diff --git a/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp b/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
index b4cc865..5905c31 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
@@ -614,6 +614,11 @@ public:
 
     void train(const TemplateList &data)
     {
+        if (!transform->trainable) {
+            qWarning("Attempted to train untrainable transform, nothing will happen.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         transform->train(data);
     }
 
@@ -628,7 +633,6 @@ public:
         else dst = output[0];
     }
 
-
     // For each input template, form a single element TemplateList, push all those
     // lists through transform, and form dst by concatenating the results.
     // Process the single elemnt templates in parallel if parallelism is enabled.
@@ -677,7 +681,6 @@ public:
 
     void init()
     {
-
         if (transform && transform->timeVarying())
             transform = new br::TimeInvariantWrapperTransform(transform);
     }
diff --git a/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h b/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
index 27136da..ffe5cbf 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
+++ b/openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ public:
 
     TimeInvariantWrapperTransform(Transform * basis) : transformSource(new TransformCopier(basis))
     {
+        if (!basis)
+            qFatal("TimeInvariantWrapper created with NULL transform");
         baseTransform = basis;
+        trainable = basis->trainable;
     }
 
     virtual void project(const Template &src, Template &dst) const
@@ -132,7 +135,6 @@ public:
         transformSource.release(aTransform);
     }
 
-
     void project(const TemplateList &src, TemplateList &dst) const
     {
         Transform * aTransform = transformSource.acquire();
diff --git a/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp b/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
index 3754609..45c7a37 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ public:
     void train(const TemplateList & data)
     {
         if (!trainable) {
-            qWarning("How did this happen? You're training a nontrainable transform.");
+            qWarning("Attempted to train untrainable transform, nothing will happen.");
             return;
         }
         qFatal("Stream train is currently not implemented.");