diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index d8cf47bd..8b1fc040 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -725,6 +725,9 @@ layer parse_batchnorm(list *options, size_params params)
 
 layer parse_shortcut(list *options, size_params params, network net)
 {
+    char *activation_s = option_find_str(options, "activation", "logistic");
+    ACTIVATION activation = get_activation(activation_s);
+
     int assisted_excitation = option_find_float_quiet(options, "assisted_excitation", 0);
     char *l = option_find(options, "from");
     int index = atoi(l);
@@ -734,11 +737,8 @@ layer parse_shortcut(list *options, size_params params, network net)
     layer from = net.layers[index];
     if (from.antialiasing) from = *from.input_layer;
 
-    layer s = make_shortcut_layer(batch, index, params.w, params.h, params.c, from.out_w, from.out_h, from.out_c, assisted_excitation, params.train);
+    layer s = make_shortcut_layer(batch, index, params.w, params.h, params.c, from.out_w, from.out_h, from.out_c, assisted_excitation, activation, params.train);
 
-    char *activation_s = option_find_str(options, "activation", "linear");
-    ACTIVATION activation = get_activation(activation_s);
-    s.activation = activation;
     return s;
 }
 
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ layer parse_scale_channels(list *options, size_params params, network net)
     char *activation_s = option_find_str_quiet(options, "activation", "linear");
     ACTIVATION activation = get_activation(activation_s);
     s.activation = activation;
+    if (activation == SWISH || activation == MISH) {
+        printf(" [scale_channels] layer doesn't support SWISH or MISH activations \n");
+    }
     return s;
 }
 
@@ -775,6 +778,9 @@ layer parse_sam(list *options, size_params params, network net)
     char *activation_s = option_find_str_quiet(options, "activation", "linear");
     ACTIVATION activation = get_activation(activation_s);
     s.activation = activation;
+    if (activation == SWISH || activation == MISH) {
+        printf(" [sam] layer doesn't support SWISH or MISH activations \n");
+    }
     return s;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shortcut_layer.c b/src/shortcut_layer.c
index a1dd3724..f9b9209a 100644
--- a/src/shortcut_layer.c
+++ b/src/shortcut_layer.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
-layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int h2, int c2, int assisted_excitation, int train)
+layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int h2, int c2, int assisted_excitation, ACTIVATION activation, int train)
 {
     if(assisted_excitation) fprintf(stderr, "Shortcut Layer - AE: %d\n", index);
     else fprintf(stderr,"Shortcut Layer: %d\n", index);
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int
     l.train = train;
     l.type = SHORTCUT;
     l.batch = batch;
+    l.activation = activation;
     l.w = w2;
     l.h = h2;
     l.c = c2;
@@ -34,8 +35,10 @@ layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int
 
     l.forward = forward_shortcut_layer;
     l.backward = backward_shortcut_layer;
-
+#ifndef GPU
     if (l.activation == SWISH || l.activation == MISH) l.activation_input = (float*)calloc(l.batch*l.outputs, sizeof(float));
+#endif // GPU
+
 #ifdef GPU
     if (l.activation == SWISH || l.activation == MISH) l.activation_input_gpu = cuda_make_array(l.activation_input, l.batch*l.outputs);
 
diff --git a/src/shortcut_layer.h b/src/shortcut_layer.h
index 89f22ceb..b245868f 100644
--- a/src/shortcut_layer.h
+++ b/src/shortcut_layer.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
-layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int h2, int c2, int assisted_excitation, int train);
+layer make_shortcut_layer(int batch, int index, int w, int h, int c, int w2, int h2, int c2, int assisted_excitation, ACTIVATION activation, int train);
 void forward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state);
 void backward_shortcut_layer(const layer l, network_state state);
 void resize_shortcut_layer(layer *l, int w, int h);