diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2af2fde..3d4324f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 setup(
   name = 'vit-pytorch',
   packages = find_packages(exclude=['examples']),
-  version = '0.35.3',
+  version = '0.35.4',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'Vision Transformer (ViT) - Pytorch',
   long_description_content_type = 'text/markdown',
diff --git a/vit_pytorch/extractor.py b/vit_pytorch/extractor.py
index aff9704..fc30ed1 100644
--- a/vit_pytorch/extractor.py
+++ b/vit_pytorch/extractor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Extractor(nn.Module):
         self,
         vit,
         device = None,
+        layer = None,
         layer_name = 'transformer',
         layer_save_input = False,
         return_embeddings_only = False
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class Extractor(nn.Module):
         self.ejected = False
         self.device = device
 
+        self.layer = layer
         self.layer_name = layer_name
         self.layer_save_input = layer_save_input # whether to save input or output of layer
         self.return_embeddings_only = return_embeddings_only
@@ -37,8 +39,12 @@ class Extractor(nn.Module):
         self.latents = apply_tuple_or_single(lambda t: t.clone().detach(), layer_output)
 
     def _register_hook(self):
-        assert hasattr(self.vit, self.layer_name), 'layer whose output to take as embedding not found in vision transformer'
-        layer = getattr(self.vit, self.layer_name)
+        if not exists(self.layer):
+            assert hasattr(self.vit, self.layer_name), 'layer whose output to take as embedding not found in vision transformer'
+            layer = getattr(self.vit, self.layer_name)
+        else:
+            layer = self.layer
+
         handle = layer.register_forward_hook(self._hook)
         self.hooks.append(handle)
         self.hook_registered = True