diff --git a/src/lerobot/configs/rewards.py b/src/lerobot/configs/rewards.py
index 89fc51574..d495160bf 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/configs/rewards.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/configs/rewards.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from huggingface_hub.errors import HfHubHTTPError
 from lerobot.configs.types import PolicyFeature
 from lerobot.optim.optimizers import OptimizerConfig
 from lerobot.optim.schedulers import LRSchedulerConfig
+from lerobot.utils.device_utils import auto_select_torch_device, is_torch_device_available
 from lerobot.utils.hub import HubMixin
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound="RewardModelConfig")
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ class RewardModelConfig(draccus.ChoiceRegistry, HubMixin, abc.ABC):
     tags: list[str] | None = None
     private: bool | None = None
 
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        if not self.device or not is_torch_device_available(self.device):
+            auto_device = auto_select_torch_device()
+            logger.warning(f"Device '{self.device}' is not available. Switching to '{auto_device}'.")
+            self.device = auto_device.type
+
     @property
     def type(self) -> str:
         choice_name = self.get_choice_name(self.__class__)
@@ -70,6 +77,18 @@ class RewardModelConfig(draccus.ChoiceRegistry, HubMixin, abc.ABC):
             raise TypeError(f"Expected string from get_choice_name, got {type(choice_name)}")
         return choice_name
 
+    @property
+    def observation_delta_indices(self) -> list | None:  # type: ignore[type-arg]
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def action_delta_indices(self) -> list | None:  # type: ignore[type-arg]
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def reward_delta_indices(self) -> list | None:  # type: ignore[type-arg]
+        return None
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_optimizer_preset(self) -> OptimizerConfig:
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/factory.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/factory.py
index 040cba5cb..9ae57b0d7 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/factory.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/factory.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from pprint import pformat
 import torch
 
 from lerobot.configs import PreTrainedConfig
+from lerobot.configs.rewards import RewardModelConfig
 from lerobot.configs.train import TrainPipelineConfig
 from lerobot.transforms import ImageTransforms
 from lerobot.utils.constants import ACTION, IMAGENET_STATS, OBS_PREFIX, REWARD
@@ -30,12 +31,14 @@ from .streaming_dataset import StreamingLeRobotDataset
 
 
 def resolve_delta_timestamps(
-    cfg: PreTrainedConfig, ds_meta: LeRobotDatasetMetadata
+    cfg: PreTrainedConfig | RewardModelConfig, ds_meta: LeRobotDatasetMetadata
 ) -> dict[str, list] | None:
-    """Resolves delta_timestamps by reading from the 'delta_indices' properties of the PreTrainedConfig.
+    """Resolves delta_timestamps by reading from the 'delta_indices' properties of the config.
 
     Args:
-        cfg (PreTrainedConfig): The PreTrainedConfig to read delta_indices from.
+        cfg (PreTrainedConfig | RewardModelConfig): The config to read delta_indices from. Both
+            ``PreTrainedConfig`` and concrete ``RewardModelConfig`` subclasses expose the
+            ``{observation,action,reward}_delta_indices`` properties used below.
         ds_meta (LeRobotDatasetMetadata): The dataset from which features and fps are used to build
             delta_timestamps against.
 
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ def make_dataset(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig) -> LeRobotDataset | MultiLeRobotDatas
         ds_meta = LeRobotDatasetMetadata(
             cfg.dataset.repo_id, root=cfg.dataset.root, revision=cfg.dataset.revision
         )
-        delta_timestamps = resolve_delta_timestamps(cfg.policy, ds_meta)
+        delta_timestamps = resolve_delta_timestamps(cfg.trainable_config, ds_meta)
         if not cfg.dataset.streaming:
             dataset = LeRobotDataset(
                 cfg.dataset.repo_id,
diff --git a/src/lerobot/rewards/sarm/configuration_sarm.py b/src/lerobot/rewards/sarm/configuration_sarm.py
index b06979c8e..0d1f727f7 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/rewards/sarm/configuration_sarm.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/rewards/sarm/configuration_sarm.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class SARMConfig(RewardModelConfig):
     )
 
     def __post_init__(self):
+        super().__post_init__()
         if self.annotation_mode not in ["single_stage", "dense_only", "dual"]:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"annotation_mode must be 'single_stage', 'dense_only', or 'dual', got {self.annotation_mode}"