diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/coding.py b/airoboros/instructors/coding.py
index 00ec711..98f0c7c 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/coding.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/coding.py
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ async def generate(instructor):
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get("coding", 0)
+    if "coding" not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts["coding"] = 0
     language_index = 0
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts["coding"] < target_count:
         # Inject languages to use for this batch.
         current_languages = []
         for _ in range(batch_size):
@@ -111,7 +112,11 @@ async def generate(instructor):
             instructions.append(
                 instruction if not plain else instruction + " PLAINFORMAT"
             )
-            futures.append(instructor.generate_response(full_instruction, **api_params))
+            futures.append(
+                instructor.generate_response(
+                    full_instruction, filter_response=False, **api_params
+                )
+            )
         if not futures:
             continue
         responses = await asyncio.gather(*futures)
@@ -128,6 +133,5 @@ async def generate(instructor):
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": "coding",
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts["coding"] >= target_count:
                 break
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/contextual.py b/airoboros/instructors/contextual.py
index 997b35a..0f66d2c 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/contextual.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/contextual.py
@@ -180,13 +180,14 @@ async def generate(instructor):
     min_score = float(min_score)
 
     # Generate the instruction/response pairs until we reach the target count.
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get("contextual", 0)
+    if "contextual" not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts["contextual"] = 0
     batch_size = config.get("batch_size")
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
     futures = []
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts["contextual"] < target_count:
         prompt = generate_prompt(instructor, config, template, topic_iter)
         futures.append(instructor.generate_response(prompt, **api_params))
         if len(futures) < batch_size:
@@ -223,7 +224,6 @@ async def generate(instructor):
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": "contextual",
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts["contextual"] >= target_count:
                 break
         futures = []
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/counterfactual_contextual.py b/airoboros/instructors/counterfactual_contextual.py
index 1fbbddd..9d08f19 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/counterfactual_contextual.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/counterfactual_contextual.py
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ async def generate(instructor):
     min_score = float(min_score)
 
     # Generate the instruction/response pairs until we reach the target count.
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get("counterfactual_contextual", 0)
+    if "counterfactual_contextual" not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts["counterfactual_contextual"] = 0
     batch_size = config.get("batch_size")
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts["counterfactual_contextual"] < target_count:
         response = await instructor.generate_response(
             template.format(batch_size=batch_size, language=language), **api_params
         )
@@ -164,7 +165,9 @@ async def generate(instructor):
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": "counterfactual_contextual",
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if (
+                instructor.instructor_counts["counterfactual_contextual"]
+                >= target_count
+            ):
                 break
         futures = []
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/experience.py b/airoboros/instructors/experience.py
index f19adf9..5b92f8c 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/experience.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/experience.py
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@ async def generate(instructor):
     min_score = float(min_score)
 
     # Generate the instruction/response pairs until we reach the target count.
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get("experience", 0)
+    if "experience" not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts["experience"] = 0
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
     batch_size = config.get("batch_size")
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
     futures = []
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts["experience"] < target_count:
         futures.append(
-            instructor.generate_response(prompt.format(language=language), **api_params)
+            instructor.generate_response(
+                prompt.format(language=language), filter_response=False, **api_params
+            )
         )
         if len(futures) < batch_size:
             continue
@@ -67,7 +70,6 @@ async def generate(instructor):
                 "response": response,
                 "category": "experience",
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts["experience"] >= target_count:
                 break
         futures = []
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/general.py b/airoboros/instructors/general.py
index 9324560..ae21e9c 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/general.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/general.py
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ async def generate(instructor):
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get("general", 0)
+    if "general" not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts["general"] = 0
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts["general"] < target_count:
         # Inject the topics to use for this batch.
         current_topics = []
         for _ in range(batch_size):
@@ -93,6 +94,5 @@ async def generate(instructor):
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": "general",
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts["general"] >= target_count:
                 break
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/inline_qa.py b/airoboros/instructors/inline_qa.py
index 588036d..bd64e00 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/inline_qa.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/inline_qa.py
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ async def generate(
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get(category, 0)
+    if category not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts[category] = 0
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts[category] < target_count:
         # Get a batch of instructions.
         prompt_args = {"language": language}
         if "{batch_size}" in template:
@@ -66,6 +67,5 @@ async def generate(
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": category,
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts[category] >= target_count:
                 break
diff --git a/airoboros/instructors/simple_task.py b/airoboros/instructors/simple_task.py
index 6694203..6fef7b6 100644
--- a/airoboros/instructors/simple_task.py
+++ b/airoboros/instructors/simple_task.py
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ async def generate(instructor, category):
     if batch_size is None:
         batch_size = instructor.default_batch_size
     batch_size = int(batch_size)
-    count = instructor.instructor_counts.get(category, 0)
+    if category not in instructor.instructor_counts:
+        instructor.instructor_counts[category] = 0
     language = config.get("language") or instructor.language
-    while count < target_count:
+    while instructor.instructor_counts[category] < target_count:
         # Get a batch of instructions.
         prompt = (
             template.format(batch_size=batch_size, language=language)
@@ -89,6 +90,5 @@ async def generate(instructor, category):
                 "response": response.strip(),
                 "category": category,
             }
-            count += 1
-            if count >= target_count:
+            if instructor.instructor_counts[category] >= target_count:
                 break
diff --git a/airoboros/self_instruct.py b/airoboros/self_instruct.py
index f1ceb5c..891cc58 100644
--- a/airoboros/self_instruct.py
+++ b/airoboros/self_instruct.py
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ def persist(self, item):
         self.outfile.flush()
         self.docstores[-1].add_texts([item["instruction"]])
         self.docstore_size += 1
+        self.instructor_counts[item["category"]] += 1
         if self.docstore_size >= MAX_DOCSTORE_SIZE:
             logger.info("Initializing new docstore...")
             self.docstores.append(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00cf2c7..bc71b9e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="airoboros",
-    version="2.0.7",
+    version="2.0.8",
     description="Updated and improved implementation of the self-instruct system.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",