diff --git a/src/Platform/GridSearch.cc b/src/Platform/GridSearch.cc
index 809bd8f..e6b25af 100644
--- a/src/Platform/GridSearch.cc
+++ b/src/Platform/GridSearch.cc
@@ -109,32 +109,17 @@ namespace platform {
         }
         return numItems == 0 ? 0.0 : totalScore / numItems;
     }
-    void GridSearch::go()
+    vector<std::string> GridSearch::processDatasets(Datasets& datasets)
     {
         // Load datasets
-        auto datasets = Datasets(config.discretize, Paths::datasets());
-        // Load previous results
-        json results;
+
         auto datasets_names = datasets.getNames();
         if (config.continue_from != "No") {
             // Continue previous execution:
-            // Load previous results & remove datasets already processed
+            // remove datasets already processed
             if (std::find(datasets_names.begin(), datasets_names.end(), config.continue_from) == datasets_names.end()) {
                 throw std::invalid_argument("Dataset " + config.continue_from + " not found");
             }
-            if (!config.quiet)
-                std::cout << "* Loading previous results" << std::endl;
-            try {
-                std::ifstream file(Paths::grid_output(config.model));
-                if (file.is_open()) {
-                    results = json::parse(file);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (const std::exception& e) {
-                std::cerr << "* There were no previous results" << std::endl;
-                std::cerr << "* Initizalizing new results" << std::endl;
-                results = json();
-            }
             // Remove datasets already processed
             vector< string >::iterator it = datasets_names.begin();
             while (it != datasets_names.end()) {
@@ -148,7 +133,30 @@ namespace platform {
                 }
             }
         }
-        // Create model
+        return datasets_names;
+    }
+
+    void GridSearch::go()
+    {
+        auto datasets = Datasets(config.discretize, Paths::datasets());
+        auto datasets_names = processDatasets(datasets);
+        // Load previous results
+        json results;
+        if (config.continue_from != "No") {
+            if (!config.quiet)
+                std::cout << "* Loading previous results" << std::endl;
+            try {
+                std::ifstream file(Paths::grid_output(config.model));
+                if (file.is_open()) {
+                    results = json::parse(file);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (const std::exception& e) {
+                std::cerr << "* There were no previous results" << std::endl;
+                std::cerr << "* Initizalizing new results" << std::endl;
+                results = json();
+            }
+        }
         std::cout << "***************** Starting Gridsearch *****************" << std::endl;
         std::cout << "input file=" << Paths::grid_input(config.model) << std::endl;
         auto grid = GridData(Paths::grid_input(config.model));
diff --git a/src/Platform/GridSearch.h b/src/Platform/GridSearch.h
index d46ffb3..e8bfb85 100644
--- a/src/Platform/GridSearch.h
+++ b/src/Platform/GridSearch.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace platform {
         json getResults();
     private:
         void save(json& results) const;
+        vector<std::string> processDatasets(Datasets& datasets);
         double processFile(std::string fileName, Datasets& datasets, HyperParameters& hyperparameters);
         struct ConfigGrid config;
     };