diff --git a/src/llmtuner/extras/callbacks.py b/src/llmtuner/extras/callbacks.py
index 7398d424..1d9e0051 100644
--- a/src/llmtuner/extras/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/llmtuner/extras/callbacks.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from llmtuner.extras.logging import get_logger
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from transformers import TrainingArguments, TrainerState, TrainerControl
+    from trl import AutoModelForCausalLMWithValueHead
 
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -25,16 +26,22 @@ class SavePeftModelCallback(TrainerCallback):
         """
         if args.should_save:
             output_dir = os.path.join(args.output_dir, "{}-{}".format(PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR, state.global_step))
-            model = kwargs.pop("model")
+            model: "AutoModelForCausalLMWithValueHead" = kwargs.pop("model")
+            model.pretrained_model.config.save_pretrained(output_dir)
+            if model.pretrained_model.can_generate():
+                model.pretrained_model.generation_config.save_pretrained(output_dir)
             if getattr(model, "is_peft_model", False):
-                getattr(model, "pretrained_model").save_pretrained(output_dir)
+                model.pretrained_model.save_pretrained(output_dir)
 
     def on_train_end(self, args: "TrainingArguments", state: "TrainerState", control: "TrainerControl", **kwargs):
         r"""
         Event called at the end of training.
         """
         if args.should_save:
-            model = kwargs.pop("model")
+            model: "AutoModelForCausalLMWithValueHead" = kwargs.pop("model")
+            model.pretrained_model.config.save_pretrained(args.output_dir)
+            if model.pretrained_model.can_generate():
+                model.pretrained_model.generation_config.save_pretrained(args.output_dir)
             if getattr(model, "is_peft_model", False):
                 getattr(model, "pretrained_model").save_pretrained(args.output_dir)
 
diff --git a/src/llmtuner/hparams/finetuning_args.py b/src/llmtuner/hparams/finetuning_args.py
index ca304761..cfdc8b24 100644
--- a/src/llmtuner/hparams/finetuning_args.py
+++ b/src/llmtuner/hparams/finetuning_args.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class FinetuningArguments(FreezeArguments, LoraArguments, RLHFArguments):
         if self.stage == "ppo" and self.reward_model is None:
             raise ValueError("Reward model is necessary for PPO training.")
 
-        if self.reward_model_type == "lora" and self.finetuning_type != "lora":
+        if self.stage == "ppo" and self.reward_model_type == "lora" and self.finetuning_type != "lora":
             raise ValueError("Lora reward model only supports lora training.")
 
     def save_to_json(self, json_path: str):
diff --git a/src/llmtuner/model/loader.py b/src/llmtuner/model/loader.py
index f9d37c03..df43599c 100644
--- a/src/llmtuner/model/loader.py
+++ b/src/llmtuner/model/loader.py
@@ -203,12 +203,13 @@ def load_model_and_tokenizer(
     if stage in ["rm", "ppo"]:
         model: "AutoModelForCausalLMWithValueHead" = AutoModelForCausalLMWithValueHead.from_pretrained(model)
         reset_logging()
-        if model_args.checkpoint_dir is not None: # load valuehead weights if exists
-            logger.warning("Only the last checkpoint containing valuehead will be loaded.")
-            vhead_params = load_valuehead_params(model_args.checkpoint_dir[-1], model_args)
-            if vhead_params is not None:
-                model.load_state_dict(vhead_params, strict=False)
-                logger.info("Loaded valuehead from checkpoint: {}".format(model_args.checkpoint_dir[-1]))
+        vhead_path = (
+            model_args.checkpoint_dir[-1] if model_args.checkpoint_dir is not None else model_args.model_name_or_path
+        )
+        vhead_params = load_valuehead_params(vhead_path, model_args)
+        if vhead_params is not None:
+            model.load_state_dict(vhead_params, strict=False)
+            logger.info("Loaded valuehead from checkpoint: {}".format(vhead_path))
 
     # Prepare model for inference
     if not is_trainable:
diff --git a/src/llmtuner/train/ppo/trainer.py b/src/llmtuner/train/ppo/trainer.py
index b97037a1..949e2ce8 100644
--- a/src/llmtuner/train/ppo/trainer.py
+++ b/src/llmtuner/train/ppo/trainer.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class CustomPPOTrainer(PPOTrainer, Trainer):
         self.args = training_args
         self.model_args = model_args
         self.finetuning_args = finetuning_args
+        self.reward_model = reward_model
 
         self.generation_config = GenerationConfig(
             pad_token_id=self.tokenizer.pad_token_id,
@@ -72,8 +73,6 @@ class CustomPPOTrainer(PPOTrainer, Trainer):
                     self.reward_model = self._prepare_deepspeed(self.reward_model)
             else:
                 self.reward_model = self.accelerator.prepare_model(self.reward_model, evaluation_mode=True)
-        else:
-            self.reward_model = None
 
     def ppo_train(self) -> None:
         r"""