diff --git a/graphein/protein/tensor/io.py b/graphein/protein/tensor/io.py
index 4bd139c5..a9e96473 100644
--- a/graphein/protein/tensor/io.py
+++ b/graphein/protein/tensor/io.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def protein_to_pyg(
     atom_types: List[str] = PROTEIN_ATOMS,
     remove_nonstandard: bool = True,
     store_het: bool = False,
+    store_bfactor: bool = False,
     fill_value_coords: float = 1e-5,
     return_coord_mask: bool = False,
 ) -> Data:
@@ -163,6 +164,12 @@ def protein_to_pyg(
     :param return_coord_mask: Whether to include the coordinate mask as a feature. Default is
         ``False``.
     :type keep_insertions: bool
+    :param store_bfactor: Whether or not to store bfactors in the ``Data``
+        object. Default is ``False.
+    :type store_bfactor: bool
+    :param return_coord_mask: Whether to include the coordinate mask as a feature. Default is
+        ``False``.
+    :type keep_insertions: bool
     :returns: ``Data`` object with attributes: ``x`` (AtomTensor), ``residues``
         (list of 3-letter residue codes), id (ID of protein), residue_id (E.g.
         ``"A:SER:1"``), residue_type (torch.Tensor), ``chains`` (torch.Tensor).
@@ -253,17 +260,24 @@ def protein_to_pyg(
         residue_type=residue_type_tensor(df),
         chains=protein_df_to_chain_tensor(df),
     )
+    
     if return_coord_mask:
-        coords,coord_mask=protein_df_to_tensor(
+        out.coords,out.coord_mask=protein_df_to_tensor(
             df, atoms_to_keep=atom_types, fill_value=fill_value_coords, return_coord_mask=return_coord_mask
         )
     else:
-        coords=protein_df_to_tensor(
+        out.coords=protein_df_to_tensor(
             df, atoms_to_keep=atom_types, fill_value=fill_value_coords
         )
 
     if store_het:
         out.hetatms = [het_coords]
+
+    if store_bfactor:
+        # group by residue_id and average b_factor per residue
+        residue_bfactors = df.groupby("residue_id")["b_factor"].mean()
+        out.bfactor = torch.from_numpy(residue_bfactors.values)
+
     return out