diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 623d757bc..194ffa268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will failed to push refs to dest repo
     - name: install dacapo
       # run: pip install .[docs]
-      run: pip install sphinx-autodoc-typehints sphinx-autoapi sphinx-click sphinx-rtd-theme myst-parser
+      run: pip install sphinx-autodoc-typehints sphinx-autoapi sphinx-click sphinx-rtd-theme myst-parser jupytext ipykernel nbsphinx
+    - name: parse notebooks
+      run: jupytext --to notebook --execute ./docs/source/notebooks/*.py
+    - name: remove notebook scripts
+      run: rm ./docs/source/notebooks/*.py
     - name: Build and Commit
       uses: sphinx-notes/pages@v2
       with:
diff --git a/dacapo/experiments/tasks/losses/affinities_loss.py b/dacapo/experiments/tasks/losses/affinities_loss.py
index 1bc9aded5..d731b27db 100644
--- a/dacapo/experiments/tasks/losses/affinities_loss.py
+++ b/dacapo/experiments/tasks/losses/affinities_loss.py
@@ -79,10 +79,15 @@ def compute(self, prediction, target, weight):
             weight[:, self.num_affinities :, ...],
         )
 
-        return (
-            torch.nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(reduction="none")(affs, affs_target)
-            * affs_weight
-        ).mean() + self.lsds_to_affs_weight_ratio * (
-            torch.nn.MSELoss(reduction="none")(torch.nn.Sigmoid()(aux), aux_target)
-            * aux_weight
-        ).mean()
+        if aux.shape[1] == 0:
+            return torch.nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(reduction="none")(
+                affs, affs_target
+            ).mean()
+        else:
+            return (
+                torch.nn.BCEWithLogitsLoss(reduction="none")(affs, affs_target)
+                * affs_weight
+            ).mean() + self.lsds_to_affs_weight_ratio * (
+                torch.nn.MSELoss(reduction="none")(torch.nn.Sigmoid()(aux), aux_target)
+                * aux_weight
+            ).mean()
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index c35cb2dff..e08339a02 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
    overview
    install
+   notebooks/minimal_tutorial
    tutorial
    docker
    aws
diff --git a/docs/source/notebooks/minimal_tutorial.py b/docs/source/notebooks/minimal_tutorial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f1bf9de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/notebooks/minimal_tutorial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+# %% [markdown]
+# # Minimal Tutorial
+#
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Introduction and overview
+#
+# In this tutorial we will cover the basics of running an ML experiment with DaCapo.
+#
+# DaCapo has 4 major configurable components:
+#
+# 1. **dacapo.datasplits.DataSplit**
+#
+# 2. **dacapo.tasks.Task**
+#
+# 3. **dacapo.architectures.Architecture**
+#
+# 4. **dacapo.trainers.Trainer**
+#
+# These are then combined in a single **dacapo.experiments.Run** that includes
+# your starting point (whether you want to start training from scratch or
+# continue off of a previously trained model) and stopping criterion (the number
+# of iterations you want to train).
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Environment setup
+# If you have not already done so, you will need to install DaCapo. You can do this
+# by first creating a new environment and then installing DaCapo using pip.
+#
+# ```bash
+# conda create -n dacapo python=3.10
+# conda activate dacapo
+# ```
+#
+# Then, you can install DaCapo using pip, via GitHub:
+#
+# ```bash
+# pip install git+https://github.com/janelia-cellmap/dacapo.git
+# ```
+# ```bash
+# pip install dacapo-ml
+# ```
+#
+# Be sure to select this environment in your Jupyter notebook or JupyterLab.
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Config Store
+# To define where the data goes, create a dacapo.yaml configuration file either in `~/.config/dacapo/dacapo.yaml` or in `./dacapo.yaml`. Here is a template:
+#
+# ```yaml
+# type: files
+# runs_base_dir: /path/to/my/data/storage
+# ```
+# The `runs_base_dir` defines where your on-disk data will be stored. The `type` setting determines the database backend. The default is `files`, which stores the data in a file tree on disk. Alternatively, you can use `mongodb` to store the data in a MongoDB database. To use MongoDB, you will need to provide a `mongodbhost` and `mongodbname` in the configuration file:
+#
+# ```yaml
+# mongodbhost: mongodb://dbuser:dbpass@dburl:dbport/
+# mongodbname: dacapo
+# ```
+
+# %%
+# First we need to create a config store to store our configurations
+import multiprocessing
+multiprocessing.set_start_method("fork", force=True)
+from dacapo.store.create_store import create_config_store, create_stats_store
+
+config_store = create_config_store()
+
+# %% Create some data
+
+import random
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+from funlib.geometry import Coordinate, Roi
+from funlib.persistence import prepare_ds
+from scipy.ndimage import label
+from skimage import data
+from skimage.filters import gaussian
+
+from dacapo.utils.affinities import seg_to_affgraph
+
+# Download the data
+cell_data = (data.cells3d().transpose((1, 0, 2, 3)) / 256).astype(np.uint8)
+
+# Handle metadata
+offset = Coordinate(0, 0, 0)
+voxel_size = Coordinate(290, 260, 260)
+axis_names = ["c^", "z", "y", "x"]
+units = ["nm", "nm", "nm"]
+
+# Create the zarr array with appropriate metadata
+cell_array = prepare_ds(
+    "cells3d.zarr",
+    "raw",
+    Roi((0, 0, 0), cell_data.shape[1:]) * voxel_size,
+    voxel_size=voxel_size,
+    dtype=np.uint8,
+    num_channels=None,
+)
+
+# Save the cell data to the zarr array
+cell_array[cell_array.roi] = cell_data[1]
+
+# Generate and save some pseudo ground truth data
+mask_array = prepare_ds(
+    "cells3d.zarr",
+    "mask",
+    Roi((0, 0, 0), cell_data.shape[1:]) * voxel_size,
+    voxel_size=voxel_size,
+    dtype=np.uint8,
+)
+cell_mask = np.clip(gaussian(cell_data[1] / 255.0, sigma=1), 0, 255) * 255 > 30
+not_membrane_mask = np.clip(gaussian(cell_data[0] / 255.0, sigma=1), 0, 255) * 255 < 10
+mask_array[mask_array.roi] = cell_mask * not_membrane_mask
+
+# Generate labels via connected components
+labels_array = prepare_ds(
+    "cells3d.zarr",
+    "labels",
+    Roi((0, 0, 0), cell_data.shape[1:]) * voxel_size,
+    voxel_size=voxel_size,
+    dtype=np.uint8,
+)
+labels_array[labels_array.roi] = label(mask_array.to_ndarray(mask_array.roi))[0]
+
+# Generate affinity graph
+affs_array = prepare_ds(
+    "cells3d.zarr",
+    "affs",
+    Roi((0, 0, 0), cell_data.shape[1:]) * voxel_size,
+    voxel_size=voxel_size,
+    num_channels=3,
+    dtype=np.uint8,
+)
+affs_array[affs_array.roi] = (
+    seg_to_affgraph(
+        labels_array.to_ndarray(labels_array.roi),
+        neighborhood=[Coordinate(1, 0, 0), Coordinate(0, 1, 0), Coordinate(0, 0, 1)],
+    )
+    * 255
+)
+
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# Here we show a slice of the raw data:
+# %%
+plt.imshow(cell_array.data[30])
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Datasplit
+# Where can you find your data? What format is it in? Does it need to be normalized?
+# What data do you want to use for validation?
+
+# We have already saved some data in `cells3d.zarr`. We will use this data for
+# training and validation. We only have one dataset, so we will be using the
+# same data for both training and validation. This is not recommended for real
+# experiments, but is useful for this tutorial.
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.experiments.datasplits import TrainValidateDataSplitConfig
+from dacapo.experiments.datasplits.datasets import RawGTDatasetConfig
+from dacapo.experiments.datasplits.datasets.arrays import (
+    ZarrArrayConfig,
+    IntensitiesArrayConfig,
+)
+from funlib.geometry import Coordinate
+
+datasplit_config = TrainValidateDataSplitConfig(
+    name="example_datasplit",
+    train_configs=[
+        RawGTDatasetConfig(
+            name="example_dataset",
+            raw_config=IntensitiesArrayConfig(
+                name="example_raw_normalized",
+                source_array_config=ZarrArrayConfig(
+                    name="example_raw",
+                    file_name="cells3d.zarr",
+                    dataset="raw",
+                ),
+                min=0,
+                max=255,
+            ),
+            gt_config=ZarrArrayConfig(
+                name="example_gt",
+                file_name="cells3d.zarr",
+                dataset="mask",
+            ),
+        )
+    ],
+    validate_configs=[
+        RawGTDatasetConfig(
+            name="example_dataset",
+            raw_config=IntensitiesArrayConfig(
+                name="example_raw_normalized",
+                source_array_config=ZarrArrayConfig(
+                    name="example_raw",
+                    file_name="cells3d.zarr",
+                    dataset="raw",
+                ),
+                min=0,
+                max=255,
+            ),
+            gt_config=ZarrArrayConfig(
+                name="example_gt",
+                file_name="cells3d.zarr",
+                dataset="mask",
+            ),
+        )
+    ],
+)
+
+datasplit = datasplit_config.datasplit_type(datasplit_config)
+config_store.store_datasplit_config(datasplit_config)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Task
+# What do you want to learn? An instance segmentation? If so, how? Affinities,
+# Distance Transform, Foreground/Background, etc. Each of these tasks are commonly learned
+# and evaluated with specific loss functions and evaluation metrics. Some tasks may
+# also require specific non-linearities or output formats from your model.
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.experiments.tasks import DistanceTaskConfig, AffinitiesTaskConfig
+
+# an example distance task configuration
+# note that the clip_distance, tol_distance, and scale_factor are in nm
+dist_task_config = DistanceTaskConfig(
+    name="example_dist",
+    channels=["mito"],
+    clip_distance=260 * 10.0,
+    tol_distance=260 * 10.0,
+    scale_factor=260 * 20.0,
+)
+config_store.store_task_config(dist_task_config)
+
+# an example affinities task configuration
+affs_task_config = AffinitiesTaskConfig(
+    name="example_affs",
+    neighborhood=[(0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)],
+)
+config_store.store_task_config(affs_task_config)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Architecture
+#
+# The setup of the network you will train. Biomedical image to image translation
+# often utilizes a UNet, but even after choosing a UNet you still need to provide
+# some additional parameters. How much do you want to downsample? How many
+# convolutional layers do you want?
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.experiments.architectures import CNNectomeUNetConfig
+
+# Note we make this UNet 2D by defining kernel_size_down, kernel_size_up, and downsample_factors
+# all with 1s in z meaning no downsampling or convolving in the z direction.
+architecture_config = CNNectomeUNetConfig(
+    name="example_unet",
+    input_shape=(2, 64, 64),
+    eval_shape_increase=(7, 0, 0),
+    fmaps_in=1,
+    num_fmaps=8,
+    fmaps_out=8,
+    fmap_inc_factor=2,
+    downsample_factors=[(1, 4, 4), (1, 4, 4)],
+    kernel_size_down=[[(1, 3, 3)] * 2] * 3,
+    kernel_size_up=[[(1, 3, 3)] * 2] * 2,
+    constant_upsample=True,
+    padding="same",
+)
+config_store.store_architecture_config(architecture_config)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Trainer
+#
+# How do you want to train? This config defines the training loop and how
+# the other three components work together. What sort of augmentations to
+# apply during training, what learning rate and optimizer to use, what
+# batch size to train with.
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.experiments.trainers import GunpowderTrainerConfig
+
+trainer_config = GunpowderTrainerConfig(
+    name="example",
+    batch_size=10,
+    learning_rate=0.0001,
+    num_data_fetchers=8,
+    snapshot_interval=100,
+    min_masked=0.05,
+    clip_raw=False,
+)
+config_store.store_trainer_config(trainer_config)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Run
+# Now that we have our components configured, we just need to combine them
+# into a run and start training. We can have multiple repetitions of a single
+# set of configs in order to increase our chances of finding an optimum.
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.experiments import RunConfig
+from dacapo.experiments.run import Run
+
+iterations = 10000
+validation_interval = iterations // 4
+run_config = RunConfig(
+    name="example_run",
+    datasplit_config=datasplit_config,
+    task_config=affs_task_config,
+    architecture_config=architecture_config,
+    trainer_config=trainer_config,
+    num_iterations=iterations,
+    validation_interval=validation_interval,
+    repetition=0,
+)
+config_store.store_run_config(run_config)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Train
+#
+# NOTE: The run stats are stored in the `runs_base_dir/stats` directory.
+# You can delete this directory to remove all stored stats if you want to re-run training.
+# Otherwise, the stats will be appended to the existing files, and the run won't start
+# from scratch. This may cause errors.
+
+# %%
+from dacapo.train import train_run
+from dacapo.validate import validate
+from dacapo.experiments.run import Run
+from dacapo.store.create_store import create_config_store
+
+config_store = create_config_store()
+
+run = Run(config_store.retrieve_run_config("example_run"))
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    train_run(run)
+
+# %% [markdown]
+# ## Visualize
+# Let's visualize the results of the training run. DaCapo saves a few artifacts during training
+# including snapshots, validation results, and the loss.
+
+# %%
+stats_store = create_stats_store()
+training_stats = stats_store.retrieve_training_stats(run_config.name)
+stats = training_stats.to_xarray()
+plt.plot(stats)
+plt.title("Training Loss")
+plt.xlabel("Iteration")
+plt.ylabel("Loss")
+plt.show()
+
+# %%
+import zarr
+
+num_snapshots = run_config.num_iterations // run_config.trainer_config.snapshot_interval
+fig, ax = plt.subplots(num_snapshots, 3, figsize=(10, 2 * num_snapshots))
+
+# Set column titles
+column_titles = ['Raw', 'Target', 'Prediction']
+for col in range(3):
+    ax[0, col].set_title(column_titles[col])
+
+for snapshot in range(num_snapshots):
+    snapshot_it = snapshot * run_config.trainer_config.snapshot_interval
+    # break
+    raw = zarr.open(
+        f"/Users/pattonw/dacapo/example_run/snapshot.zarr/{snapshot_it}/volumes/raw"
+    )[:]
+    target = zarr.open(
+        f"/Users/pattonw/dacapo/example_run/snapshot.zarr/{snapshot_it}/volumes/target"
+    )[0]
+    prediction = zarr.open(
+        f"/Users/pattonw/dacapo/example_run/snapshot.zarr/{snapshot_it}/volumes/prediction"
+    )[0]
+    c = (raw.shape[1] - target.shape[1]) // 2
+    ax[snapshot, 0].imshow(raw[raw.shape[0] // 2, c:-c, c:-c])
+    ax[snapshot, 1].imshow(target[target.shape[0] // 2])
+    ax[snapshot, 2].imshow(prediction[prediction.shape[0] // 2])
+    ax[snapshot, 0].set_ylabel(f'Snapshot {snapshot_it}')
+plt.show()
+