diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
index 7b83707b82..41486e1f12 100755
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
@@ -1933,6 +1933,12 @@ def build_training_arguments(self, total_num_steps):
 
         else:
             training_args_cls = AxolotlDPOConfig
+            if self.cfg.rl == "ipo":
+                training_args_kwargs["loss_type"] = "ipo"
+            training_args_kwargs["max_length"] = self.cfg.sequence_len
+            training_args_kwargs["max_completion_length"] = None
+            training_args_kwargs["max_prompt_length"] = self.cfg.sequence_len
+            training_args_kwargs["generate_during_eval"] = self.cfg.use_wandb
             if self.cfg.dpo_use_weighting is not None:
                 training_args_kwargs["use_weighting"] = self.cfg.dpo_use_weighting
 
@@ -1956,7 +1962,6 @@ def build(self, total_num_steps):
         training_args = self.build_training_arguments(total_num_steps)
         dpo_trainer_kwargs = {}
         if self.cfg.rl == "ipo":
-            dpo_trainer_kwargs["loss_type"] = "ipo"
             if self.cfg.dpo_label_smoothing:
                 dpo_trainer_kwargs["label_smoothing"] = self.cfg.dpo_label_smoothing
         if self.eval_dataset:
@@ -1970,12 +1975,6 @@ def build(self, total_num_steps):
         if self.cfg.rl in ["dpo", "ipo"]:
             trainer_cls = AxolotlDPOTrainer
             trainer_cls_args = [self.model, self.model_ref]
-
-            # these aren't used for the ORPO trainer
-            dpo_trainer_kwargs["max_length"] = self.cfg.sequence_len
-            dpo_trainer_kwargs["max_target_length"] = None
-            dpo_trainer_kwargs["max_prompt_length"] = self.cfg.sequence_len
-            dpo_trainer_kwargs["generate_during_eval"] = self.cfg.use_wandb
         elif self.cfg.rl == "orpo":
             trainer_cls = AxolotlORPOTrainer
             trainer_cls_args = [self.model]