diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
index 286c0b1b..94f129f1 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/dalle2_pytorch.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 NAT = 1. / math.log(2.)
 
+UnetOutput = namedtuple('UnetOutput', ['pred', 'var_interp_frac_unnormalized'])
+
 # helper functions
 
 def exists(val):
@@ -2584,6 +2586,14 @@ def get_unet(self, unet_number):
         index = unet_number - 1
         return self.unets[index]
 
+    def parse_unet_output(self, learned_variance, output):
+        var_interp_frac_unnormalized = None
+
+        if learned_variance:
+            output, var_interp_frac_unnormalized = output.chunk(2, dim = 1)
+
+        return UnetOutput(output, var_interp_frac_unnormalized)
+
     @contextmanager
     def one_unet_in_gpu(self, unet_number = None, unet = None):
         assert exists(unet_number) ^ exists(unet)
@@ -2625,10 +2635,9 @@ def dynamic_threshold(self, x):
     def p_mean_variance(self, unet, x, t, image_embed, noise_scheduler, text_encodings = None, lowres_cond_img = None, self_cond = None, clip_denoised = True, predict_x_start = False, learned_variance = False, cond_scale = 1., model_output = None, lowres_noise_level = None):
         assert not (cond_scale != 1. and not self.can_classifier_guidance), 'the decoder was not trained with conditional dropout, and thus one cannot use classifier free guidance (cond_scale anything other than 1)'
 
-        pred = default(model_output, lambda: unet.forward_with_cond_scale(x, t, image_embed = image_embed, text_encodings = text_encodings, cond_scale = cond_scale, lowres_cond_img = lowres_cond_img, self_cond = self_cond, lowres_noise_level = lowres_noise_level))
+        model_output = default(model_output, lambda: unet.forward_with_cond_scale(x, t, image_embed = image_embed, text_encodings = text_encodings, cond_scale = cond_scale, lowres_cond_img = lowres_cond_img, self_cond = self_cond, lowres_noise_level = lowres_noise_level))
 
-        if learned_variance:
-            pred, var_interp_frac_unnormalized = pred.chunk(2, dim = 1)
+        pred, var_interp_frac_unnormalized = self.parse_unet_output(learned_variance, model_output)
 
         if predict_x_start:
             x_start = pred
@@ -2811,10 +2820,9 @@ def p_sample_loop_ddim(
 
                 self_cond = x_start if unet.self_cond else None
 
-                pred = unet.forward_with_cond_scale(img, time_cond, image_embed = image_embed, text_encodings = text_encodings, cond_scale = cond_scale, self_cond = self_cond, lowres_cond_img = lowres_cond_img, lowres_noise_level = lowres_noise_level)
+                unet_output = unet.forward_with_cond_scale(img, time_cond, image_embed = image_embed, text_encodings = text_encodings, cond_scale = cond_scale, self_cond = self_cond, lowres_cond_img = lowres_cond_img, lowres_noise_level = lowres_noise_level)
 
-                if learned_variance:
-                    pred, _ = pred.chunk(2, dim = 1)
+                pred, _ = self.parse_unet_output(learned_variance, unet_output)
 
                 if predict_x_start:
                     x_start = pred
@@ -2886,16 +2894,13 @@ def p_losses(self, unet, x_start, times, *, image_embed, noise_scheduler, lowres
 
         if unet.self_cond and random.random() < 0.5:
             with torch.no_grad():
-                self_cond = unet(x_noisy, times, **unet_kwargs)
-
-                if learned_variance:
-                    self_cond, _ = self_cond.chunk(2, dim = 1)
-
+                unet_output = unet(x_noisy, times, **unet_kwargs)
+                self_cond, _ = self.parse_unet_output(learned_variance, unet_output)
                 self_cond = self_cond.detach()
 
         # forward to get model prediction
 
-        model_output = unet(
+        unet_output = unet(
             x_noisy,
             times,
             **unet_kwargs,
@@ -2904,10 +2909,7 @@ def p_losses(self, unet, x_start, times, *, image_embed, noise_scheduler, lowres
             text_cond_drop_prob = self.text_cond_drop_prob,
         )
 
-        if learned_variance:
-            pred, _ = model_output.chunk(2, dim = 1)
-        else:
-            pred = model_output
+        pred, _ = self.parse_unet_output(learned_variance, unet_output)
 
         target = noise if not predict_x_start else x_start
 
@@ -2930,7 +2932,7 @@ def p_losses(self, unet, x_start, times, *, image_embed, noise_scheduler, lowres
         # if learning the variance, also include the extra weight kl loss
 
         true_mean, _, true_log_variance_clipped = noise_scheduler.q_posterior(x_start = x_start, x_t = x_noisy, t = times)
-        model_mean, _, model_log_variance, _ = self.p_mean_variance(unet, x = x_noisy, t = times, image_embed = image_embed, noise_scheduler = noise_scheduler, clip_denoised = clip_denoised, learned_variance = True, model_output = model_output)
+        model_mean, _, model_log_variance, _ = self.p_mean_variance(unet, x = x_noisy, t = times, image_embed = image_embed, noise_scheduler = noise_scheduler, clip_denoised = clip_denoised, learned_variance = True, model_output = unet_output)
 
         # kl loss with detached model predicted mean, for stability reasons as in paper
 
diff --git a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
index 4574cc89..d07785c5 100644
--- a/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
+++ b/dalle2_pytorch/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.6.3'
+__version__ = '1.6.4'