diff --git a/medcat/stats/kfold.py b/medcat/stats/kfold.py
index c4162b9ed..2d8a6dd3f 100644
--- a/medcat/stats/kfold.py
+++ b/medcat/stats/kfold.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from copy import deepcopy
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+from itertools import islice
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -205,19 +206,20 @@ def _add_target_ann(self, project: MedCATTrainerExportProject,
         cur_doc: MedCATTrainerExportDocument = self._find_or_add_doc(project, orig_doc)
         cur_doc['annotations'].append(ann)
 
-    def _targets(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[MedCATTrainerExportProjectInfo,
-                                         MedCATTrainerExportDocument,
-                                         MedCATTrainerExportAnnotation]]:
-        return iter_anns(self.mct_export)
+    def _targets(self, start_at: int) -> Iterable[Tuple[MedCATTrainerExportProjectInfo,
+                                                        MedCATTrainerExportDocument,
+                                                        MedCATTrainerExportAnnotation]]:
+        return islice(iter_anns(self.mct_export), start_at, None)
 
     def _create_fold(self, fold_nr: int) -> MedCATTrainerExport:
         per_fold = self.per_fold[fold_nr]
+        already_used = sum(self.per_fold[fn] for fn in range(fold_nr))
         cur_fold: MedCATTrainerExport = {
             'projects': []
         }
         cur_project: Optional[MedCATTrainerExportProject] = None
         included = 0
-        for target in self._targets():
+        for target in self._targets(already_used):
             proj_info, cur_doc, cur_ann = target
             proj_name = proj_info[0]
             if not cur_project or cur_project['name'] != proj_name:
diff --git a/tests/stats/test_kfold.py b/tests/stats/test_kfold.py
index d06b666ec..60e3fcabf 100644
--- a/tests/stats/test_kfold.py
+++ b/tests/stats/test_kfold.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import json
 from typing import Dict, Union, Optional
 from copy import deepcopy
+from collections import Counter
 
 from medcat.stats import kfold
 from medcat.cat import CAT
@@ -80,6 +81,20 @@ def test_folds_keep_all_anns(self):
         count_all_once = kfold.count_all_annotations(self.mct_export)
         self.assertEqual(total_anns, count_all_once)
 
+    def count_cuis(self, export: MCTExportTests) -> Counter:
+        cntr = Counter()
+        for _, _, ann in kfold.iter_anns(export):
+            cui = ann["cui"]
+            cntr[cui] += 1
+        return cntr
+
+    def test_folds_keep_ann_targets(self):
+        orig_cntr = self.count_cuis(self.mct_export)
+        fold_counter = Counter()
+        for fold in self.folds:
+            fold_counter += self.count_cuis(fold)
+        self.assertEqual(orig_cntr, fold_counter)
+
     def test_1fold_same_as_orig(self):
         folds = kfold.get_fold_creator(self.mct_export, 1, split_type=self.SPLIT_TYPE).create_folds()
         self.assertEqual(len(folds), 1)