diff --git a/src/HGQ/layers/base.py b/src/HGQ/layers/base.py
index cbdb144..6867c9c 100644
--- a/src/HGQ/layers/base.py
+++ b/src/HGQ/layers/base.py
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ def input_bw(self):
         except AssertionError:
             return None
 
+    @property
+    def input_bw_exact(self):
+        assert len(self._inbound_nodes) <= 1, f"Layer {self.name} is reused {len(self._inbound_nodes)} times. This is not allowed."
+        try:
+            return self.last_layer.act_bw_exact.astype(np.float32)
+        except AssertionError:
+            return None
+
 
 class HLayerBase(ABSBaseLayer):
     """Abstract base class for all layers in the library. Child classes should call post_build() after calling their build() method.
@@ -186,6 +194,12 @@ def act_bw(self):
         bw = scale_grad(bw, tf.sqrt(1. / self.paq.degeneracy))  # type: ignore
         return tf.broadcast_to(bw, (1,) + self.output_shape[1:])
 
+    @property
+    def act_bw_exact(self):
+        """Returns the exact bitwidth of the pre-activation values. Non-differentiable. For post-training use."""
+        kn, int_bits, fb = self.paq.get_bits_exact(pos_only=self._relu_act)
+        return int_bits + fb + kn
+
     @property
     def fused_bias(self):
         return self.bias
diff --git a/src/HGQ/layers/conv.py b/src/HGQ/layers/conv.py
index 8a6701f..9a6d381 100644
--- a/src/HGQ/layers/conv.py
+++ b/src/HGQ/layers/conv.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def jit_forward(self, x, training=None, record_minmax=None):
     @property
     def compute_exact_bops(self):
         kernel_bw = tf.constant(self.kernel_bw_exact, dtype=tf.float32)
-        input_bw = self.input_bw  # type: ignore
+        input_bw = self.input_bw_exact
         bops = int(tf.reduce_sum(self.convolution_op(input_bw, kernel_bw)).numpy()) * int(self.parallel_factor.numpy()) / int(self.total_channels.numpy())  # type: ignore
         self.bops.assign(tf.constant(bops, dtype=tf.float32))
         return bops
diff --git a/src/HGQ/layers/dense.py b/src/HGQ/layers/dense.py
index 04da7d9..ac6748a 100644
--- a/src/HGQ/layers/dense.py
+++ b/src/HGQ/layers/dense.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def forward(self, x, training=None, record_minmax=None):
             kernel_bw = self._kernel_bw(kq)  # type: ignore
             bops = tf.reduce_sum(tf.matmul(input_bw, kernel_bw))
             self.bops.assign(bops)
-            bops = tf.cast(bops, tf.float32) * self.beta
+            bops = tf.cast(bops, tf.float32) * self.beta  # type: ignore
             self.add_loss(tf.convert_to_tensor(bops))
         return a
 
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ def jit_forward(self, x, training=None, record_minmax=None):
     @property
     def compute_exact_bops(self):
         kernel_bw = self.kernel_bw_exact
-        input_bw = self.input_bw.numpy()  # type: ignore
-        bops = np.sum(np.matmul(input_bw, kernel_bw))
+        input_bw = self.input_bw_exact
+        bops = np.sum(np.matmul(input_bw, kernel_bw))  # type: ignore
         self.bops.assign(tf.constant(bops, dtype=tf.float32))
         return bops
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def forward(self, x, training=None, record_minmax=None):
             kernel_bw = self._kernel_bw(kq)  # type: ignore
             bops = tf.reduce_sum(tf.matmul(input_bw, kernel_bw))
             self.bops.assign(bops)
-            bops = tf.cast(bops, tf.float32) * self.beta
+            bops = tf.cast(bops, tf.float32) * self.beta  # type: ignore
             self.add_loss(tf.convert_to_tensor(bops))
         return a