diff --git a/openff/nagl/nn/_containers.py b/openff/nagl/nn/_containers.py
index 04f1e0d..792a073 100644
--- a/openff/nagl/nn/_containers.py
+++ b/openff/nagl/nn/_containers.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def from_config(
         layer_dropout = [
             layer.dropout for layer in readout_config.layers
         ]
+        postprocess_layer = None
         if readout_config.postprocess is not None:
             postprocess_layer = _PostprocessLayerMeta._get_object(readout_config.postprocess)
             hidden_feature_sizes.append(postprocess_layer.n_features)
diff --git a/openff/nagl/tests/training/test_training.py b/openff/nagl/tests/training/test_training.py
index 603561e..44dd493 100644
--- a/openff/nagl/tests/training/test_training.py
+++ b/openff/nagl/tests/training/test_training.py
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytorch_lightning as pl
 
+from openff.nagl.config.data import DatasetConfig, DataConfig
+from openff.nagl.config.optimizer import OptimizerConfig
+from openff.nagl.config.training import TrainingConfig
+from openff.nagl.config.model import (
+    ForwardLayer,
+    ReadoutModule,
+    ModelConfig,
+    ConvolutionLayer,
+    ConvolutionModule
+)
+from openff.nagl.features import atoms
+from openff.nagl.training.metrics import RMSEMetric
+from openff.nagl.training.loss import ReadoutTarget
 from openff.nagl.training.training import DGLMoleculeDataModule, DataHash, TrainingGNNModel
 from openff.nagl.nn._models import GNNModel
 from openff.nagl.nn._dataset import (
@@ -377,3 +390,104 @@ def test_train_model_no_error(example_training_config, tmpdir):
             accelerator="gpu", devices=1, max_epochs=2,
         )
         trainer.fit(model, datamodule=data_module)
+
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def forward_layer():
+    single_readout_layer = ForwardLayer(
+        hidden_feature_size=128,  # 128 features per hidden convolution layer
+        activation_function="ReLU", # max(0, x) activation function for layer
+        dropout=0.0, # no dropout
+    )
+    return single_readout_layer
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def convolution_layer():
+    single_convolution_layer = ConvolutionLayer(
+        hidden_feature_size=128,  # 128 features per hidden convolution layer
+        aggregator_type="mean",  # aggregate atom representations with mean
+        activation_function="ReLU", # max(0, x) activation function for layer
+        dropout=0.0, # no dropout
+    )
+    return single_convolution_layer
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def convolution_module(convolution_layer):
+    convolution_module = ConvolutionModule(
+        architecture="SAGEConv", # GraphSAGE GCN
+        layers=[convolution_layer] * 3, # 3 hidden convolution layers        
+    )
+    return convolution_module
+
+
+def test_no_postprocess_layer(
+    convolution_module,
+    forward_layer,
+    tmpdir
+):
+    
+    atom_features = [atoms.AtomicElement(categories=["C", "H"])]
+
+    readout_module = ReadoutModule(
+        pooling="atoms",
+        layers=[forward_layer] * 4, # 4 internal readout layers
+        postprocess=None
+    )
+
+    model_config = ModelConfig(
+        version="0.1",
+        atom_features=atom_features,
+        bond_features=[],
+        convolution=convolution_module,
+        readouts={
+            "predicted-am1bcc-charges": readout_module
+        }
+    )
+
+    with tmpdir.as_cwd():
+        # copy over the data
+        shutil.copytree(
+            EXAMPLE_UNFEATURIZED_PARQUET_DATASET_SHORT.resolve(),
+            EXAMPLE_UNFEATURIZED_PARQUET_DATASET_SHORT.stem
+        )
+
+        dataset_name = "example-data-labelled-unfeaturized-short"
+
+        charge_rmse_target = ReadoutTarget(
+            metric=RMSEMetric(),  # use RMSE to calculate loss
+            target_label="am1bcc_charges", # column to use from data as reference target
+            prediction_label="predicted-am1bcc-charges", # readout value to compare to target
+            denominator=1.0, # denominator to normalise loss -- important for multi-target objectives
+            weight=1.0, # how much to weight the loss -- important for multi-target objectives
+        )
+
+        training_dataset_config = DatasetConfig(
+            sources=[dataset_name],
+            targets=[charge_rmse_target],
+            batch_size=1000,
+        )
+
+        test_dataset_config = validation_dataset_config = DatasetConfig(
+            sources=[dataset_name],
+            targets=[charge_rmse_target],
+            batch_size=1000,
+        )
+
+        data_config = DataConfig(
+            training=training_dataset_config,
+            validation=validation_dataset_config,
+            test=test_dataset_config
+        )
+
+        optimizer_config = OptimizerConfig(
+            optimizer="Adam",
+            learning_rate=0.001,
+        )
+
+        training_config = TrainingConfig(
+            model=model_config,
+            data=data_config,
+            optimizer=optimizer_config
+        )
+        training_model = TrainingGNNModel(training_config)