diff --git a/src/backends/torch/torchsolver.cc b/src/backends/torch/torchsolver.cc
index 3f3e71fe7..b0a1df5dd 100644
--- a/src/backends/torch/torchsolver.cc
+++ b/src/backends/torch/torchsolver.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,14 @@ namespace dd
                 _params, torch::optim::AdamOptions(_base_lr)
                              .betas(std::make_tuple(_beta1, _beta2))
                              .weight_decay(_weight_decay)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
+      }
+    else if (_solver_type == "ADAMW")
+      {
+        _optimizer
+            = std::unique_ptr<torch::optim::Optimizer>(new torch::optim::AdamW(
+                _params, torch::optim::AdamWOptions(_base_lr)
+                             .betas(std::make_tuple(_beta1, _beta2))
+                             .weight_decay(_weight_decay)));
       }
     else if (_solver_type == "RMSPROP")
       {
@@ -105,7 +112,6 @@ namespace dd
             new torch::optim::RMSprop(
                 _params, torch::optim::RMSpropOptions(_base_lr).weight_decay(
                              _weight_decay)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
       }
     else if (_solver_type == "ADAGRAD")
       {
@@ -113,7 +119,6 @@ namespace dd
             new torch::optim::Adagrad(
                 _params, torch::optim::AdagradOptions(_base_lr).weight_decay(
                              _weight_decay)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
       }
     else if (_solver_type == "RANGER" || _solver_type == "RANGER_PLUS")
       {
@@ -131,7 +136,6 @@ namespace dd
                                     .adamp(_adamp)
                                     .lsteps(_lsteps)
                                     .lalpha(_lalpha)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
         this->_logger->info("beta_1: {}", _beta1);
         this->_logger->info("beta_2: {}", _beta2);
         this->_logger->info("weight_decay: {}", _weight_decay);
@@ -162,7 +166,6 @@ namespace dd
                                      .lookahead(_lookahead)
                                      .lsteps(_lsteps)
                                      .lalpha(_lalpha)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
         this->_logger->info("momentum: {}", _momentum);
         this->_logger->info("weight_decay: {}", _weight_decay);
         this->_logger->info("lookahead: {}", _lookahead);
@@ -180,7 +183,6 @@ namespace dd
         _optimizer
             = std::unique_ptr<torch::optim::Optimizer>(new torch::optim::SGD(
                 _params, torch::optim::SGDOptions(_base_lr)));
-        this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
       }
     this->_logger->info("clip: {}", _clip);
     if (_clip)
@@ -199,6 +201,8 @@ namespace dd
       }
     if (_sam)
       this->_logger->info("using Sharpness Aware Minimization (SAM)");
+    this->_logger->info("using optimizer " + _solver_type);
+    this->_logger->info("base_lr: {}", _base_lr);
   }
 
   void TorchSolver::sam_first_step()
@@ -417,6 +421,14 @@ namespace dd
             options.betas(std::make_tuple(_beta1, _beta2));
             options.weight_decay(_weight_decay);
           }
+        else if (_solver_type == "ADAMW")
+          {
+            auto &options = static_cast<torch::optim::AdamWOptions &>(
+                param_group.options());
+            options.lr(_base_lr);
+            options.betas(std::make_tuple(_beta1, _beta2));
+            options.weight_decay(_weight_decay);
+          }
         else if (_solver_type == "RMSPROP")
           {
             auto &options = static_cast<torch::optim::RMSpropOptions &>(