diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Keras/ArgsDefinition/Merging/MergeArgs.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Keras/ArgsDefinition/Merging/MergeArgs.cs
index 0140b3dd..9bcf1908 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Keras/ArgsDefinition/Merging/MergeArgs.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Keras/ArgsDefinition/Merging/MergeArgs.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace Tensorflow.Keras.ArgsDefinition
 {
     // TODO: complete the implementation
-    public class MergeArgs : LayerArgs
+    public class MergeArgs : AutoSerializeLayerArgs
     {
         public Tensors Inputs { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("axis")]
         public int Axis { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Engine/Functional.FromConfig.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Engine/Functional.FromConfig.cs
index 7b826af8..375fc910 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Engine/Functional.FromConfig.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Engine/Functional.FromConfig.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras.Engine
             created_layers = created_layers ?? new Dictionary<string, ILayer>();
             var node_index_map = new Dictionary<(string, int), int>();
             var node_count_by_layer = new Dictionary<ILayer, int>();
-            var unprocessed_nodes = new Dictionary<ILayer, NodeConfig>();
+            var unprocessed_nodes = new Dictionary<ILayer, List<NodeConfig>>();
             // First, we create all layers and enqueue nodes to be processed
             foreach (var layer_data in config.Layers)
                 process_layer(created_layers, layer_data, unprocessed_nodes, node_count_by_layer);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras.Engine
 
         static void process_layer(Dictionary<string, ILayer> created_layers, 
             LayerConfig layer_data, 
-            Dictionary<ILayer, NodeConfig> unprocessed_nodes,
+            Dictionary<ILayer, List<NodeConfig>> unprocessed_nodes,
             Dictionary<ILayer, int> node_count_by_layer)
         {
             ILayer layer = null;
@@ -92,32 +92,38 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras.Engine
 
                 created_layers[layer_name] = layer;
             }
-            node_count_by_layer[layer] = _should_skip_first_node(layer) ? 1 : 0;
+            node_count_by_layer[layer] = layer_data.InboundNodes.Count - (_should_skip_first_node(layer) ? 1 : 0);
 
             var inbound_nodes_data = layer_data.InboundNodes;
             foreach (var node_data in inbound_nodes_data)
             {
                 if (!unprocessed_nodes.ContainsKey(layer))
-                    unprocessed_nodes[layer] = node_data;
+                    unprocessed_nodes[layer] = new List<NodeConfig>() { node_data };
                 else
-                    unprocessed_nodes.Add(layer, node_data);
+                    unprocessed_nodes[layer].Add(node_data);
             }
         }
 
         static void process_node(ILayer layer, 
-            NodeConfig node_data, 
+            List<NodeConfig> nodes_data, 
             Dictionary<string, ILayer> created_layers,
             Dictionary<ILayer, int> node_count_by_layer,
             Dictionary<(string, int), int> node_index_map)
         {
+
             var input_tensors = new List<Tensor>();
-            var inbound_layer_name = node_data.Name;
-            var inbound_node_index = node_data.NodeIndex;
-            var inbound_tensor_index = node_data.TensorIndex;
 
-            var inbound_layer = created_layers[inbound_layer_name];
-            var inbound_node = inbound_layer.InboundNodes[inbound_node_index];
-            input_tensors.Add(inbound_node.Outputs[inbound_node_index]);
+            for (int i = 0; i < nodes_data.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var node_data = nodes_data[i];
+                var inbound_layer_name = node_data.Name;
+                var inbound_node_index = node_data.NodeIndex;
+                var inbound_tensor_index = node_data.TensorIndex;
+
+                var inbound_layer = created_layers[inbound_layer_name];
+                var inbound_node = inbound_layer.InboundNodes[inbound_node_index];
+                input_tensors.Add(inbound_node.Outputs[inbound_node_index]);
+            }
 
             var output_tensors = layer.Apply(input_tensors);
 
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Layers/Merging/Concatenate.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Layers/Merging/Concatenate.cs
index a2a8286b..fa82426c 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Layers/Merging/Concatenate.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Layers/Merging/Concatenate.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras.Layers
                 shape_set.Add(shape);
             }*/
             _buildInputShape = input_shape;
+            built = true;
         }
 
         protected override Tensors _merge_function(Tensors inputs)
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Utils/generic_utils.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Utils/generic_utils.cs
index 5402f499..20937e2e 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Utils/generic_utils.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/Utils/generic_utils.cs
@@ -112,12 +112,23 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras.Utils
             foreach (var token in layersToken)
             {
                 var args = deserialize_layer_args(token["class_name"].ToObject<string>(), token["config"]);
+
+                List<NodeConfig> nodeConfig = null; //python tensorflow sometimes exports inbound nodes in an extra nested array
+                if (token["inbound_nodes"].Count() > 0 && token["inbound_nodes"][0].Count() > 0 && token["inbound_nodes"][0][0].Count() > 0)
+                {
+                    nodeConfig = token["inbound_nodes"].ToObject<List<List<NodeConfig>>>().FirstOrDefault() ?? new List<NodeConfig>();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    nodeConfig = token["inbound_nodes"].ToObject<List<NodeConfig>>();
+                }
+
                 config.Layers.Add(new LayerConfig()
                 {
                     Config = args, 
                     Name = token["name"].ToObject<string>(), 
                     ClassName = token["class_name"].ToObject<string>(), 
-                    InboundNodes = token["inbound_nodes"].ToObject<List<NodeConfig>>()
+                    InboundNodes = nodeConfig,
                 });
             }
             config.InputLayers = json["input_layers"].ToObject<List<NodeConfig>>();