diff --git a/examples/bivariate.rs b/examples/bivariate.rs
index 4e8c90b..115925c 100644
--- a/examples/bivariate.rs
+++ b/examples/bivariate.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![feature(generic_arg_infer)]
-
 use std::io::Write;
 
 use nalgebra::{dvector, DVector};
diff --git a/examples/densenet.rs b/examples/densenet.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e41e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/densenet.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use nalgebra::{dvector, DVector};
+use neuramethyst::derivable::activation::Linear;
+use neuramethyst::derivable::loss::CrossEntropy;
+use neuramethyst::derivable::regularize::NeuraL1;
+use neuramethyst::{plot_losses, prelude::*};
+
+use rand::Rng;
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut network = neura_residual![
+        <= 0, 2;
+        neura_layer!("dense", 4).regularization(NeuraL1(0.001));
+        neura_layer!("dropout", 0.25);
+        neura_layer!("dense", 2)
+            .activation(Linear)
+            .regularization(NeuraL1(0.001));
+        neura_layer!("softmax");
+    ]
+    .construct(NeuraShape::Vector(2))
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let inputs = (0..1).cycle().map(move |_| {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        let category = rng.gen_bool(0.5) as usize;
+        let (x, y) = if category == 0 {
+            let radius: f32 = rng.gen_range(0.0..2.0);
+            let angle = rng.gen_range(0.0..std::f32::consts::TAU);
+            (angle.cos() * radius, angle.sin() * radius)
+        } else {
+            let radius: f32 = rng.gen_range(3.0..5.0);
+            let angle = rng.gen_range(0.0..std::f32::consts::TAU);
+            (angle.cos() * radius, angle.sin() * radius)
+        };
+
+        (dvector![x, y], one_hot(category, 2))
+    });
+
+    let test_inputs: Vec<_> = inputs.clone().take(10).collect();
+
+    if std::env::args().any(|arg| arg == "draw") {
+        for epoch in 0..200 {
+            let mut trainer = NeuraBatchedTrainer::new(0.03, 10);
+            trainer.batch_size = 10;
+
+            trainer.train(
+                &NeuraBackprop::new(CrossEntropy),
+                &mut network,
+                inputs.clone(),
+                &test_inputs,
+            );
+
+            draw_neuron_activation(
+                |input| {
+                    let output = network.eval(&dvector![input[0] as f32, input[1] as f32]);
+                    let estimation = output[0] / (output[0] + output[1]);
+
+                    let color = network.eval(&dvector![input[0] as f32, input[1] as f32]);
+
+                    (&color / color.map(|x| x * x).sum() * estimation)
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|x| x.abs() as f64)
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                },
+                6.0,
+            );
+            println!("{}", epoch);
+
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(0, 50_000_000));
+        }
+    } else {
+        let mut trainer = NeuraBatchedTrainer::new(0.03, 20 * 50);
+        trainer.batch_size = 10;
+        trainer.log_iterations = 20;
+
+        plot_losses(
+            trainer.train(
+                &NeuraBackprop::new(CrossEntropy),
+                &mut network,
+                inputs.clone(),
+                &test_inputs,
+            ),
+            128,
+            48,
+        );
+
+        // println!("{}", String::from("\n").repeat(64));
+        // draw_neuron_activation(|input| network.eval(&input).into_iter().collect(), 6.0);
+    }
+
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::create("target/bivariate.csv").unwrap();
+    for (input, _target) in test_inputs {
+        let guess = neuramethyst::argmax(network.eval(&input).as_slice());
+        writeln!(&mut file, "{},{},{}", input[0], input[1], guess).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO: move this to the library?
+fn draw_neuron_activation<F: Fn([f64; 2]) -> Vec<f64>>(callback: F, scale: f64) {
+    use viuer::Config;
+
+    const WIDTH: u32 = 64;
+    const HEIGHT: u32 = 64;
+
+    let mut image = image::RgbImage::new(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
+
+    fn sigmoid(x: f64) -> f64 {
+        1.9 / (1.0 + (-x * 3.0).exp()) - 0.9
+    }
+
+    for y in 0..HEIGHT {
+        let y2 = 2.0 * y as f64 / HEIGHT as f64 - 1.0;
+        for x in 0..WIDTH {
+            let x2 = 2.0 * x as f64 / WIDTH as f64 - 1.0;
+            let activation = callback([x2 * scale, y2 * scale]);
+            let r = (sigmoid(activation.get(0).copied().unwrap_or(-1.0)) * 255.0).floor() as u8;
+            let g = (sigmoid(activation.get(1).copied().unwrap_or(-1.0)) * 255.0).floor() as u8;
+            let b = (sigmoid(activation.get(2).copied().unwrap_or(-1.0)) * 255.0).floor() as u8;
+
+            *image.get_pixel_mut(x, y) = image::Rgb([r, g, b]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let config = Config {
+        use_kitty: false,
+        truecolor: true,
+        // absolute_offset: false,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    viuer::print(&image::DynamicImage::ImageRgb8(image), &config).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn one_hot(value: usize, categories: usize) -> DVector<f32> {
+    let mut res = DVector::from_element(categories, 0.0);
+    if value < categories {
+        res[value] = 1.0;
+    }
+    res
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7edd616..0eeb5b2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub mod prelude {
         NeuraTrainableLayerBase, NeuraTrainableLayerSelf,
     };
     pub use crate::network::sequential::{
-        NeuraSequential, NeuraSequentialConstruct, NeuraSequentialLock, NeuraSequentialTail,
+        NeuraSequential, NeuraSequentialLock, NeuraSequentialTail,
     };
     pub use crate::train::NeuraBatchedTrainer;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/residual/last.rs b/src/network/residual/last.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3f37eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/residual/last.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+use crate::layer::*;
+use crate::network::*;
+use crate::utils::unwrap_or_clone;
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+use super::construct::*;
+use super::*;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct NeuraResidualLast {
+    output_shape: Option<NeuraShape>,
+}
+
+impl NeuraResidualLast {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self { output_shape: None }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for NeuraResidualLast {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl NeuraResidualConstruct for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type Constructed = NeuraResidualLast;
+    type Err = NeuraResidualConstructErr<(), ()>;
+
+    fn construct_residual(
+        self,
+        input: NeuraResidualInput<NeuraShape>,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Constructed, Self::Err> {
+        let input = *input
+            .get_first()
+            .ok_or(Self::Err::AxisErr(NeuraAxisErr::NoInput))?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            output_shape: Some(input),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl NeuraShapedLayer for NeuraResidualLast {
+    fn output_shape(&self) -> NeuraShape {
+        self.output_shape
+            .expect("Called NeuraResidualLast::output_shape before constructing it")
+    }
+}
+
+impl NeuraNetworkBase for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type Layer = ();
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn get_layer(&self) -> &Self::Layer {
+        &()
+    }
+}
+
+impl NeuraNetworkRec for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type NextNode = ();
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn get_next(&self) -> &Self::NextNode {
+        &()
+    }
+
+    fn merge_gradient(
+        &self,
+        rec_gradient: <Self::NextNode as NeuraTrainableLayerBase>::Gradient,
+        layer_gradient: <Self::Layer as NeuraTrainableLayerBase>::Gradient,
+    ) -> Self::Gradient
+    where
+        Self::Layer: NeuraTrainableLayerBase,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Data: Clone> NeuraNetwork<NeuraResidualInput<Data>> for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type LayerInput = Data;
+
+    type NodeOutput = Data;
+
+    fn map_input<'a>(&'_ self, input: &'a NeuraResidualInput<Data>) -> Cow<'a, Self::LayerInput> {
+        Cow::Owned(unwrap_or_clone(input.clone().get_first().unwrap()))
+    }
+
+    fn map_output<'a>(
+        &'_ self,
+        _input: &'_ NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
+        layer_output: &'a Data,
+    ) -> Cow<'a, Self::NodeOutput> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(layer_output)
+    }
+
+    fn map_gradient_in<'a>(
+        &'_ self,
+        _input: &'_ NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
+        gradient_in: &'a Self::NodeOutput,
+    ) -> Cow<'a, <Self::Layer as NeuraLayer<Self::LayerInput>>::Output> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(gradient_in)
+    }
+
+    fn map_gradient_out<'a>(
+        &'_ self,
+        input: &'_ NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
+        gradient_in: &'_ Self::NodeOutput,
+        gradient_out: &'a Self::LayerInput,
+    ) -> Cow<'a, NeuraResidualInput<Data>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+}
+
+impl NeuraTrainableLayerBase for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type Gradient = ();
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn default_gradient(&self) -> Self::Gradient {
+        ()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn apply_gradient(&mut self, _gradient: &Self::Gradient) {
+        // Noop
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Data: Clone> NeuraLayer<NeuraResidualInput<Data>> for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type Output = Data;
+
+    fn eval(&self, input: &NeuraResidualInput<Data>) -> Self::Output {
+        let result: Rc<Self::Output> = input.clone().get_first()
+            .expect("Invalid NeuraResidual state: network returned no data, did you forget to link the last layer?")
+            .into();
+
+        unwrap_or_clone(result)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Data: Clone> NeuraTrainableLayerEval<NeuraResidualInput<Data>> for NeuraResidualLast {
+    type IntermediaryRepr = ();
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn eval_training(
+        &self,
+        input: &NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
+    ) -> (Self::Output, Self::IntermediaryRepr) {
+        (self.eval(input), ())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Data: Clone> NeuraTrainableLayerSelf<NeuraResidualInput<Data>> for NeuraResidualLast {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn regularize_layer(&self) -> Self::Gradient {
+        ()
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn get_gradient(
+        &self,
+        _input: &NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
+        _intermediary: &Self::IntermediaryRepr,
+        _epsilon: &Self::Output,
+    ) -> Self::Gradient {
+        ()
+    }
+}
+
+// let epsilon = Rc::new(epsilon.clone());
+// let mut epsilon_residual = NeuraResidualInput::new();
+
+// epsilon_residual.push(0, epsilon);
diff --git a/src/network/residual/mod.rs b/src/network/residual/mod.rs
index 5e12a81..26bc45d 100644
--- a/src/network/residual/mod.rs
+++ b/src/network/residual/mod.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use nalgebra::{DVector, Scalar};
-use num::Float;
-
 use crate::layer::*;
 
-mod layer_impl;
-
 mod wrapper;
 pub use wrapper::*;
 
@@ -19,78 +14,16 @@ pub use axis::*;
 mod construct;
 pub use construct::NeuraResidualConstructErr;
 
-impl<Layers> NeuraResidual<Layers> {
-    pub fn new(layers: Layers) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            layers,
-            initial_offsets: vec![0],
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn offset(mut self, offset: usize) -> Self {
-        self.initial_offsets.push(offset);
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn offsets(mut self, offsets: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
-        self.initial_offsets = offsets;
-        self
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub struct NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> {
-    pub layer: Layer,
-    pub child_network: ChildNetwork,
-
-    /// Array of relative layers indices to send the offset of this layer to,
-    /// defaults to `vec![0]`.
-    offsets: Vec<usize>,
-
-    pub axis: Axis,
-
-    output_shape: Option<NeuraShape>,
-}
-
-impl<Layer, ChildNetwork> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, NeuraAxisAppend> {
-    pub fn new(layer: Layer, child_network: ChildNetwork) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            layer,
-            child_network,
-            offsets: vec![0],
-            axis: NeuraAxisAppend,
-            output_shape: None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> {
-    pub fn offsets(mut self, offsets: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
-        self.offsets = offsets;
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn offset(mut self, offset: usize) -> Self {
-        self.offsets.push(offset);
-        self
-    }
+mod node;
+pub use node::*;
 
-    pub fn axis<Axis2>(self, axis: Axis2) -> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis2> {
-        NeuraResidualNode {
-            layer: self.layer,
-            child_network: self.child_network,
-            offsets: self.offsets,
-            axis,
-            // Drop the knowledge of output_shape
-            output_shape: None,
-        }
-    }
-}
+mod last;
+pub use last::*;
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! neura_residual {
     [ "__combine_layers", ] => {
-        ()
+        $crate::network::residual::NeuraResidualLast::new()
     };
 
     [ "__combine_layers",
@@ -136,7 +69,8 @@ macro_rules! neura_residual {
 mod test {
     use nalgebra::dvector;
 
-    use crate::neura_layer;
+    use crate::gradient_solver::NeuraGradientSolver;
+    use crate::{derivable::loss::Euclidean, neura_layer, prelude::NeuraBackprop};
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -179,7 +113,10 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(network.initial_offsets, vec![0, 2]);
         assert_eq!(network.layers.offsets, vec![0, 1]);
         assert_eq!(network.layers.child_network.offsets, vec![0]);
-        assert_eq!(network.layers.child_network.child_network.child_network, ());
+        assert_eq!(
+            network.layers.child_network.child_network.child_network,
+            NeuraResidualLast::new()
+        );
 
         let network = neura_residual![
             neura_layer!("dense", 4) => 0;
@@ -203,4 +140,20 @@ mod test {
 
         network.eval(&dvector![0.0]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_resnet_backprop() {
+        let network = neura_residual![
+            <= 0, 1;
+            neura_layer!("dense", 2) => 0, 1;
+            neura_layer!("dense", 4);
+            neura_layer!("dense", 8)
+        ]
+        .construct(NeuraShape::Vector(1))
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let backprop = NeuraBackprop::new(Euclidean);
+
+        backprop.get_gradient(&network, &dvector![0.0], &dvector![0.0]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/network/residual/layer_impl.rs b/src/network/residual/node.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from src/network/residual/layer_impl.rs
rename to src/network/residual/node.rs
index c78b87b..c283047 100644
--- a/src/network/residual/layer_impl.rs
+++ b/src/network/residual/node.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,59 @@
-//! Implementations for NeuraLayer*
+use nalgebra::{DVector, Scalar};
+use num::Float;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use crate::network::*;
 
 use super::*;
 
-impl<Axis, Layer, ChildNetwork> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> {
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> {
+    pub layer: Layer,
+    pub child_network: ChildNetwork,
+
+    /// Array of relative layers indices to send the offset of this layer to,
+    /// defaults to `vec![0]`.
+    pub(crate) offsets: Vec<usize>,
+
+    pub axis: Axis,
+
+    pub(crate) output_shape: Option<NeuraShape>,
+}
+
+impl<Layer, ChildNetwork> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, NeuraAxisAppend> {
+    pub fn new(layer: Layer, child_network: ChildNetwork) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            layer,
+            child_network,
+            offsets: vec![0],
+            axis: NeuraAxisAppend,
+            output_shape: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis> {
+    pub fn offsets(mut self, offsets: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
+        self.offsets = offsets;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn offset(mut self, offset: usize) -> Self {
+        self.offsets.push(offset);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn axis<Axis2>(self, axis: Axis2) -> NeuraResidualNode<Layer, ChildNetwork, Axis2> {
+        NeuraResidualNode {
+            layer: self.layer,
+            child_network: self.child_network,
+            offsets: self.offsets,
+            axis,
+            // Drop the knowledge of output_shape
+            output_shape: None,
+        }
+    }
+
     fn process_input<Data>(
         &self,
         input: &NeuraResidualInput<Data>,
diff --git a/src/network/residual/wrapper.rs b/src/network/residual/wrapper.rs
index a851da3..a0df715 100644
--- a/src/network/residual/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/network/residual/wrapper.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-use crate::network::*;
+use crate::{network::*, utils::unwrap_or_clone};
 
 use super::*;
 
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ pub struct NeuraResidual<Layers> {
 }
 
 impl<Layers> NeuraResidual<Layers> {
+    pub fn new(layers: Layers) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            layers,
+            initial_offsets: vec![0],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn offset(mut self, offset: usize) -> Self {
+        self.initial_offsets.push(offset);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn offsets(mut self, offsets: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
+        self.initial_offsets = offsets;
+        self
+    }
+
     fn input_to_residual_input<Input: Clone>(&self, input: &Input) -> NeuraResidualInput<Input> {
         let input: Rc<Input> = Rc::new((*input).clone());
         let mut inputs = NeuraResidualInput::new();
@@ -28,21 +45,14 @@ impl<Layers> NeuraResidual<Layers> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<Input: Clone, Output: Clone, Layers> NeuraLayer<Input> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
+impl<Input: Clone, Layers> NeuraLayer<Input> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
 where
-    Layers: NeuraLayer<NeuraResidualInput<Input>, Output = NeuraResidualInput<Output>>,
+    Layers: NeuraLayer<NeuraResidualInput<Input>>,
 {
-    type Output = Output;
+    type Output = Layers::Output;
 
     fn eval(&self, input: &Input) -> Self::Output {
-        let output = self.layers.eval(&self.input_to_residual_input(input));
-
-        let result: Rc<Self::Output> = output.get_first()
-            .expect("Invalid NeuraResidual state: network returned no data, did you forget to link the last layer?")
-            .into();
-
-        // TODO: replace with Rc::unwrap_or_clone once https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93610 is closed
-        Rc::try_unwrap(result).unwrap_or_else(|result| (*result).clone())
+        self.layers.eval(&self.input_to_residual_input(input))
     }
 }
 
@@ -60,31 +70,19 @@ impl<Layers: NeuraTrainableLayerBase> NeuraTrainableLayerBase for NeuraResidual<
     }
 }
 
-impl<
-        Data: Clone,
-        Layers: NeuraTrainableLayerEval<NeuraResidualInput<Data>, Output = NeuraResidualInput<Data>>,
-    > NeuraTrainableLayerEval<Data> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
+impl<Data: Clone, Layers: NeuraTrainableLayerEval<NeuraResidualInput<Data>>>
+    NeuraTrainableLayerEval<Data> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
 {
     type IntermediaryRepr = Layers::IntermediaryRepr;
 
     fn eval_training(&self, input: &Data) -> (Self::Output, Self::IntermediaryRepr) {
-        let (output, intermediary) = self
-            .layers
-            .eval_training(&self.input_to_residual_input(input));
-
-        let result: Rc<Self::Output> = output.get_first().unwrap().into();
-
-        (
-            Rc::try_unwrap(result).unwrap_or_else(|result| (*result).clone()),
-            intermediary,
-        )
+        self.layers
+            .eval_training(&self.input_to_residual_input(input))
     }
 }
 
-impl<
-        Data: Clone,
-        Layers: NeuraTrainableLayerSelf<NeuraResidualInput<Data>, Output = NeuraResidualInput<Data>>,
-    > NeuraTrainableLayerSelf<Data> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
+impl<Data: Clone, Layers: NeuraTrainableLayerSelf<NeuraResidualInput<Data>>>
+    NeuraTrainableLayerSelf<Data> for NeuraResidual<Layers>
 {
     fn regularize_layer(&self) -> Self::Gradient {
         self.layers.regularize_layer()
@@ -96,16 +94,8 @@ impl<
         intermediary: &Self::IntermediaryRepr,
         epsilon: &Self::Output,
     ) -> Self::Gradient {
-        let epsilon = Rc::new(epsilon.clone());
-        let mut epsilon_residual = NeuraResidualInput::new();
-
-        epsilon_residual.push(0, epsilon);
-
-        self.layers.get_gradient(
-            &self.input_to_residual_input(input),
-            intermediary,
-            &epsilon_residual,
-        )
+        self.layers
+            .get_gradient(&self.input_to_residual_input(input), intermediary, &epsilon)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/sequential/construct.rs b/src/network/sequential/construct.rs
index 4c837e3..74977ce 100644
--- a/src/network/sequential/construct.rs
+++ b/src/network/sequential/construct.rs
@@ -2,20 +2,13 @@ use crate::layer::NeuraShapedLayer;
 
 use super::*;
 
-pub trait NeuraSequentialConstruct {
-    type Constructed;
-    type Err;
-
-    fn construct(self, input_shape: NeuraShape) -> Result<Self::Constructed, Self::Err>;
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum NeuraSequentialConstructErr<Err, ChildErr> {
     Current(Err),
     Child(ChildErr),
 }
 
-impl<Layer: NeuraPartialLayer> NeuraSequentialConstruct for NeuraSequential<Layer, ()> {
+impl<Layer: NeuraPartialLayer> NeuraPartialLayer for NeuraSequential<Layer, ()> {
     type Constructed = NeuraSequential<Layer::Constructed, ()>;
     type Err = Layer::Err;
 
@@ -27,7 +20,7 @@ impl<Layer: NeuraPartialLayer> NeuraSequentialConstruct for NeuraSequential<Laye
     }
 }
 
-impl<Layer: NeuraPartialLayer, ChildNetwork: NeuraSequentialConstruct> NeuraSequentialConstruct
+impl<Layer: NeuraPartialLayer, ChildNetwork: NeuraPartialLayer> NeuraPartialLayer
     for NeuraSequential<Layer, ChildNetwork>
 {
     type Constructed = NeuraSequential<Layer::Constructed, ChildNetwork::Constructed>;
diff --git a/src/network/sequential/mod.rs b/src/network/sequential/mod.rs
index deedf8c..d6481a9 100644
--- a/src/network/sequential/mod.rs
+++ b/src/network/sequential/mod.rs
@@ -190,10 +190,9 @@ mod test {
         derivable::{activation::Relu, regularize::NeuraL0},
         layer::{dense::NeuraDenseLayer, NeuraLayer, NeuraShape},
         neura_layer,
+        prelude::NeuraPartialLayer,
     };
 
-    use super::NeuraSequentialConstruct;
-
     #[test]
     fn test_neura_network_macro() {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 1b378fd..9b2191d 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -149,3 +149,8 @@ pub fn plot_losses(losses: Vec<(f64, f64)>, width: u32, height: u32) {
         .linecolorplot(&Shape::Lines(&val_losses), (255, 0, 255).into())
         .nice();
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn unwrap_or_clone<T: Clone>(value: std::rc::Rc<T>) -> T {
+    // TODO: replace with Rc::unwrap_or_clone once https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93610 is closed
+    std::rc::Rc::try_unwrap(value).unwrap_or_else(|value| (*value).clone())
+}