diff --git a/lerobot/common/datasets/aloha.py b/lerobot/common/datasets/aloha.py
index 3b53fed1..16c0d54c 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/datasets/aloha.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/datasets/aloha.py
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ class AlohaExperienceReplay(AbstractExperienceReplay):
             transform=transform,
         )
 
+    def compute_or_load_stats(self, num_batch=100, batch_size=32) -> TensorDict:
+        stats_path = self.data_dir / "stats.pth"
+        if stats_path.exists():
+            stats = torch.load(stats_path)
+        else:
+            logging.info(f"compute_stats and save to {stats_path}")
+            stats = self._compute_stats(num_batch, batch_size)
+            torch.save(stats, stats_path)
+        return stats
+
     @property
     def stats_patterns(self) -> dict:
         d = {
diff --git a/lerobot/common/datasets/factory.py b/lerobot/common/datasets/factory.py
index 63bde225..e59c96dc 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/datasets/factory.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/datasets/factory.py
@@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ def make_offline_buffer(
             stats["action", "min"] = torch.tensor([12.0, 25.0], dtype=torch.float32)
             stats["action", "max"] = torch.tensor([511.0, 511.0], dtype=torch.float32)
 
+        if (
+            cfg.env.name == "aloha"
+            and cfg.env.task == "sim_transfer_cube_scripted"
+            and cfg.policy.name == "act"
+        ):
+            import pickle
+
+            with open(
+                "/home/rcadene/code/act/tmp/2024_03_10_sim_transfer_cube_scripted/dataset_stats.pkl", "rb"
+            ) as file:
+                dataset_stats = pickle.load(file)
+
+            stats["action", "mean"] = torch.from_numpy(dataset_stats["action_mean"])[None, :]
+            stats["action", "std"] = torch.from_numpy(dataset_stats["action_std"])[None, :]
+            stats["observation", "state", "mean"] = torch.from_numpy(dataset_stats["qpos_mean"])[None, :]
+            stats["observation", "state", "std"] = torch.from_numpy(dataset_stats["qpos_std"])[None, :]
+
         # TODO(rcadene): remove this and put it in config. Ideally we want to reproduce SOTA results just with mean_std
         normalization_mode = "mean_std" if cfg.env.name == "aloha" else "min_max"
         transform = NormalizeTransform(stats, in_keys, mode=normalization_mode)
diff --git a/lerobot/common/policies/factory.py b/lerobot/common/policies/factory.py
index c5e45300..5425bf1b 100644
--- a/lerobot/common/policies/factory.py
+++ b/lerobot/common/policies/factory.py
@@ -37,4 +37,12 @@ def make_policy(cfg):
                 raise NotImplementedError()
         policy.load(cfg.policy.pretrained_model_path)
 
+    if cfg.env.name == "aloha" and cfg.env.task == "sim_transfer_cube_scripted" and cfg.policy.name == "act":
+        import torch
+
+        state_dict = torch.load(
+            "/home/rcadene/code/act/tmp/2024_03_10_sim_transfer_cube_scripted/policy_best.ckpt"
+        )
+        policy.load_state_dict(state_dict)
+
     return policy
diff --git a/lerobot/scripts/eval.py b/lerobot/scripts/eval.py
index 7ba2812e..ad2eea34 100644
--- a/lerobot/scripts/eval.py
+++ b/lerobot/scripts/eval.py
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ def eval(cfg: dict, out_dir=None):
     logging.info("make_env")
     env = make_env(cfg, transform=offline_buffer.transform)
 
-    if cfg.policy.pretrained_model_path:
+    # if cfg.policy.pretrained_model_path:
+    if True:
         policy = make_policy(cfg)
         policy = TensorDictModule(
             policy,