diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 7fb5af7..99acc64 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [deps]
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 LoggingExtras = "e6f89c97-d47a-5376-807f-9c37f3926c36"
+OptimKit = "77e91f04-9b3b-57a6-a776-40b61faaebe0"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 TensorKit = "07d1fe3e-3e46-537d-9eac-e9e13d0d4cec"
+Zygote = "e88e6eb3-aa80-5325-afca-941959d7151f"
 
 [compat]
 LoggingExtras = "1.1.0"
+OptimKit = "0.3.1"
 TensorKit = "0.14"
+Zygote = "0.7.3"
 
 [extras]
 QuadGK = "1fd47b50-473d-5c70-9696-f719f8f3bcdc"
diff --git a/src/TRGKit.jl b/src/TRGKit.jl
index 2d9eb14..8699d3f 100644
--- a/src/TRGKit.jl
+++ b/src/TRGKit.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module TRGKit
 using TensorKit, LinearAlgebra
 using LoggingExtras, Printf
+using Zygote, OptimKit
 
 # stop criteria
 include("utility/stopping.jl")
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ include("schemes/hotrg.jl")
 include("schemes/gilt.jl")
 include("schemes/gilt-tnr.jl")
 include("schemes/atrg.jl")
+include("schemes/slooptnr.jl")
 
 export TRGScheme
 export TRG, trg_convcrit
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export BTRG, btrg_convcrit
 export HOTRG, hotrg_convcrit
 export ATRG, atrg_convcrit
 export GILTTNR, gilttnr_convcrit
+export SLoopTNR
 
 export run!
 
diff --git a/src/schemes/slooptnr.jl b/src/schemes/slooptnr.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb16b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schemes/slooptnr.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# TODO: rewrite SLoopTNR contractions to work with symmetric tensors
+mutable struct SLoopTNR <: TRGScheme
+    T::TensorMap
+
+    optimization_algorithm::OptimKit.OptimizationAlgorithm
+    finalize!::Function
+    function SLoopTNR(T::TensorMap;
+                      optimization_algorithm=LBFGS(8; verbosity=1, maxiter=500,
+                                                   gradtol=1e-4), finalize=finalize!)
+        @assert scalartype(T) <: Real "SLoopTNR only supports real-valued TensorMaps"
+        return new(T, optimization_algorithm, finalize)
+    end
+end
+
+function step!(scheme::SLoopTNR, trunc::TensorKit.TruncationScheme)
+    f(A) = _SLoopTNR_cost(permute(scheme.T, ((1, 2), (4, 3))), A) # Another convention was used when implementing SLoopTNR
+
+    function fg(f, A)
+        f, g = Zygote.withgradient(f, A)
+        return f, g[1]
+    end
+
+    Zygote.refresh()
+
+    U, S, _ = tsvd(permute(scheme.T, ((1, 2), (4, 3))); trunc=trunc)
+    S₀ = U * sqrt(S)
+    if norm(imag(S)) > 1e-12
+        @error "S is not real"
+    end
+    S_opt, _, _, _, _ = optimize(A -> fg(f, A), S₀, scheme.optimization_algorithm)
+
+    @tensor scheme.T[-1 -2; -4 -3] := S_opt[1 2 -3] * S_opt[1 4 -1] * S_opt[3 4 -2] *
+                                      S_opt[3 2 -4]
+end
+
+function ψAψA(T::AbstractTensorMap)
+    @tensor M[-1 -2 -3 -4] := T[1 -2 2 -4] * conj(T[1 -1 2 -3])
+    @tensor MM[-1 -2 -3 -4] := M[-1 -2 1 2] * M[-3 -4 1 2]
+    return @tensor MM[1 2 3 4] * MM[1 2 3 4]
+end
+
+function ψAψB(T::AbstractTensorMap, S::AbstractTensorMap)
+    @tensor M[-1 -2 -3 -4] := T[1 -2 2 -4] * conj(S[1 -1 3]) * conj(S[2 -3 3])
+    @tensor MM[-1 -2 -3 -4] := M[-1 -2 1 2] * M[-3 -4 1 2]
+    @tensor result = MM[1 2 3 4] * MM[1 2 3 4]
+    if norm(imag(result)) > 1e-12
+        @error "We only support real tensors"
+    end
+    return result
+end
+
+function ψBψB(S::AbstractTensorMap)
+    @tensor M[-1 -2 -3 -4] := S[1 -1 3] * conj(S[1 -2 4]) * S[2 -3 3] * conj(S[2 -4 4])
+    @tensor MM[-1 -2 -3 -4] := M[-1 -2 1 2] * M[-3 -4 1 2]
+    return @tensor MM[1 2 3 4] * MM[1 2 3 4] # This seems very bad for complex numbers
+end
+
+function _SLoopTNR_cost(T::AbstractTensorMap, S::AbstractTensorMap)
+    return ψAψA(T) - 2 * real(ψAψB(T, S)) + ψBψB(S)
+end
+
+slooptnr_convcrit(steps::Int, data) = abs(log(data[end]) * 2.0^(-steps))
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, scheme::SLoopTNR)
+    println(io, "SLoopTNR - Symmetric Loop TNR")
+    println(io, "  * T: $(summary(scheme.T))")
+    return println(io,
+                   "  * Optimization algorithm: $(summary(scheme.optimization_algorithm))")
+end
diff --git a/src/utility/finalize.jl b/src/utility/finalize.jl
index 22b7306..ed2075e 100644
--- a/src/utility/finalize.jl
+++ b/src/utility/finalize.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const simple_scheme = Union{TRG,GILTTNR}
+const simple_scheme = Union{TRG,GILTTNR,SLoopTNR}
 const turning_scheme = Union{HOTRG,ATRG}
 
 # 1x1 unitcell finalize
diff --git a/test/ising.jl b/test/ising.jl
index 07c75fa..91a31a0 100644
--- a/test/ising.jl
+++ b/test/ising.jl
@@ -85,3 +85,19 @@ end
     relerror = abs((fs - f_onsager) / f_onsager)
     @test relerror < 2e-6
 end
+
+# SLoopTNR
+@testset "SLoopTNR - Ising Model" begin
+    scheme = SLoopTNR(classical_ising(Ising_βc)) # SLoopTNR is not compatible yet with symmetric tensors
+    data = run!(scheme, truncdim(8), maxiter(25))
+
+    lnz = 0
+    for (i, d) in enumerate(data)
+        lnz += log(d) * 2.0^(1 - i)
+    end
+
+    fs = lnz * -1 / Ising_βc
+
+    relerror = abs((fs - f_onsager) / f_onsager)
+    @test relerror < 1e-5
+end