diff --git a/palm_rlhf_pytorch/attention.py b/palm_rlhf_pytorch/attention.py
index 9716f0f..9fad546 100644
--- a/palm_rlhf_pytorch/attention.py
+++ b/palm_rlhf_pytorch/attention.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 # constants
 
-Config = namedtuple('FlashConfig', ['enable_flash', 'enable_math', 'enable_mem_efficient'])
+Config = namedtuple('EfficientAttentionConfig', ['enable_flash', 'enable_math', 'enable_mem_efficient'])
 
 # helpers
 
@@ -41,13 +41,30 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.dropout = dropout
-        self.causal = causal
         self.attn_dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
 
+        self.causal = causal
+        self.register_buffer("mask", None, persistent=False)
+
         self.use_flash_attn = use_flash_attn
         assert not (use_flash_attn and version.parse(torch.__version__) < version.parse('2.0.0')), 'in order to use flash attention, you must be using pytorch 2.0 or above'
 
-        self.register_buffer("mask", None, persistent=False)
+        # determine efficient attention configs for cuda and cpu
+
+        self.cpu_config = Config(True, True, True)
+        self.cuda_config = None
+
+        if not torch.cuda.is_available() or not use_flash_attn:
+            return
+
+        device_properties = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(torch.device('cuda'))
+
+        if device_properties.major == 8 and device_properties.minor == 0:
+            print_once('A100 GPU detected, using flash attention if input tensor is on cuda')
+            self.cuda_config = Config(True, False, False)
+        else:
+            print_once('Non-A100 GPU detected, using math or mem efficient attention if input tensor is on cuda')
+            self.cuda_config = Config(False, True, True)
 
     def get_mask(self, n, device):
         if exists(self.mask) and self.mask.shape[-1] >= n:
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ def get_mask(self, n, device):
         return mask
 
     def flash_attn(self, q, k, v, mask = None):
-        _, heads, q_len, _, k_len = *q.shape, k.shape[-2]
+        _, heads, q_len, _, k_len, is_cuda = *q.shape, k.shape[-2], q.is_cuda
 
         # Recommended for multi-query single-key-value attention by Tri Dao
         # kv shape torch.Size([1, 512, 64]) -> torch.Size([1, 8, 512, 64])
@@ -75,25 +92,7 @@ def flash_attn(self, q, k, v, mask = None):
 
         # Check if there is a compatible device for flash attention
 
-        device_str = 'cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() and q.is_cuda else 'cpu'
-        device = torch.device(device_str)
-
-        try:
-            if device_str == 'cuda':
-                device_properties = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(device)
-
-                if device_properties.major == 8 and device_properties.minor == 0:
-                    print_once('A100 GPU detected, using flash attention')
-                    config = Config(True, False, False)
-                else:
-                    print_once('Non-A100 GPU detected, using math or mem efficient attention')
-                    config = Config(False, True, True)
-            else:
-                print_once('CPU detected, using default context manager settings')
-                config = Config(True, True, True)
-
-        except RuntimeError as error:
-            print(f'An error occurred: {error}.')
+        config = self.cuda_config if is_cuda else self.cpu_config
 
         # pytorch 2.0 flash attn: q, k, v, mask, dropout, causal, softmax_scale
         
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 311f00e..8d45f38 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
   name = 'PaLM-rlhf-pytorch',
   packages = find_packages(exclude=[]),
-  version = '0.1.1',
+  version = '0.1.2',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'PaLM + Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback - Pytorch',
   author = 'Phil Wang',