diff --git a/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/__init__.py
index e9e5679534..e62a5c20ce 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Module to load prompt strategies."""
 
 import importlib
+import inspect
 
 from axolotl.prompt_strategies.user_defined import UserDefinedDatasetConfig
 
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ def load(strategy, tokenizer, cfg, ds_cfg):
         load_kwargs = {}
         if strategy == "user_defined":
             load_kwargs["ds_cfg"] = UserDefinedDatasetConfig(**ds_cfg)
+        else:
+            sig = inspect.signature(func)
+            if "ds_cfg" in sig.parameters:
+                load_kwargs["ds_cfg"] = ds_cfg
         return func(tokenizer, cfg, **load_kwargs)
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         return None
diff --git a/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/completion.py b/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/completion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee5b4cb3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/completion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+Basic completion text
+"""
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+from axolotl.prompt_tokenizers import CompletionPromptTokenizingStrategy
+from axolotl.prompters import CompletionPrompter
+
+
+def load(tokenizer, cfg, ds_cfg: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None):
+    strat = CompletionPromptTokenizingStrategy(
+        CompletionPrompter(),
+        tokenizer,
+        cfg.train_on_inputs,
+        cfg.sequence_len,
+    )
+    if ds_cfg and "field" in ds_cfg:
+        strat.field = ds_cfg["field"]
+
+    return strat
diff --git a/src/axolotl/prompt_tokenizers.py b/src/axolotl/prompt_tokenizers.py
index ed32ab24a2..b1aaeb3503 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/prompt_tokenizers.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/prompt_tokenizers.py
@@ -245,8 +245,31 @@ class CompletionPromptTokenizingStrategy(InstructionPromptTokenizingStrategy):
     Tokenizing strategy for Completion prompts.
     """
 
+    _field: str = "text"
+
+    @property
+    def field(self) -> str:
+        return self._field
+
+    @field.setter
+    def field(self, new_field: str):
+        self._field = new_field
+
+    def parse_instruction_fields(self, prompt) -> Tuple[str, str, str]:
+        return (
+            prompt[self.field],
+            "",
+            "",
+        )
+
     def tokenize_prompt(self, prompt):
-        full_prompt = self._build_full_prompt(prompt["text"], None, None)
+        (
+            instruction,
+            _,
+            _,
+        ) = self.parse_instruction_fields(prompt)
+
+        full_prompt = self._build_full_prompt(instruction, None, None)
         tokenized_full_prompt = self._tokenize(full_prompt)
 
         return tokenized_full_prompt