights, l.weight_updates, l.nweights, state.input, l.layers_output);
 
     //axpy_cpu(l.outputs*l.batch, 1, l.delta, 1, state.delta, 1);
     //shortcut_cpu(l.batch, l.out_w, l.out_h, l.out_c, l.delta, l.w, l.h, l.c, state.net.layers[l.index].delta);
 }
 
+void update_shortcut_layer(layer l, int batch, float learning_rate_init, float momentum, float decay)
+{
+    float learning_rate = learning_rate_init*l.learning_rate_scale;
+    //float momentum = a.momentum;
+    //float decay = a.decay;
+    //int batch = a.batch;
+
+    axpy_cpu(l.nweights, -decay*batch, l.weights, 1, l.weight_updates, 1);
+    axpy_cpu(l.nweights, learning_rate / batch, l.weight_updates, 1, l.weights, 1);
+    scal_cpu(l.nweights, momentum, l.weight_updates, 1);
+}
+
 #ifdef GPU
 void forward_shortcut_layer_gpu(const layer l, network_state state)
 {
@@ -159,7 +203,7 @@ void forward_shortcut_layer_gpu(const layer l, network_state state)
     //}
     //else
     {
-        shortcut_multilayer_gpu(l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes_gpu, l.layers_output_gpu, l.output_gpu, state.input);
+        shortcut_multilayer_gpu(l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes_gpu, l.layers_output_gpu, l.output_gpu, state.input, l.weights_gpu, l.nweights);
     }
 
     if (l.activation == SWISH) activate_array_swish_ongpu(l.output_gpu, l.outputs*l.batch, l.activation_input_gpu, l.output_gpu);
@@ -174,9 +218,42 @@ void backward_shortcut_layer_gpu(const layer l, network_state state)
     else if (l.activation == MISH) gradient_array_mish_ongpu(l.outputs*l.batch, l.activation_input_gpu, l.delta_gpu);
     else gradient_array_ongpu(l.output_gpu, l.outputs*l.batch, l.activation, l.delta_gpu);
 
-    backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes_gpu, l.layers_delta_gpu, state.delta, l.delta_gpu);
+    backward_shortcut_multilayer_gpu(l.outputs, l.batch, l.n, l.input_sizes_gpu, l.layers_delta_gpu, state.delta, l.delta_gpu,
+        l.weights_gpu, l.weight_updates_gpu, l.nweights, state.input, l.layers_output_gpu);
 
     //axpy_ongpu(l.outputs*l.batch, 1, l.delta_gpu, 1, state.delta, 1);
     //shortcut_gpu(l.batch, l.out_w, l.out_h, l.out_c, l.delta_gpu, l.w, l.h, l.c, state.net.layers[l.index].delta_gpu);
 }
+
+void update_shortcut_layer_gpu(layer l, int batch, float learning_rate_init, float momentum, float decay)
+{
+    float learning_rate = learning_rate_init*l.learning_rate_scale;
+    //float momentum = a.momentum;
+    //float decay = a.decay;
+    //int batch = a.batch;
+
+    fix_nan_and_inf(l.weight_updates_gpu, l.nweights);
+    fix_nan_and_inf(l.weights_gpu, l.nweights);
+
+    axpy_ongpu(l.nweights, -decay*batch, l.weights_gpu, 1, l.weight_updates_gpu, 1);
+    axpy_ongpu(l.nweights, learning_rate / batch, l.weight_updates_gpu, 1, l.weights_gpu, 1);
+    scal_ongpu(l.nweights, momentum, l.weight_updates_gpu, 1);
+
+    //if (l.clip) {
+    //    constrain_gpu(l.nweights, l.clip, l.weights_gpu, 1);
+    //}
+}
+
+void pull_shortcut_layer(layer l)
+{
+    cuda_pull_array_async(l.weights_gpu, l.weights, l.nweights);
+    CHECK_CUDA(cudaPeekAtLastError());
+    cudaStreamSynchronize(get_cuda_stream());
+}
+
+void push_shortcut_layer(layer l)
+{
+    cuda_push_array(l.weights_gpu, l.weights, l.nweights);
+    CHECK_CUDA(cudaPeekAtLastError());
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/shortcut_layer.h b/src/shortcut_layer.h
index 9341a4a3..e546693c 100644
--- a/src/shortcut_layer.h
+++ b/src/shortcut_layer.h
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int n, int *input_layers, int* input_sizes, int w, int h, int c,
-    float **layers_output, float **layers_delta, float **layers_output_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, ACTIVATION activation, int train);
+    float **layers_output, float **layers_delta, float **layers_output_gpu, float **layers_delta_gpu, WEIGHTS_TYPE_T weights_type, ACTIVATION activation, int train);
 void forward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state);
 void backward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state);
+void update_shortcut_layer(layer l, int batch, float learning_rate_init, float momentum, float decay);
 void resize_shortcut_layer(layer *l, int w, int h, network *net);
 
 #ifdef GPU
 void forward_shortcut_layer_gpu(const layer l, network_state state);
 void backward_shortcut_layer_gpu(const layer l, network_state state);
+void update_shortcut_layer_gpu(layer l, int batch, float learning_rate_init, float momentum, float decay);
+void pull_shortcut_layer(layer l);
+void push_shortcut_layer(layer l);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus