diff --git a/src/nanotron/config/config.py b/src/nanotron/config/config.py
index 8cdc8715..0744dd69 100644
--- a/src/nanotron/config/config.py
+++ b/src/nanotron/config/config.py
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ class CheckpointsArgs:
     checkpoint_interval: int
     save_initial_state: Optional[bool] = False
     save_final_state: Optional[bool] = False
-    resume_checkpoint_path: Optional[Path] = None
+    resume_checkpoint_path: Optional[xPath] = None
     checkpoints_path_is_shared_file_system: Optional[bool] = False
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         if isinstance(self.checkpoints_path, str):
-            self.checkpoints_path = Path(self.checkpoints_path)
+            self.checkpoints_path = xPath(self.checkpoints_path)
         if isinstance(self.resume_checkpoint_path, str):
-            self.resume_checkpoint_path = Path(self.resume_checkpoint_path)
+            self.resume_checkpoint_path = xPath(self.resume_checkpoint_path)
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/nanotron/serialize/main.py b/src/nanotron/serialize/main.py
index da192c94..3c93c69a 100644
--- a/src/nanotron/serialize/main.py
+++ b/src/nanotron/serialize/main.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def load(
     return checkpoint_metadata
 
 
-def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config) -> Optional[Path]:
+def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config, parallel_context: ParallelContext) -> Optional[Path]:
     """Parse checkpoint path from config and download checkpoint from S3 if needed.
 
     Args:
@@ -254,10 +254,8 @@ def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config) -> Optional[Path]:
         Path to checkpoint or None if no checkpoint.
     """
     load_from_candidate = config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path
-    print(load_from_candidate)
     if load_from_candidate is not None:
         if check_path_is_local(load_from_candidate):
-            print("I'M LOCAL")
             latest_meta_path: xPath = config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path / "latest.txt"
             if latest_meta_path.exists():
                 with fs_open(config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path / "latest.txt", mode="r") as fi:
@@ -286,7 +284,6 @@ def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config) -> Optional[Path]:
             )
         else:
         # elif check_path_is_s3(str(load_from_candidate)):
-            print("I'M S3")
             latest_meta_path = config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path / "latest.txt"
             if latest_meta_path.exists():
                 # if latest.txt exists, we assume that the checkpoint path is a path to a folder containing the checkpoint
@@ -295,7 +292,6 @@ def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config) -> Optional[Path]:
                 s3_path = config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path / str(latest_iteration)  # load_path
                 checkpoint_path = config.checkpoints.checkpoints_path / str(latest_iteration)  # save_path
             elif config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path.exists():
-                print("INNNN")
                 # we assume that the checkpoint path is a path to a checkpoint
                 s3_path = config.checkpoints.resume_checkpoint_path  # load_path
                 checkpoint_path = config.checkpoints.checkpoints_path / load_from_candidate.name  # save_path
@@ -322,12 +318,12 @@ def parse_ckpt_path(config: Config) -> Optional[Path]:
                 s5cmd_path=config.s3_upload.s5cmd_path,
                 dummy=bool(int(os.environ.get("LOCAL_RANK", None)) != 0),
             )
-            s3_mover.distributed_wait_for_completion(config.parallel_context.world_pg)
+            s3_mover.distributed_wait_for_completion(parallel_context.world_pg)
             s3_mover.start_downloading()
-            s3_mover.distributed_wait_for_completion(config.parallel_context.world_pg)
+            s3_mover.distributed_wait_for_completion(parallel_context.world_pg)
 
             # Replace S3 path with local path in config
-            return checkpoint_path
+        return checkpoint_path
         # else:
         #     raise Exception(f"{load_from_candidate} should be either a local link or a s3 link.")
         #     return None
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diff --git a/src/nanotron/trainer.py b/src/nanotron/trainer.py
index 6c54068d..0a7f57f1 100644
--- a/src/nanotron/trainer.py
+++ b/src/nanotron/trainer.py
@@ -150,11 +150,12 @@ def __init__(
             data_parallel_size=self.config.parallelism.dp,
             expert_parallel_size=self.config.parallelism.expert_parallel_size,
         )
+        
+        self.pre_init()
 
         # Set log levels
         set_ranks_logging_level(parallel_context=self.parallel_context, logging_config=self.config.logging)
 
-        self.pre_init()
 
 
         # Log benchmark info
@@ -258,9 +259,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.post_init()
 
     def pre_init(self):
-        print("in pre init")
-        self.init_checkpoint_path = parse_ckpt_path(config=self.config)
-        print(self.init_checkpoint_path)
+        self.init_checkpoint_path = parse_ckpt_path(config=self.config, parallel_context=self.parallel_context)
 
     def post_init(self):
         # S3 Mover and save initial state