diff --git a/framework/applications/utils/transforms.py b/framework/applications/utils/transforms.py
index 4212749..d818967 100644
--- a/framework/applications/utils/transforms.py
+++ b/framework/applications/utils/transforms.py
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ def reset_parameters(self):
 
     def forward(self, input):
         torch_version_str = str(torch.__version__).split('.')
-        if int(torch_version_str[0]) >= 1 and int(torch_version_str[1]) > 7:
-            return self._conv_forward(input, self.weight_scaling * self.weight, self.bias)
-        else:
+        if int(torch_version_str[0]) < 1 or (int(torch_version_str[0]) == 1 and int(torch_version_str[1]) <= 7):
             return self._conv_forward(input, self.weight_scaling * self.weight)
+        else:
+            return self._conv_forward(input, self.weight_scaling * self.weight, self.bias)
 
 class ScaledLinear(nn.Linear):
     def __init__(self, in_features, out_features, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -127,39 +127,15 @@ def update_linear(self, m, parent):
         lsa_update.weight, lsa_update.bias = m[1].weight, m[1].bias
         setattr(parent, m[0], lsa_update)
 
+    def add_lsa_params_recursive(self, module):
+        for name, child in module.named_children():
+            if isinstance(child, nn.Conv2d) and child.weight.requires_grad:
+                self.update_conv2d((name, child), module)
+            elif isinstance(child, nn.Linear) and child.weight.requires_grad:
+                self.update_linear((name, child), module)
+            elif len(list(child.children())) > 0:
+                self.add_lsa_params_recursive(child)
+
     def add_lsa_params(self):
-        '''
-        adds LSA scaling parameters to conv and linear layers
-            - max. nested object depth: 4
-            - trainable_true (i.e. does not add LSA params to layers which are not trained, e.g. in classifier only training)
-        '''
-        for m in self.mdl.named_children():
-            if isinstance(m[1], nn.Conv2d) and m[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                self.update_conv2d(m, self.mdl)
-            elif isinstance(m[1], nn.Linear) and m[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                self.update_linear(m, self.mdl)
-            elif len(dict(m[1].named_children())) > 0:
-                for n in m[1].named_children():
-                    if isinstance(n[1], nn.Conv2d) and n[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                        self.update_conv2d(n, m[1])
-                    elif isinstance(n[1], nn.Linear) and n[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                        self.update_linear(n, m[1])
-                    elif len(dict(n[1].named_children())) > 0:
-                        for o in n[1].named_children():
-                            if isinstance(o[1], nn.Conv2d) and o[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                self.update_conv2d(o, n[1])
-                            elif isinstance(o[1], nn.Linear) and o[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                self.update_linear(o, n[1])
-                            elif len(dict(o[1].named_children())) > 0:
-                                for p in o[1].named_children():
-                                    if isinstance(p[1], nn.Conv2d) and p[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                        self.update_conv2d(p, o[1])
-                                    elif isinstance(p[1], nn.Linear) and p[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                        self.update_linear(p, o[1])
-                                    elif len(dict(p[1].named_children())) > 0:
-                                        for q in p[1].named_children():
-                                            if isinstance(q[1], nn.Conv2d) and q[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                                self.update_conv2d(q, p[1])
-                                            elif isinstance(q[1], nn.Linear) and q[1].weight.requires_grad:
-                                                self.update_linear(q, p[1])
+        self.add_lsa_params_recursive(self.mdl)
         return self.mdl
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diff --git a/requirements_cu11.txt b/requirements_cu11.txt
index 6345123..ead0272 100755
--- a/requirements_cu11.txt
+++ b/requirements_cu11.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu113
+--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
 Click>=7.0
 scikit-learn>=0.23.1
 tqdm>=4.32.2