diff --git a/src/caked/base.py b/src/caked/base.py
index 767bc8a..646ac00 100644
--- a/src/caked/base.py
+++ b/src/caked/base.py
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ def process(self):
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_loader(self, split_size: float, batch_size: int):
+    def get_loader(
+        self,
+        batch_size: int,
+        split_size: float | None = None,
+    ):
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/src/caked/dataloader.py b/src/caked/dataloader.py
index f66029e..cbdd1a0 100644
--- a/src/caked/dataloader.py
+++ b/src/caked/dataloader.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import torch
 from scipy.ndimage import zoom
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, Subset
 from torchvision import transforms
 
 from .base import AbstractDataLoader, AbstractDataset
@@ -73,8 +74,45 @@ def load(self, datapath, datatype) -> None:
     def process(self):
         return super().process()
 
-    def get_loader(self, split_size: float, batch_size: int):
-        return super().get_loader(split_size, batch_size)
+    def get_loader(self, batch_size: int, split_size: float | None = None):
+        if self.training:
+            if split_size is None:
+                msg = "Split size must be provided for training. "
+                raise RuntimeError(msg)
+            # split into train / val sets
+            idx = np.random.permutation(len(self.dataset))
+            if split_size < 1:
+                split_size = split_size * 100
+
+            s = int(np.ceil(len(self.dataset) * int(split_size) / 100))
+            if s < 2:
+                msg = "Train and validation sets must be larger than 1 sample, train: {}, val: {}.".format(
+                    len(idx[:-s]), len(idx[-s:])
+                )
+                raise RuntimeError(msg)
+            train_data = Subset(self.dataset, indices=idx[:-s])
+            val_data = Subset(self.dataset, indices=idx[-s:])
+
+            loader_train = DataLoader(
+                train_data,
+                batch_size=batch_size,
+                num_workers=0,
+                shuffle=True,
+            )
+            loader_val = DataLoader(
+                val_data,
+                batch_size=batch_size,
+                num_workers=0,
+                shuffle=True,
+            )
+            return loader_val, loader_train
+
+        return DataLoader(
+            self.dataset,
+            batch_size=batch_size,
+            num_workers=0,
+            shuffle=True,
+        )
 
 
 class DiskDataset(AbstractDataset):
diff --git a/tests/test_io.py b/tests/test_disk_io.py
similarity index 68%
rename from tests/test_io.py
rename to tests/test_disk_io.py
index 355ef3e..d7df678 100644
--- a/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_disk_io.py
@@ -86,3 +86,44 @@ def test_one_image():
     test_item_image, test_item_name = test_dataset.__getitem__(1)
     assert test_item_name in DISK_CLASSES_FULL
     assert isinstance(test_item_image, torch.Tensor)
+
+
+def test_get_loader_training_false():
+    test_loader = DiskDataLoader(
+        pipeline=DISK_PIPELINE,
+        classes=DISK_CLASSES_FULL,
+        dataset_size=DATASET_SIZE_ALL,
+        training=False,
+    )
+    test_loader.load(datapath=TEST_DATA_MRC, datatype=DATATYPE_MRC)
+    torch_loader = test_loader.get_loader(batch_size=64)
+    assert isinstance(torch_loader, torch.utils.data.DataLoader)
+
+
+def test_get_loader_training_true():
+    test_loader = DiskDataLoader(
+        pipeline=DISK_PIPELINE,
+        classes=DISK_CLASSES_FULL,
+        dataset_size=DATASET_SIZE_ALL,
+        training=True,
+    )
+    test_loader.load(datapath=TEST_DATA_MRC, datatype=DATATYPE_MRC)
+    torch_loader_train, torch_loader_val = test_loader.get_loader(
+        split_size=0.8, batch_size=64
+    )
+    assert isinstance(torch_loader_train, torch.utils.data.DataLoader)
+    assert isinstance(torch_loader_val, torch.utils.data.DataLoader)
+
+
+def test_get_loader_training_fail():
+    test_loader = DiskDataLoader(
+        pipeline=DISK_PIPELINE,
+        classes=DISK_CLASSES_FULL,
+        dataset_size=DATASET_SIZE_ALL,
+        training=True,
+    )
+    test_loader.load(datapath=TEST_DATA_MRC, datatype=DATATYPE_MRC)
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=r".* sets must be larger than .*"):
+        torch_loader_train, torch_loader_val = test_loader.get_loader(
+            split_size=1, batch_size=64
+        )