diff --git a/batchflow/models/torch/base.py b/batchflow/models/torch/base.py
index 57c39bcdf..0e7920e69 100755
--- a/batchflow/models/torch/base.py
+++ b/batchflow/models/torch/base.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def callable_init(module): # example of a callable for init
         'microbatch_size': 16,                                     # size of microbatches at training
     }
     """
-    PRESERVE = [
+    PRESERVE = set([
         'full_config', 'config', 'model',
         'inputs_shapes', 'targets_shapes', 'classes',
         'loss', 'optimizer', 'scaler', 'decay', 'decay_step',
@@ -397,7 +397,10 @@ def callable_init(module): # example of a callable for init
         'iteration', 'last_train_info', 'last_predict_info',
         'lr_list', 'syncs', 'decay_iters',
         '_loss_list', 'loss_list', 'operations'
-    ]
+    ])
+
+    PRESERVE_ONNX = PRESERVE - set(['model', 'loss', 'optimizer', 'scaler', 'decay'])
+    PRESERVE_OPENVINO = PRESERVE - set(['model', 'loss', 'optimizer', 'scaler', 'decay'])
 
     def __init__(self, config=None):
         if not isinstance(config, (dict, Config)):
@@ -1668,7 +1671,7 @@ def convert_outputs(self, outputs):
 
     # Store model
     def save(self, path, use_onnx=False, path_onnx=None, use_openvino=False, path_openvino=None,
-             batch_size=None, opset_version=13, pickle_module=dill, **kwargs):
+             batch_size=None, opset_version=13, pickle_module=dill, ignore_attributes=None, **kwargs):
         """ Save underlying PyTorch model along with meta parameters (config, device spec, etc).
 
         If `use_onnx` is set to True, then the model is converted to ONNX format and stored in a separate file.
@@ -1699,6 +1702,8 @@ def save(self, path, use_onnx=False, path_onnx=None, use_openvino=False, path_op
             Version of export standard to use.
         pickle_module : module
             Module to use for pickling.
+        ignore_attributes : str or iterable, optional
+            List of attributes to ignore when pickling (e.g. 'optimizer')
         kwargs : dict
             Other keyword arguments, passed directly to :func:`torch.save`.
         """
@@ -1710,6 +1715,12 @@ def save(self, path, use_onnx=False, path_onnx=None, use_openvino=False, path_op
         if isinstance(self.model, torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel):
             self.model = self.model.module
 
+        if isinstance(ignore_attributes, str):
+            ignore_attributes = [ignore_attributes]
+        elif ignore_attributes is None:
+            ignore_attributes = []
+        ignore_attributes = set(ignore_attributes)
+
         if use_onnx:
             if batch_size is None:
                 raise ValueError('Specify valid `batch_size`, used for model inference!')
@@ -1719,7 +1730,8 @@ def save(self, path, use_onnx=False, path_onnx=None, use_openvino=False, path_op
             torch.onnx.export(self.model.eval(), inputs, path_onnx, opset_version=opset_version)
 
             # Save the rest of parameters
-            preserved = set(self.PRESERVE) - set(['model', 'loss', 'optimizer', 'scaler', 'decay'])
+            preserved = self.PRESERVE_ONNX - ignore_attributes
+
             preserved_dict = {item: getattr(self, item) for item in preserved}
             torch.save({'onnx': True, 'path_onnx': path_onnx, 'onnx_batch_size': batch_size, **preserved_dict},
                        path, pickle_module=pickle_module, **kwargs)
@@ -1741,13 +1753,14 @@ def save(self, path, use_onnx=False, path_onnx=None, use_openvino=False, path_op
             ov.save_model(model, output_model=path_openvino)
 
             # Save the rest of parameters
-            preserved = set(self.PRESERVE) - set(['model', 'loss', 'optimizer', 'scaler', 'decay'])
+            preserved = self.PRESERVE_OPENVINO - ignore_attributes
             preserved_dict = {item: getattr(self, item) for item in preserved}
             torch.save({'openvino': True, 'path_openvino': path_openvino, **preserved_dict},
                        path, pickle_module=pickle_module, **kwargs)
 
         else:
-            torch.save({item: getattr(self, item) for item in self.PRESERVE},
+            preserved = set(self.PRESERVE) - set(ignore_attributes)
+            torch.save({item: getattr(self, item) for item in preserved},
                        path, pickle_module=pickle_module, **kwargs)
 
     def load(self, file, make_infrastructure=False, mode='eval', pickle_module=dill, **kwargs):