diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4dd39af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#SBATCH --job-name=boost
+#SBATCH --output=boost.log
+
+OPTIMIZATION_METHOD="cma"
+OPTIMIZATION_CONFIG="{ \"maxiter\": 2}"
+
+python3 compiling.py --backend numpy --path "./results/XXZ_5seeds/sgd_10q_6l_27/" \
+                     --epoch 500 --steps 2 --optimization_method $OPTIMIZATION_METHOD \
+                     --optimization_config "$OPTIMIZATION_CONFIG"
diff --git a/compiling.py b/compiling.py
index 8db5ea6e..c85d5426 100644
--- a/compiling.py
+++ b/compiling.py
@@ -35,27 +35,35 @@
 
 
 def dump_config(config: dict, path):
-    config["path"] = config["path"].name
+    config["path"] = config["path"]
     config["db_rotation"] = config["db_rotation"].value
-    (path / "config.json").write_text(json.dumps(config))
+    (path / "config.json").write_text(json.dumps(config, indent=4))
 
 
 def main(args):
     """VQE training."""
-    path = args.path
+    path = pathlib.Path(args.path)
     dump_path = (
         path
-        / f"{args.db_rotation.name}_{args.optimization_method}_{args.epoch}e_{args.steps}s_{args.gd_steps}gds"
+        / f"{args.db_rotation.name}_{args.optimization_method}_{args.epoch}e_{args.steps}s"
     )
     dump_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
     config = json.loads((path / OPTIMIZATION_FILE).read_text())
     dump_config(deepcopy(vars(args)), path=dump_path)
+
+    if args.optimization_config is None:
+        opt_options = {}
+    else:
+        opt_options = json.loads(args.optimization_config)
+
     try:
         params = np.load(path / f"parameters/params_ite{args.epoch}.npy")
     except FileNotFoundError:
         params = np.array(
             np.load(path / PARAMS_FILE, allow_pickle=True).tolist()[0][args.epoch]
         )
+
     nqubits = config["nqubits"]
     nlayers = config["nlayers"]
     vqe_backend = construct_backend(backend=config["backend"])
@@ -96,10 +104,14 @@ def main(args):
     )
     metadata = {}
 
-    print_report(report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci))
+    this_report = report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci)
+    metadata[0] = this_report
+
     for gci_step_nmb in range(args.steps):
         logging.info(
-            f"Optimizing GCI step {gci_step_nmb+1} with optimizer {args.optimization_method}"
+            "\n################################################################################\n"
+            + f"Optimizing GCI step {gci_step_nmb+1} with optimizer {args.optimization_method}"
+            + "\n################################################################################\n"
         )
         it = time.time()
         if args.optimization_method == "sgd":
@@ -108,12 +120,13 @@ def main(args):
                 mode_dbr_list=[args.db_rotation],
                 step_grid=np.linspace(1e-5, 2e-2, 30),
                 lr_range=(1e-3, 1),
-                nmb_gd_epochs=args.gd_steps,
+                nmb_gd_epochs=opt_options["gd_epochs"],
                 threshold=1e-4,
                 max_eval_gd=30,
                 please_be_visual=False,
                 save_path="gci_step",
             )
+
         else:
             if gci_step_nmb == 0:
                 p0 = [0.01]
@@ -125,7 +138,7 @@ def main(args):
                 params=p0,
                 gci=gci,
                 method=args.optimization_method,
-                maxiter=20,
+                **opt_options,
             )
             best_s = optimized_params[0]
             best_b = optimized_params[1:]
@@ -137,12 +150,15 @@ def main(args):
             eo_d_params=eo_d.params,
         )
         logging.info(f"Total optimization time required: {time.time() - it} seconds")
-        metadata[gci_step_nmb] = report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci) | step_data
         gci.mode_double_bracket_rotation = args.db_rotation
         gci.eo_d = eo_d
         gci(best_s)
-        print_report(report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci))
-    (dump_path / "boosting_data.json").write_text(json.dumps(metadata))
+
+        this_report = report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci)
+        print_report(this_report)
+        metadata[gci_step_nmb + 1] = this_report | step_data
+
+    (dump_path / "boosting_data.json").write_text(json.dumps(metadata, indent=4))
 
 
 def report(vqe, hamiltonian, gci):
@@ -207,19 +223,11 @@ def print_report(report: dict):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Boosting VQE with DBI.")
     parser.add_argument("--backend", default="qibojit", type=str, help="Qibo backend")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--path",
-        type=pathlib.Path,
-        default=pathlib.Path("XXZ_5seeds/moreonXXZ/sgd_10q_7l_42"),
-        help="Output folder",
-    )
+    parser.add_argument("--path", type=str, help="Output folder")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--epoch", default=-1, type=int, help="VQE epoch where DBI will be applied."
     )
     parser.add_argument("--steps", default=2, type=int, help="DBI steps")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--gd_steps", default=1, type=int, help="Gradient descent steps"
-    )
     parser.add_argument("--order", default=2, type=int, help="Suzuki-Trotter order")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--db_rotation",
@@ -231,5 +239,10 @@ def print_report(report: dict):
     parser.add_argument(
         "--optimization_method", default="sgd", type=str, help="Optimization method"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--optimization_config",
+        type=str,
+        help="Options to customize the optimizer training.",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     main(args)
diff --git a/run_sgd.sh b/run_sgd.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 53749849..00000000
--- a/run_sgd.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#SBATCH --job-name=boostvqe
-#SBATCH --output=boostvqe.log
-
-NQUBITS=4
-NLAYERS=2
-
-DBI_STEPS=2
-NBOOST=2
-BOOST_FREQUENCY=10
-
-NSHOTS=10000
-TOL=1e-8
-ACC=0.5
-
-OPTIMIZER="sgd"
-BACKEND="tensorflow"
-OPTIMIZER_OPTIONS="{ \"optimizer\": \"Adagrad\", \"learning_rate\": 0.1, \"nmessage\": 1, \"nepochs\": $BOOST_FREQUENCY }"
-
-python main.py  --nqubits $NQUBITS --nlayers $NLAYERS --optimizer $OPTIMIZER \
-                --output_folder results/debugging --backend $BACKEND --tol $TOL \
-                --dbi_step $DBI_STEPS --seed 42 \
-                --boost_frequency $BOOST_FREQUENCY --nboost $NBOOST \
-                --optimizer_options "$OPTIMIZER_OPTIONS"