diff --git a/src/recurrent.ts b/src/recurrent.ts
index 28482875..d4de4408 100644
--- a/src/recurrent.ts
+++ b/src/recurrent.ts
@@ -426,4 +426,15 @@ export class Recurrent<
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  fromJSON(json: any): void {
+    super.fromJSON(json);
+    this._layerSets = json.layerSets.map((layerSet: any) =>
+      layerSet.map((layer: any) => {
+        const newLayer = new (layer.constructor as any)();
+        newLayer.fromJSON(layer);
+        return newLayer;
+      })
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/recurrent/lstm.test.ts b/src/recurrent/lstm.test.ts
index 90eeb417..be27b671 100644
--- a/src/recurrent/lstm.test.ts
+++ b/src/recurrent/lstm.test.ts
@@ -192,4 +192,51 @@ describe('LSTM', () => {
       expect(net.run([transactionTypes.other])).toBe('other');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('cloned LSTM net training', () => {
+    it('continues evolving from the point where the original stopped', () => {
+      const net = new LSTM({ hiddenLayers: [60, 60] });
+      net.maxPredictionLength = 100;
+
+      const trainData = [
+        'doe, a deer, a female deer',
+        'ray, a drop of golden sun',
+        'me, a name I call myself',
+      ];
+
+      // First train
+      net.train(trainData, {
+        iterations: 5000,
+        log: true,
+        logPeriod: 500,
+        learningRate: 0.2,
+      });
+
+      // Clone the net:
+      const net2 = new LSTM({ hiddenLayers: [60, 60] });
+      net2.fromJSON(net.toJSON());
+
+      // Both output the same text:
+      expect(net.run('ray')).toBe(net2.run('ray'));
+
+      // More training, start from the last error rate:
+      net.train(trainData, {
+        iterations: 30,
+        log: true,
+        logPeriod: 10,
+        learningRate: 0.2,
+      });
+
+      // More training to the clone:
+      net2.train(trainData, {
+        iterations: 30,
+        log: true,
+        logPeriod: 10,
+        learningRate: 0.2,
+      });
+
+      // The first reduced the quality, but the second is crazy:
+      expect(net.run('ray')).not.toBe(net2.run('ray'));
+    });
+  });
 });