diff --git a/scripts/datasets/check_sponge_em.py b/scripts/datasets/check_sponge_em.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb10f631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/datasets/check_sponge_em.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from torch_em.data.datasets import get_sponge_em_loader
+from torch_em.util.debug import check_loader
+
+
+def check_sponge_em():
+    loader = get_sponge_em_loader("./data/sponge_em", "instances", (8, 512, 512), 1, download=True)
+    check_loader(loader, 8, instance_labels=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    check_sponge_em()
diff --git a/torch_em/data/datasets/__init__.py b/torch_em/data/datasets/__init__.py
index fef8a0af..35ac4022 100644
--- a/torch_em/data/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/torch_em/data/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     get_platynereis_nuclei_loader, get_platynereis_nuclei_dataset
 )
 from .snemi import get_snemi_loader, get_snemi_dataset
+from .sponge_em import get_sponge_em_loader, get_sponge_em_dataset
 from .tissuenet import get_tissuenet_loader, get_tissuenet_dataset
 from .uro_cell import get_uro_cell_loader, get_uro_cell_dataset
 from .util import get_bioimageio_dataset_id
diff --git a/torch_em/data/datasets/sponge_em.py b/torch_em/data/datasets/sponge_em.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15de1b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torch_em/data/datasets/sponge_em.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+from glob import glob
+
+import torch_em
+from . import util
+
+URL = "https://zenodo.org/record/8150818/files/sponge_em_train_data.zip?download=1"
+CHECKSUM = "f1df616cd60f81b91d7642933e9edd74dc6c486b2e546186a7c1e54c67dd32a5"
+
+
+def _require_sponge_em_data(path, download):
+    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+    zip_path = os.path.join(path, "data.zip")
+    util.download_source(zip_path, URL, download, CHECKSUM)
+    util.unzip(zip_path, path)
+
+
+def get_sponge_em_dataset(path, mode, patch_shape, sample_ids=None, download=False, **kwargs):
+    assert mode in ("semantic", "instances")
+
+    n_files = len(glob(os.path.join(path, "*.h5")))
+    if n_files == 0:
+        _require_sponge_em_data(path, download)
+        n_files = len(glob(os.path.join(path, "*.h5")))
+    assert n_files == 3
+
+    if sample_ids is None:
+        sample_ids = range(1, n_files + 1)
+    paths = [os.path.join(path, f"train_data_0{i}.h5") for i in sample_ids]
+
+    raw_key = "volumes/raw"
+    label_key = f"volumes/labels/{mode}"
+    return torch_em.default_segmentation_dataset(paths, raw_key, paths, label_key, patch_shape, **kwargs)
+
+
+def get_sponge_em_loader(path, mode, patch_shape, batch_size, sample_ids=None, download=False, **kwargs):
+    ds_kwargs, loader_kwargs = util.split_kwargs(
+        torch_em.default_segmentation_dataset, **kwargs
+    )
+    ds = get_sponge_em_dataset(path, mode, patch_shape, sample_ids=sample_ids, download=download, **ds_kwargs)
+    return torch_em.get_data_loader(ds, batch_size=batch_size, **loader_kwargs)
diff --git a/torch_em/data/datasets/uro_cell.py b/torch_em/data/datasets/uro_cell.py
index 95074458..332c2e07 100644
--- a/torch_em/data/datasets/uro_cell.py
+++ b/torch_em/data/datasets/uro_cell.py
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ def get_uro_cell_loader(
         torch_em.default_segmentation_dataset, **kwargs
     )
     ds = get_uro_cell_dataset(
-        path, target, patch_shape, download=download, offsets=offsets, boundaries=boundaries, binary=binary, **kwargs
+        path, target, patch_shape, download=download, offsets=offsets, boundaries=boundaries, binary=binary, **ds_kwargs
     )
     return torch_em.get_data_loader(ds, batch_size=batch_size, **loader_kwargs)