diff --git a/fine_tune.py b/fine_tune.py
index 12557597..20f94cd4 100644
--- a/fine_tune.py
+++ b/fine_tune.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import argparse
 import gc
 import math
 import os
+import toml 
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import torch
@@ -362,4 +363,24 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   parser.add_argument("--train_text_encoder", action="store_true", help="train text encoder / text encoderも学習する")
 
   args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  if args.config_file:
+      config_path = args.config_file + ".toml" if not args.config_file.endswith(".toml") else args.config_file
+      if os.path.exists(config_path):
+          print(f"Loading settings from {config_path}...")
+          with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+              config_dict = toml.load(f)
+
+          ignore_nesting_dict = {}
+          for section_name, section_dict in config_dict.items():
+              for key, value in section_dict.items():
+                  ignore_nesting_dict[key] = value
+
+          config_args = argparse.Namespace(**ignore_nesting_dict)
+          args = parser.parse_args(namespace=config_args)
+          args.config_file = args.config_file.split(".")[0]
+          print(args.config_file)
+      else:
+          print(f"{config_path} not found.")
+          
   train(args)
diff --git a/finetune/merge_captions_to_metadata.py b/finetune/merge_captions_to_metadata.py
index cbc5033f..491e4591 100644
--- a/finetune/merge_captions_to_metadata.py
+++ b/finetune/merge_captions_to_metadata.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import library.train_util as train_util
-
+import os
 
 def main(args):
   assert not args.recursive or (args.recursive and args.full_path), "recursive requires full_path / recursiveはfull_pathと同時に指定してください"
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def main(args):
     caption_path = image_path.with_suffix(args.caption_extension)
     caption = caption_path.read_text(encoding='utf-8').strip()
 
+    if not os.path.exists(caption_path):
+      caption_path = os.path.join(image_path, args.caption_extension)
+
     image_key = str(image_path) if args.full_path else image_path.stem
     if image_key not in metadata:
       metadata[image_key] = {}
diff --git a/finetune/merge_dd_tags_to_metadata.py b/finetune/merge_dd_tags_to_metadata.py
index 4285feb0..8823a9c8 100644
--- a/finetune/merge_dd_tags_to_metadata.py
+++ b/finetune/merge_dd_tags_to_metadata.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import library.train_util as train_util
-
+import os
 
 def main(args):
   assert not args.recursive or (args.recursive and args.full_path), "recursive requires full_path / recursiveはfull_pathと同時に指定してください"
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def main(args):
     tags_path = image_path.with_suffix(args.caption_extension)
     tags = tags_path.read_text(encoding='utf-8').strip()
 
+    if not os.path.exists(tags_path):
+      tags_path = os.path.join(image_path, args.caption_extension)
+
     image_key = str(image_path) if args.full_path else image_path.stem
     if image_key not in metadata:
       metadata[image_key] = {}
diff --git a/library/train_util.py b/library/train_util.py
index 718fe36d..248156a3 100644
--- a/library/train_util.py
+++ b/library/train_util.py
@@ -1598,6 +1598,8 @@ def add_training_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, support_dreambooth:
                                'dpmsolver++', 'dpmsingle',
                                'k_lms', 'k_euler', 'k_euler_a', 'k_dpm_2', 'k_dpm_2_a'],
                       help=f'sampler (scheduler) type for sample images / サンプル出力時のサンプラー（スケジューラ）の種類')
+  
+  parser.add_argument("--config_file", type=str, default=None, help="using .toml instead of args to pass hyperparameter")
 
   if support_dreambooth:
     # DreamBooth training
diff --git a/train_db.py b/train_db.py
index a3021177..5fd3c65b 100644
--- a/train_db.py
+++ b/train_db.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import argparse
 import itertools
 import math
 import os
+import toml
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import torch
@@ -361,4 +362,24 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                       help="steps to stop text encoder training, -1 for no training / Text Encoderの学習を止めるステップ数、-1で最初から学習しない")
 
   args = parser.parse_args()
-  train(args)
+
+  if args.config_file:
+      config_path = args.config_file + ".toml" if not args.config_file.endswith(".toml") else args.config_file
+      if os.path.exists(config_path):
+          print(f"Loading settings from {config_path}...")
+          with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+              config_dict = toml.load(f)
+
+          ignore_nesting_dict = {}
+          for section_name, section_dict in config_dict.items():
+              for key, value in section_dict.items():
+                  ignore_nesting_dict[key] = value
+
+          config_args = argparse.Namespace(**ignore_nesting_dict)
+          args = parser.parse_args(namespace=config_args)
+          args.config_file = args.config_file.split(".")[0]
+          print(args.config_file)
+      else:
+          print(f"{config_path} not found.")
+          
+  train(args)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/train_network.py b/train_network.py
index 5aa8af48..454bd254 100644
--- a/train_network.py
+++ b/train_network.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import random
 import time
 import json
+import toml
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import torch
@@ -656,4 +657,24 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                       help="arbitrary comment string stored in metadata / メタデータに記録する任意のコメント文字列")
 
   args = parser.parse_args()
-  train(args)
+
+  if args.config_file:
+      config_path = args.config_file + ".toml" if not args.config_file.endswith(".toml") else args.config_file
+      if os.path.exists(config_path):
+          print(f"Loading settings from {config_path}...")
+          with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+              config_dict = toml.load(f)
+
+          ignore_nesting_dict = {}
+          for section_name, section_dict in config_dict.items():
+              for key, value in section_dict.items():
+                  ignore_nesting_dict[key] = value
+
+          config_args = argparse.Namespace(**ignore_nesting_dict)
+          args = parser.parse_args(namespace=config_args)
+          args.config_file = args.config_file.split(".")[0]
+          print(args.config_file)
+      else:
+          print(f"{config_path} not found.")
+          
+  train(args)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/train_textual_inversion.py b/train_textual_inversion.py
index 34b7f092..7cfaedfe 100644
--- a/train_textual_inversion.py
+++ b/train_textual_inversion.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 import gc
 import math
 import os
+import toml
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import torch
@@ -523,4 +524,24 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                       help="ignore caption and use default templates for stype / キャプションは使わずデフォルトのスタイル用テンプレートで学習する")
 
   args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  if args.config_file:
+      config_path = args.config_file + ".toml" if not args.config_file.endswith(".toml") else args.config_file
+      if os.path.exists(config_path):
+          print(f"Loading settings from {config_path}...")
+          with open(config_path, "r") as f:
+              config_dict = toml.load(f)
+
+          ignore_nesting_dict = {}
+          for section_name, section_dict in config_dict.items():
+              for key, value in section_dict.items():
+                  ignore_nesting_dict[key] = value
+
+          config_args = argparse.Namespace(**ignore_nesting_dict)
+          args = parser.parse_args(namespace=config_args)
+          args.config_file = args.config_file.split(".")[0]
+          print(args.config_file)
+      else:
+          print(f"{config_path} not found.")
+          
   train(args)