diff --git a/src/rbm/stack_factory.py b/src/rbm/stack_factory.py
index b56c8a5..c20e09b 100644
--- a/src/rbm/stack_factory.py
+++ b/src/rbm/stack_factory.py
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class StackFactory:
 
 			# Determine version by existence of keys
 			params = layer["rbm"]["params"]
+
+			# signal that doSampleBatch will be ignored
+			if params["doSampleBatch"] == 1:
+				raise Exception(f"Error: Parameter \"doSampleBatch\" will be ignored. To continue, set \"doSampleBatch = False\"")
+
+			# import params
 			entity_params = EntityParams.from_dict(params)
 			training_params = TrainingParams.from_dict(params)