diff --git a/pytorch_tcn/__init__.py b/pytorch_tcn/__init__.py
index 702d04c..bba73dd 100644
--- a/pytorch_tcn/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_tcn/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 from pytorch_tcn.conv import TemporalConv1d
 from pytorch_tcn.conv import TemporalConvTranspose1d
 
-__version__ = '1.2.2.dev0'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '1.2.2.dev1'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pytorch_tcn/buffer.py b/pytorch_tcn/buffer.py
index bb26126..c74d0d2 100644
--- a/pytorch_tcn/buffer.py
+++ b/pytorch_tcn/buffer.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.in_buffers = None
         
         self.out_buffers = []
+        self.internal_buffers = []
         return
     
     def __iter__(self):
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ def append_out_buffer(
             ):
         self.out_buffers.append(x)
         return
+    
+    def append_internal_buffer(
+            self,
+            x: torch.Tensor,
+            ):
+        self.internal_buffers.append(x)
+        return
         
     def next_in_buffer(
             self,
@@ -44,6 +52,10 @@ def next_in_buffer(
         return self.__next__()
         
     def step(self):
+        # If in_buffers is None, then the internal buffers are used as input
+        # After the first step, the operation will continue as usual
+        if self.in_buffers is None:
+            self.in_buffers_length = len( self.internal_buffers)
         if len( self.out_buffers ) != self.in_buffers_length:
             raise ValueError(
                 """
diff --git a/pytorch_tcn/pad.py b/pytorch_tcn/pad.py
index 605f6f0..e673768 100644
--- a/pytorch_tcn/pad.py
+++ b/pytorch_tcn/pad.py
@@ -78,16 +78,28 @@ def __init__(
         
         # Buffer is used for streaming inference
         if buffer is None:
-            buffer = torch.zeros(
-                1,
-                in_channels,
-                self.pad_len,
-                )
+            if in_channels is None:
+                buffer = torch.zeros(
+                    1,
+                    self.pad_len,
+                    )
+            else:
+                buffer = torch.zeros(
+                    1,
+                    in_channels,
+                    self.pad_len,
+                    )
         elif isinstance(buffer, (int, float)):
-            buffer = torch.full(
-                size = (1, in_channels, self.pad_len),
-                fill_value = buffer,
-            )
+            if in_channels is None:
+                buffer = torch.full(
+                    size = (1, self.pad_len),
+                    fill_value = buffer,
+                    )
+            else:
+                buffer = torch.full(
+                    size = (1, in_channels, self.pad_len),
+                    fill_value = buffer,
+                    )
         elif not isinstance(buffer, torch.Tensor):
             raise ValueError(
                 f"""
@@ -129,13 +141,16 @@ def pad_inference(
             in_buffer = self.buffer
         else:
             in_buffer = buffer_io.next_in_buffer()
+            if in_buffer is None:
+                in_buffer = self.buffer
+                buffer_io.append_internal_buffer( in_buffer )
 
         x = torch.cat(
             (in_buffer, x),
             -1,
             )
 
-        out_buffer = x[:, :, -self.pad_len: ]
+        out_buffer = x[ ..., -self.pad_len: ]
         if buffer_io is None:
             self.buffer = out_buffer
         else:
@@ -157,7 +172,7 @@ def forward(
     
     def reset_buffer(self):
         self.buffer.zero_()
-        if self.buffer.shape[2] != self.pad_len:
+        if self.buffer.shape[-1] != self.pad_len:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"""
                 Buffer shape {self.buffer.shape} does not match the expected
diff --git a/pytorch_tcn/tcn.py b/pytorch_tcn/tcn.py
index ec7fda8..bc75e3b 100644
--- a/pytorch_tcn/tcn.py
+++ b/pytorch_tcn/tcn.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 from typing import Optional
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pytorch_tcn.conv import TemporalConv1d, TemporalConvTranspose1d
+from pytorch_tcn.pad import TemporalPad1d
+from pytorch_tcn.buffer import BufferIO
 
 
 activation_fn = dict(
@@ -171,19 +173,53 @@ def _init_weights(m):
     
     def reset_buffers(self):
         def _reset_buffer(x):
-            if isinstance(x, (TemporalConv1d, TemporalConvTranspose1d) ):
+            if isinstance(x, (TemporalPad1d,) ):
                 x.reset_buffer()
         self.apply(_reset_buffer)
         return
     
     def get_buffers(self):
+        """
+        Get all buffers of the network in the order they were created.
+        """
         buffers = []
         def _get_buffers(x):
-            if isinstance(x, (TemporalConv1d, TemporalConvTranspose1d) ):
+            if isinstance(x, (TemporalPad1d,) ):
                 buffers.append(x.buffer)
         self.apply(_get_buffers)
         return buffers
     
+    def get_in_buffers(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Get all buffers of the network in the order they are used in
+        the forward pass. This is important for external buffer io, e.g.
+        with ONNX inference.
+        """
+        # Get the internal buffer state
+        buffers = self.get_buffers()
+        # Get the in_buffers via dummy forward pass
+        buffer_io = BufferIO( in_buffers=None )
+        self(
+            *args,
+            inference=True,
+            buffer_io=buffer_io,
+            **kwargs,
+            )
+        in_buffers = buffer_io.internal_buffers
+        # Restore the internal buffer state
+        self.set_buffers( buffers )
+        return in_buffers
+    
+    def set_buffers(self, buffers):
+        """
+        Set all buffers of the network in the order they were created.
+        """
+        def _set_buffers(x):
+            if isinstance(x, (TemporalPad1d,) ):
+                x.buffer = buffers.pop(0)
+        self.apply(_set_buffers)
+        return
+    
 
 def get_padding(kernel_size, dilation=1):
     return int((kernel_size * dilation - dilation) / 2)