diff --git a/juice/src/layers/loss/negative_log_likelihood.rs b/juice/src/layers/loss/negative_log_likelihood.rs
index 05be58d10..a56f6c428 100644
--- a/juice/src/layers/loss/negative_log_likelihood.rs
+++ b/juice/src/layers/loss/negative_log_likelihood.rs
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ impl<B: IBackend> ComputeOutput<f32, B> for NegativeLogLikelihood {
         let native_labels = labels.read(native.device()).unwrap().as_slice::<f32>();
         let native_probabilities = probabilities.read(native.device()).unwrap().as_slice::<f32>();
 
-        let mut writable_loss = Vec::<f32>::new();
+        let mut writable_loss = Vec::<f32>::with_capacity(native_labels.len());
+        let mut offset = 0;
         for &label_value in native_labels {
-            let probability_value = native_probabilities[label_value as usize];
+            let probability_value = native_probabilities[offset + label_value as usize];
             writable_loss.push(-probability_value);
+            offset += batch_size;
         }
 
         let mut loss = writable_loss.iter().fold(0f32, |sum, &val| sum + val);
@@ -159,4 +161,4 @@ impl Into<LayerType> for NegativeLogLikelihoodConfig {
     fn into(self) -> LayerType {
         LayerType::NegativeLogLikelihood(self)
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/juice/tests/layer_specs.rs b/juice/tests/layer_specs.rs
index b05f7a2f5..1f22eb066 100644
--- a/juice/tests/layer_specs.rs
+++ b/juice/tests/layer_specs.rs
@@ -385,4 +385,61 @@ mod layer_spec {
             )
             .is_err());
     }
+
+    use juice::layers::SequentialConfig;
+    use juice::layers::NegativeLogLikelihoodConfig;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nll_basic() {
+        const BATCH_SIZE: usize = 7;
+        const KLASS_COUNT: usize = 10;
+        let native_backend = native_backend();
+        let mut classifier_cfg = SequentialConfig::default();
+        classifier_cfg.add_input("network_out", &[BATCH_SIZE, KLASS_COUNT]);
+        classifier_cfg.add_input("label", &[BATCH_SIZE, 1]);
+        // set up nll loss
+        let nll_layer_cfg = NegativeLogLikelihoodConfig { num_classes: 10 };
+        let nll_cfg = LayerConfig::new("nll", nll_layer_cfg);
+        classifier_cfg.add_layer(nll_cfg);
+        let mut network = Layer::from_config(
+            native_backend.clone(),
+            &LayerConfig::new("foo", classifier_cfg),
+        );
+        let labels_data = (0..(BATCH_SIZE * KLASS_COUNT))
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x as f32)
+            .collect::<Vec<f32>>();
+        let desc = [BATCH_SIZE, KLASS_COUNT];
+        let desc: &[usize] = &desc[..];
+        let mut input = SharedTensor::<f32>::new(&desc);
+        let mem = input.write_only(native_backend.device()).unwrap();
+        let input_data = (0..(KLASS_COUNT * BATCH_SIZE)).into_iter().map(|x| x as f32 * 3.77).collect::<Vec<f32>>();
+        let input_data = &input_data[..];
+        juice::util::write_to_memory(mem, input_data);
+
+        // each input has exactly one label
+        let labels_desc = [BATCH_SIZE, 1];
+        let labels_desc = &labels_desc[..];
+        let mut labels = SharedTensor::<f32>::new(&labels_desc);
+
+        // pretend they have all different classes
+        let labels_data = (1..=(BATCH_SIZE * 1))
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x as f32)
+            .collect::<Vec<f32>>();
+        let mem = labels.write_only(native_backend.device()).unwrap();
+        juice::util::write_to_memory(mem, labels_data.as_slice());
+
+        let input = vec![
+            std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(input)),
+            std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::RwLock::new(labels)),
+        ];
+
+        let output = network.forward(input.as_slice());
+
+        let x = output[0].read().unwrap();
+        dbg!(&x);
+        let out = x.read(native_backend.device()).unwrap();
+        dbg!(out.as_slice::<f32>());
+    }
 }