diff --git a/python/unitytrainers/bc/trainer.py b/python/unitytrainers/bc/trainer.py
index 90b58024a9..63b7fcafbc 100755
--- a/python/unitytrainers/bc/trainer.py
+++ b/python/unitytrainers/bc/trainer.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ def __init__(self, sess, env, brain_name, trainer_parameters, training, seed):
         self.training_buffer = Buffer()
         self.is_continuous_action = (env.brains[brain_name].vector_action_space_type == "continuous")
         self.is_continuous_observation = (env.brains[brain_name].vector_observation_space_type == "continuous")
-        self.use_observations = (env.brains[brain_name].number_visual_observations > 0)
-        if self.use_observations:
+        self.use_visual_observations = (env.brains[brain_name].number_visual_observations > 0)
+        if self.use_visual_observations:
             logger.info('Cannot use observations with imitation learning')
-        self.use_states = (env.brains[brain_name].vector_observation_space_size > 0)
+        self.use_vector_observations = (env.brains[brain_name].vector_observation_space_size > 0)
         self.summary_path = trainer_parameters['summary_path']
         if not os.path.exists(self.summary_path):
             os.makedirs(self.summary_path)
@@ -144,16 +144,15 @@ def take_action(self, all_brain_info: AllBrainInfo):
         agent_brain = all_brain_info[self.brain_name]
         feed_dict = {self.model.dropout_rate: 1.0, self.model.sequence_length: 1}
 
-        if self.use_observations:
+        if self.use_visual_observations:
             for i, _ in enumerate(agent_brain.visual_observations):
                 feed_dict[self.model.visual_in[i]] = agent_brain.visual_observations[i]
-        if self.use_states:
+        if self.use_vector_observations:
             feed_dict[self.model.vector_in] = agent_brain.vector_observations
         if self.use_recurrent:
             if agent_brain.memories.shape[1] == 0:
                 agent_brain.memories = np.zeros((len(agent_brain.agents), self.m_size))
             feed_dict[self.model.memory_in] = agent_brain.memories
-        if self.use_recurrent:
             agent_action, memories = self.sess.run(self.inference_run_list, feed_dict)
             return agent_action, memories, None, None
         else:
@@ -192,11 +191,11 @@ def add_experiences(self, curr_info: AllBrainInfo, next_info: AllBrainInfo, take
                     info_teacher_record, next_info_teacher_record = "true", "true"
                 if info_teacher_record == "true" and next_info_teacher_record == "true":
                     if not stored_info_teacher.local_done[idx]:
-                        if self.use_observations:
+                        if self.use_visual_observations:
                             for i, _ in enumerate(stored_info_teacher.visual_observations):
                                 self.training_buffer[agent_id]['visual_observations%d' % i]\
                                     .append(stored_info_teacher.visual_observations[i][idx])
-                        if self.use_states:
+                        if self.use_vector_observations:
                             self.training_buffer[agent_id]['vector_observations']\
                                 .append(stored_info_teacher.vector_observations[idx])
                         if self.use_recurrent:
@@ -276,7 +275,6 @@ def update_model(self):
         """
         Uses training_buffer to update model.
         """
-
         self.training_buffer.update_buffer.shuffle()
         batch_losses = []
         for j in range(
@@ -284,33 +282,31 @@ def update_model(self):
             _buffer = self.training_buffer.update_buffer
             start = j * self.n_sequences
             end = (j + 1) * self.n_sequences
-            batch_states = np.array(_buffer['vector_observations'][start:end])
-            batch_actions = np.array(_buffer['actions'][start:end])
 
             feed_dict = {self.model.dropout_rate: 0.5,
                          self.model.batch_size: self.n_sequences,
                          self.model.sequence_length: self.sequence_length}
             if self.is_continuous_action:
-                feed_dict[self.model.true_action] = batch_actions.reshape([-1, self.brain.vector_action_space_size])
-            else:
-                feed_dict[self.model.true_action] = batch_actions.reshape([-1])
-            if not self.is_continuous_observation:
-                feed_dict[self.model.vector_in] = batch_states.reshape([-1, self.brain.num_stacked_vector_observations])
+                feed_dict[self.model.true_action] = np.array(_buffer['actions'][start:end]).\
+                    reshape([-1, self.brain.vector_action_space_size])
             else:
-                feed_dict[self.model.vector_in] = batch_states.reshape([-1, self.brain.vector_observation_space_size *
-                                                                       self.brain.num_stacked_vector_observations])
-            if self.use_observations:
+                feed_dict[self.model.true_action] = np.array(_buffer['actions'][start:end]).reshape([-1])
+            if self.use_vector_observations:
+                if not self.is_continuous_observation:
+                    feed_dict[self.model.vector_in] = np.array(_buffer['vector_observations'][start:end])\
+                        .reshape([-1, self.brain.num_stacked_vector_observations])
+                else:
+                    feed_dict[self.model.vector_in] = np.array(_buffer['vector_observations'][start:end])\
+                        .reshape([-1, self.brain.vector_observation_space_size * self.brain.num_stacked_vector_observations])
+            if self.use_visual_observations:
                 for i, _ in enumerate(self.model.visual_in):
                     _obs = np.array(_buffer['visual_observations%d' % i][start:end])
-                    (_batch, _seq, _w, _h, _c) = _obs.shape
-                    feed_dict[self.model.visual_in[i]] = _obs.reshape([-1, _w, _h, _c])
+                    feed_dict[self.model.visual_in[i]] = _obs
             if self.use_recurrent:
                 feed_dict[self.model.memory_in] = np.zeros([self.n_sequences, self.m_size])
-
             loss, _ = self.sess.run([self.model.loss, self.model.update], feed_dict=feed_dict)
             batch_losses.append(loss)
         if len(batch_losses) > 0:
             self.stats['losses'].append(np.mean(batch_losses))
         else:
             self.stats['losses'].append(0)
-