diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 12088711..3af23cb1 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ Cross-validation
 
 
 Plotting
-------
+--------
 
-.. automodule:: mpol.plot
\ No newline at end of file
+.. automodule:: mpol.plot
diff --git a/docs/ci-tutorials/initializedirtyimage.md b/docs/ci-tutorials/initializedirtyimage.md
index 276da74b..d5411f25 100644
--- a/docs/ci-tutorials/initializedirtyimage.md
+++ b/docs/ci-tutorials/initializedirtyimage.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ rml = precomposed.SimpleNet(coords=coords)
 rml.state_dict()  # the now uninitialized parameters of the model (the ones we started with)
 ```
 
-Here you can clearly see the ``state_dict`` is in its original state, before the training loop changed the paramters through the optimization function. Loading our saved dirty image state into the model is as simple as
+Here you can clearly see the ``state_dict`` is in its original state, before the training loop changed the parameters through the optimization function. Loading our saved dirty image state into the model is as simple as
 
 ```{code-cell}
 rml.load_state_dict(torch.load("dirty_image_model.pt"))
diff --git a/src/mpol/fourier.py b/src/mpol/fourier.py
index a2243321..313b643b 100644
--- a/src/mpol/fourier.py
+++ b/src/mpol/fourier.py
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ class FourierCube(nn.Module):
         cell_size (float): the width of an image-plane pixel [arcseconds]
         npix (int): the number of pixels per image side
         coords (GridCoords): an object already instantiated from the GridCoords class. If providing this, cannot provide ``cell_size`` or ``npix``.
+        persistent_vis (Boolean): should the visibility cube be stored as part of the modules `state_dict`? If `True`, the state of the UV grid will be stored. It is recommended to use `False` for most applications, since the visibility cube will rarely be a direct parameter of the model.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, cell_size=None, npix=None, coords=None):
+    def __init__(self, cell_size=None, npix=None, coords=None, persistent_vis=False):
         super().__init__()
 
         # we don't want to bother with the nchan argument here, so
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ def __init__(self, cell_size=None, npix=None, coords=None):
 
             self.coords = GridCoords(cell_size=cell_size, npix=npix)
 
-        self.register_buffer("vis", None)
-
+        self.register_buffer("vis", None, persistent=persistent_vis)
 
     def forward(self, cube):
         """
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def forward(self, cube):
         # since it needs to correct for the spacing of the input grid.
         # See MPoL documentation and/or TMS Eqn A8.18 for more information.
         self.vis = self.coords.cell_size**2 * torch.fft.fftn(cube, dim=(1, 2))
-        
+
         return self.vis
 
     @property
diff --git a/test/images_test.py b/test/images_test.py
index b92a9963..b0d988e9 100644
--- a/test/images_test.py
+++ b/test/images_test.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def test_odd_npix():
         images.BaseCube.from_image_properties(npix=853, nchan=30, cell_size=0.015)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=expected_error_message):
-        images.ImageCube.from_image_properteis(npix=853, nchan=30, cell_size=0.015)
+        images.ImageCube.from_image_properties(npix=853, nchan=30, cell_size=0.015)
 
 
 def test_negative_cell_size():
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ def test_negative_cell_size():
         images.BaseCube.from_image_properties(npix=800, nchan=30, cell_size=-0.015)
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=expected_error_message):
-        images.ImageCube.from_image_properteis(npix=800, nchan=30, cell_size=-0.015)
+        images.ImageCube.from_image_properties(npix=800, nchan=30, cell_size=-0.015)
 
 
 def test_single_chan():
-    im = images.ImageCube.from_image_properteis(cell_size=0.015, npix=800)
+    im = images.ImageCube.from_image_properties(cell_size=0.015, npix=800)
     assert im.nchan == 1