diff --git a/sup3r/preprocessing/batch_queues/abstract.py b/sup3r/preprocessing/batch_queues/abstract.py
index 1537ca3bb..6c022118d 100644
--- a/sup3r/preprocessing/batch_queues/abstract.py
+++ b/sup3r/preprocessing/batch_queues/abstract.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def sample_batches(self, n_batches) -> None:
     def needed_batches(self):
         """Number of batches needed to either fill or the queue or hit the
         epoch limit."""
-        remaining = self.n_batches - self._batch_count - self.queue_len - 1
+        remaining = self.n_batches - self._batch_count - self.queue_len
         return min(self.queue_cap - self.queue_len, remaining)
 
     def enqueue_batches(self) -> None:
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ def __next__(self) -> DsetTuple:
         if self._batch_count < self.n_batches:
             self.timer.start()
             samples = self.get_batch()
-            self._batch_count += 1
             if self.sample_shape[2] == 1:
                 if isinstance(samples, (list, tuple)):
                     samples = tuple(s[..., 0, :] for s in samples)
@@ -317,6 +316,7 @@ def __next__(self) -> DsetTuple:
                     samples = samples[..., 0, :]
             batch = self.post_proc(samples)
             self.timer.stop()
+            self._batch_count += 1
             if self.verbose:
                 logger.debug(
                     'Batch step %s finished in %s.',
diff --git a/sup3r/preprocessing/samplers/base.py b/sup3r/preprocessing/samplers/base.py
index b824cd360..e576c1521 100644
--- a/sup3r/preprocessing/samplers/base.py
+++ b/sup3r/preprocessing/samplers/base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
 from warnings import warn
 
-import dask.array as da
 import numpy as np
 
 from sup3r.preprocessing.base import Container
@@ -194,9 +193,8 @@ def _reshape_samples(self, samples):
             new_shape[2] // self.batch_size,
             new_shape[-1],
         ]
-        out = compute_if_dask(samples)
         # (lats, lons, batch_size, times, feats)
-        out = np.reshape(out, new_shape)
+        out = np.reshape(samples, new_shape)
         # (batch_size, lats, lons, times, feats)
         return np.transpose(out, axes=(2, 0, 1, 3, 4))
 
@@ -223,25 +221,27 @@ def _stack_samples(self, samples):
             (batch_size, samp_shape[0], samp_shape[1], samp_shape[2], n_feats)
         """
         if isinstance(samples[0], tuple):
-            lr = da.stack([s[0] for s in samples], axis=0)
-            hr = da.stack([s[1] for s in samples], axis=0)
+            lr = np.stack([s[0] for s in samples], axis=0)
+            hr = np.stack([s[1] for s in samples], axis=0)
             return (lr, hr)
-        return da.stack(samples, axis=0)
+        return np.stack(samples, axis=0)
 
     def _fast_batch(self):
         """Get batch of samples with adjacent time slices."""
         out = self.data.sample(self.get_sample_index(n_obs=self.batch_size))
+        out = compute_if_dask(out)
         if isinstance(out, tuple):
             return tuple(self._reshape_samples(o) for o in out)
         return self._reshape_samples(out)
 
     def _slow_batch(self):
         """Get batch of samples with random time slices."""
-        samples = [
+        out = [
             self.data.sample(self.get_sample_index(n_obs=1))
             for _ in range(self.batch_size)
         ]
-        return self._stack_samples(samples)
+        out = compute_if_dask(out)
+        return self._stack_samples(out)
 
     def _fast_batch_possible(self):
         return self.batch_size * self.sample_shape[2] <= self.data.shape[2]
diff --git a/sup3r/preprocessing/utilities.py b/sup3r/preprocessing/utilities.py
index 8a51fadbf..f52e91b72 100644
--- a/sup3r/preprocessing/utilities.py
+++ b/sup3r/preprocessing/utilities.py
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ def compute_if_dask(arr):
             compute_if_dask(arr.stop),
             compute_if_dask(arr.step),
         )
+    if isinstance(arr, (tuple, list)):
+        return type(arr)(compute_if_dask(a) for a in arr)
     return arr.compute() if hasattr(arr, 'compute') else arr