diff --git a/mfai/pytorch/lightning_modules/segmentation.py b/mfai/pytorch/lightning_modules/segmentation.py
index 25798927..5beba5a0 100644
--- a/mfai/pytorch/lightning_modules/segmentation.py
+++ b/mfai/pytorch/lightning_modules/segmentation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Literal, Tuple
+import inspect
 
 import lightning.pytorch as pl
 import pandas as pd
@@ -8,9 +9,15 @@
 import torchmetrics as tm
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import rank_zero_only
 from torch import Tensor
+import torch.optim as torch_optims
+import torch.optim.lr_scheduler as torch_schedulers
 
 from mfai.pytorch.models.base import BaseModel
 
+def filter_kwargs(func, kwargs):
+    sig = inspect.signature(func)
+    return {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if k in sig.parameters}
+
 # define custom scalar in tensorboard, to have 2 lines on same graph
 layout = {
     "Check Overfit": {
@@ -25,6 +32,11 @@ def __init__(
         model: BaseModel,
         type_segmentation: Literal["binary", "multiclass", "multilabel", "regression"],
         loss: torch.nn.modules.loss._Loss,
+        learning_rate: float,
+        optimizer_cls: str = "Adam",
+        optimizer_kwargs: dict | None = None,
+        lr_scheduler_cls: str | None = None,
+        lr_scheduler_kwargs: dict | None = None
     ) -> None:
         """A lightning module adapted for segmentation of weather images.
 
@@ -56,6 +68,12 @@ def __init__(
             self.model.input_shape[1],
         )
 
+        self.learning_rate = learning_rate
+        self.optimizer_cls = optimizer_cls
+        self.optimizer_kwargs = optimizer_kwargs or {}
+        self.lr_scheduler_cls = lr_scheduler_cls
+        self.lr_scheduler_kwargs = lr_scheduler_kwargs or {}
+
     def get_hparams(self) -> dict:
         """Return the hparams we want to save in logger"""
         hparams = dict(self.hparams)
@@ -156,8 +174,39 @@ def save_test_metrics_as_csv(self, df: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
     ########################################################################################
     #                                       OPTIMIZER                                      #
     ########################################################################################
-    def configure_optimizers(self) -> torch.optim.Adam:
-        return torch.optim.Adam(self.parameters(), lr=0.001)
+    def configure_optimizers(self) -> torch.optim.Optimizer | dict:
+
+        # Define optimizer with all given hyperparameters
+        optim_class = getattr(torch_optims, self.optimizer_cls)
+        optimizer = optim_class(self.parameters(),
+                                lr=self.learning_rate,
+                                **self.optimizer_kwargs)
+
+        # If given, define the lr scheduler
+        if self.lr_scheduler_cls:
+
+            scheduler_class = getattr(torch_schedulers, self.lr_scheduler_cls)
+            # Filter kwargs to fit the constructor
+            # Arguments such as "monitor" are not passed in the constructor
+            # but are only needed for Lightning to know what to condition the
+            # step() function on for certain schedulers (eg ReduceLROnPlateau)
+            constructor_kwargs = filter_kwargs(scheduler_class, self.scheduler_kwargs)
+            scheduler = scheduler_class(optimizer, **constructor_kwargs)
+
+            lr_scheduler_config = {
+                "scheduler": scheduler,
+                "interval": "epoch",
+                "frequency": 1,
+                "monitor": self.scheduler_kwargs.get("monitor", "val_loss"),
+                "strict": True,
+                "name": self.scheduler_kwargs.get("name", None),
+            }
+
+            return {
+                "optimizer": optimizer,
+                "lr_scheduler": lr_scheduler_config,
+            }
+        return optimizer
 
     ########################################################################################
     #                                   SHARED STEPS                                       #