diff --git a/psyneulink/core/globals/keywords.py b/psyneulink/core/globals/keywords.py
index 415ed2d7c2..7543fda313 100644
--- a/psyneulink/core/globals/keywords.py
+++ b/psyneulink/core/globals/keywords.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     'PROCESS_EXECUTE', 'PROCESS_INIT', 'PROCESSES', 'PROCESSES_DIM', 'PROCESSING', 'PROCESSING_MECHANISM',
     'PROCESSING_PATHWAY', 'PRODUCT', 'PROGRESS_BAR_CHAR', 'PROJECTION', 'PROJECTION_DIRECTION', 'PROJECTION_PARAMS',
     'PROJECTION_RECEIVER', 'PROJECTION_SENDER', 'PROJECTION_TYPE', 'PROJECTIONS', 'PROJECTION_COMPONENT_CATEGORY',
+    'PNL',
     'QUOTIENT', 'RANDOM', 'RANDOM_CONNECTIVITY_MATRIX', 'RATE', 'RATIO', 'REARRANGE_FUNCTION', 'RECEIVER',
     'RECEIVER_ARG', 'RECURRENT_TRANSFER_MECHANISM', 'REDUCE_FUNCTION', 'REFERENCE_VALUE', 'RESET',
     'RESET_STATEFUL_FUNCTION_WHEN', 'RELU_FUNCTION', 'REST', 'RESULT', 'RESULT', 'ROLES', 'RL_FUNCTION', 'RUN',
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@
 
 from psyneulink._typing import Literal
 
-
 #region ----------------------------------------- MATRICES   -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 class MatrixKeywords:
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ class Loss(Enum):
 #region ---------------------------------------------    GENERAL    ----------------------------------------------------
 # General
 
+PNL = 'psyneulink'
 
 ON = True
 OFF = False
diff --git a/psyneulink/library/compositions/pytorchshowgraph.py b/psyneulink/library/compositions/pytorchshowgraph.py
index 6452ccf9f6..c27ccc85ec 100644
--- a/psyneulink/library/compositions/pytorchshowgraph.py
+++ b/psyneulink/library/compositions/pytorchshowgraph.py
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@
 
 from psyneulink._typing import Optional, Union, Literal
 
-from psyneulink.core.globals.context import ContextFlags, handle_external_context
 from psyneulink.core.compositions import NodeRole
-from psyneulink.core.compositions.showgraph import ShowGraph, SHOW_JUST_LEARNING_PROJECTIONS
+from psyneulink.core.compositions.showgraph import ShowGraph, SHOW_JUST_LEARNING_PROJECTIONS, SHOW_LEARNING
 from psyneulink.core.components.mechanisms.mechanism import Mechanism
 from psyneulink.core.components.mechanisms.processing.compositioninterfacemechanism import CompositionInterfaceMechanism
 from psyneulink.core.components.mechanisms.modulatory.control.controlmechanism import ControlMechanism
 from psyneulink.core.components.projections.projection import Projection
 from psyneulink.core.components.projections.pathway.mappingprojection import MappingProjection
 from psyneulink.core.components.projections.modulatory.controlprojection import ControlProjection
-from psyneulink.core.globals.keywords import BOLD, NESTED, INSET
+from psyneulink.core.llvm import ExecutionMode
+from psyneulink.core.globals.context import ContextFlags, handle_external_context
+from psyneulink.core.globals.keywords import BOLD, INSET, NESTED, PNL
 
 __all__ = ['SHOW_PYTORCH']
 
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     @handle_external_context(source=ContextFlags.COMPOSITION)
     def show_graph(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Override of show_graph to check if show_pytorch==True and if so build pytorch rep of autofiffcomposition"""
+        # if kwargs.pop(SHOW_PNL, None):
+        if SHOW_LEARNING in kwargs and kwargs[SHOW_LEARNING] == PNL:
+            self.composition.infer_backpropagation_learning_pathways(ExecutionMode.Python)
+            kwargs[SHOW_LEARNING] = True
+            return super().show_graph(*args, **kwargs)
         self.show_pytorch = kwargs.pop(SHOW_PYTORCH, self.show_pytorch)
         context = kwargs.get('context')
         if self.show_pytorch: