diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffae39d..28e28a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,27 @@ uv run data/download_generated_fineweb_qa.py
 uv run data/download_self_gen_qa.py
 ```
 
+Loading self-generated data
+```python
+from ctx_to_lora.data.processing import load_and_process_dataset
+
+base_model_name = "google/gemma-2-2b-it"
+
+# currently available self_gen dataset names 
+# ["drop_compact", "pwc_compact", "ropes_compact", "squad_compact", "fw_qa_v2/min_0_to_2000"]
+
+ds_name = "fw_qa_v2/min_0_to_2000"
+ds = load_and_process_dataset(f"self_gen/{base_model_name}/{ds_name}",
+    split="train",
+    add_negative_prompt=False,
+    add_repeat_prompt=False,
+    repeat_prob=0,
+    is_pretrain=False,
+    streaming=False,
+    num_proc=8
+)
+```
+
 ***Generate data from scratch***
 0. download fineweb_edu to `data/raw_datasets/fineweb_edu
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/ctx_to_lora/data/processing.py b/src/ctx_to_lora/data/processing.py
index cefb190..752347c 100644
--- a/src/ctx_to_lora/data/processing.py
+++ b/src/ctx_to_lora/data/processing.py
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ def get_preprocessing_fn(
         A preprocessing function that takes and returns a dictionary
     """
     f = lambda x: x
+    if ds_name.startswith("self_gen") or ds_name.endswith("_compact"):
+        # already processed data, do nothing
+        return f
 
     if "fw_qa_v2" in ds_name:
 
@@ -210,15 +213,6 @@ def get_preprocessing_fn(
                 "response": response,
             }
 
-    elif ds_name.endswith("_compact"):
-        # already processed data, don't need to do anything
-        def f(sample):
-            return {
-                "context": sample["context"],
-                "prompts": sample["prompts"],
-                "responses": sample["responses"],
-            }
-
     elif ds_name == "booksum":
         prompt_templates = [
             "Summarization the provided text.",