diff --git a/workspaces/public_datasets/data/exafel_dataset.npz b/workspaces/public_datasets/data/exafel_dataset.npz
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diff --git a/workspaces/public_datasets/exafel/config/exafel_config.py b/workspaces/public_datasets/exafel/config/exafel_config.py
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+++ b/workspaces/public_datasets/exafel/config/exafel_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+def set_config(c):
+    c.input_path = "workspaces/public_datasets/data/exafel_data.npz"
+    c.compression_ratio = 100
+    # c.number_of_columns = 24
+    # c.latent_space_size = 15
+    c.epochs = 4000
+    c.early_stopping = False
+    c.early_stopping_patience = 100
+    c.min_delta = 0
+    c.lr_scheduler = True
+    c.lr_scheduler_patience = 50
+    # c.model_name = "Conv_AE_GDN"
+    c.model_name = "CFD_dense_AE"
+    c.model_type = "dense"
+    # c.model_type = "convolutional"
+    c.custom_norm = True
+    c.l1 = True
+    c.reg_param = 0.001
+    c.RHO = 0.05
+    c.lr = 0.001
+    c.batch_size = 1
+    c.test_size = 0
+    c.data_dimension = 2
+    c.apply_normalization = False
+    c.extra_compression = False
+    c.intermittent_model_saving = False
+    c.intermittent_saving_patience = 100
+    c.activation_extraction = False
+    c.deterministic_algorithm = False
+    c.compress_to_latent_space = False
+    c.save_error_bounded_deltas = False
+    c.error_bounded_requirement = 1
+    c.convert_to_blocks = False
+    # c.custom_loss_function = "loss_function_swae"
+
+
+# def set_config(c):
+#     c.input_path = "workspaces/CFD_workspace/data/CFDAnimation.npz"
+#     c.data_dimension = 2
+#     c.compression_ratio = 2.0
+#     c.apply_normalization = False
+#     c.model_name = "CFD_dense_AE"
+#     c.epochs = 2
+#     c.lr = 0.001
+#     c.batch_size = 1
+#     c.early_stopping = True
+#     c.lr_scheduler = False
+
+#     # === Additional configuration options ===
+
+#     c.early_stopping_patience = 100
+#     c.min_delta = 0
+#     c.lr_scheduler_patience = 50
+#     c.custom_norm = True
+#     c.l1 = True
+#     c.reg_param = 0.001
+#     c.RHO = 0.05
+#     c.test_size = 0
+#     c.extra_compression = False
+#     c.intermittent_model_saving = False
+#     c.intermittent_saving_patience = 100
+#     c.mse_avg = False
+#     c.mse_sum = True
+#     c.emd = False
+#     c.l1 = True
+#     c.activation_extraction = False
+#     c.deterministic_algorithm = False
diff --git a/workspaces/public_datasets/hurricane_isabel/config/hurricane_isabel_config.py b/workspaces/public_datasets/hurricane_isabel/config/hurricane_isabel_config.py
index 6af76831..f91f5a61 100644
--- a/workspaces/public_datasets/hurricane_isabel/config/hurricane_isabel_config.py
+++ b/workspaces/public_datasets/hurricane_isabel/config/hurricane_isabel_config.py
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ def set_config(c):
     c.compress_to_latent_space = False
     c.save_error_bounded_deltas = False
     c.error_bounded_requirement = 1
+    c.convert_to_blocks = False