diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fba93f..71cec7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ The `batch` variable above is a `collections.namedtuple` that has the following
  | `batch.pids` | Tuple of ProteinNet/SidechainNet IDs for proteins in this batch |
  | `batch.seqs` | Tensor of sequences, either as integers or as one-hot vectors depending on value of `scn.load(... seq_as_onehot)` |
   | `batch.int_seqs` | Tensor of sequences in integer sequence format |
+  | `batch.str_seqs` | Tuple of sequences as strings (unpadded) |
 | `batch.msks` | Tensor of missing residue masks, (redundant with padding in data) |
 | `batch.evos` | Tensor of Position Specific Scoring Matrix + Information Content |
 | `batch.secs` | Tensor of secondary structure, either as integers or one-hot vectors depending on value of `scn.load(... seq_as_onehot)` |
diff --git a/sidechainnet/dataloaders/ProteinDataset.py b/sidechainnet/dataloaders/ProteinDataset.py
index b3a6b09..285d38d 100644
--- a/sidechainnet/dataloaders/ProteinDataset.py
+++ b/sidechainnet/dataloaders/ProteinDataset.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         # Organize data
         self.seqs = [VOCAB.str2ints(s, add_sos_eos) for s in scn_data_split['seq']]
+        self.str_seqs = scn_data_split['seq']
         self.angs = scn_data_split['ang']
         self.crds = scn_data_split['crd']
         self.msks = [
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def _sort_by_length(self, reverse_sort):
                 enumerate(self.angs), key=lambda x: x[1].shape[0], reverse=reverse_sort)
         ]
         self.seqs = [self.seqs[i] for i in sorted_len_indices]
+        self.str_seqs = [self.str_seqs[i] for i in sorted_len_indices]
         self.angs = [self.angs[i] for i in sorted_len_indices]
         self.crds = [self.crds[i] for i in sorted_len_indices]
         self.msks = [self.msks[i] for i in sorted_len_indices]
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ def __len__(self):
     def __getitem__(self, idx):
         return (self.ids[idx], self.seqs[idx], self.msks[idx], self.evos[idx],
                 self.secs[idx], self.angs[idx], self.crds[idx], self.resolutions[idx],
-                self.mods[idx])
+                self.mods[idx], self.str_seqs[idx])
 
     def __str__(self):
         """Describe this dataset to the user."""
diff --git a/sidechainnet/dataloaders/collate.py b/sidechainnet/dataloaders/collate.py
index 62052f0..b3b9980 100644
--- a/sidechainnet/dataloaders/collate.py
+++ b/sidechainnet/dataloaders/collate.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Batch = collections.namedtuple("Batch",
                                "pids seqs msks evos secs angs "
                                "crds int_seqs seq_evo_sec resolutions is_modified "
-                               "lengths")
+                               "lengths str_seqs")
 
 
 def get_collate_fn(aggregate_input, seqs_as_onehot=None):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def collate_fn(insts):
         """
         # Instead of working with a list of tuples, we extract out each category of info
         # so it can be padded and re-provided to the user.
-        pnids, sequences, masks, pssms, secs, angles, coords, resolutions, mods = list(zip(*insts))
+        pnids, sequences, masks, pssms, secs, angles, coords, resolutions, mods, str_seqs = list(zip(*insts))
         lengths = tuple(len(s) for s in sequences)
         max_batch_len = max(lengths)
 
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ def collate_fn(insts):
                          seq_evo_sec=None,
                          resolutions=resolutions,
                          is_modified=padded_mods,
-                         lengths=lengths)
+                         lengths=lengths,
+                         str_seqs=str_seqs)
 
         # Aggregated model input
         elif aggregate_input:
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ def collate_fn(insts):
                          seq_evo_sec=seq_evo_sec,
                          resolutions=resolutions,
                          is_modified=padded_mods,
-                         lengths=lengths)
+                         lengths=lengths,
+                         str_seqs=str_seqs)
 
     return collate_fn