diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/database/mobio_male.py b/bob/bio/face/config/database/mobio_male.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee41b24670f8e62e828c729d58b1d8b60fcc9401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/database/mobio_male.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from bob.bio.face.database import MobioBioDatabase
+from bob.bio.base.pipelines.vanilla_biometrics import DatabaseConnector
+from bob.extension import rc
+
+database = DatabaseConnector(
+    MobioBioDatabase(
+        original_directory=rc["bob.db.mobio.directory"],
+        annotation_directory=rc["bob.db.mobio.annotation_directory"],
+        original_extension=".png",
+        protocol="mobile0-male",
+    )
+)
+
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
index 96c24fa82e1aa8eb9fb905eb052db1995e5e25a5..6c0eea38bcc2e68f3380054bfdea08e2a012480c 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .Base import Base
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("bob.bio.face")
 from sklearn.utils import check_array
-
+from bob.pipelines.sample import SampleBatch
 
 class FaceCrop(Base):
     """Crops the face according to the given annotations.
@@ -335,16 +335,17 @@ class FaceCrop(Base):
             # crop face
             return self.data_type(self.crop_face(image, annot))
 
-        X = check_array(X, allow_nd=True)
+        if isinstance(X, SampleBatch):
+
+            if annotations is None:
+                return [_crop(data) for data in X]
+            else:
+                return [_crop(data, annot) for data, annot in zip(X, annotations)]
 
-        if isinstance(annotations, list):
-            cropped_images = []
-            for image, annot in zip(X, annotations):
-                cropped_images.append(_crop(image, annot))
-            return cropped_images
         else:
             return _crop(X, annotations)
 
+
     def __getstate__(self):
         d = dict(self.__dict__)
         d.pop("mask_rng")
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceDetect.py b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceDetect.py
index 57dc29c76218fafbaac333546b3c8c5b4cd1c885..e6d883aa14eb1dcaa73f853c788d3ffe71829e89 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceDetect.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceDetect.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import numpy
 from .Base import Base
 from .utils import load_cropper_only
 from sklearn.utils import check_array
-
+from bob.pipelines.sample import SampleBatch
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("bob.bio.face")
@@ -225,14 +225,13 @@ class FaceDetect(Base):
             return self.data_type(image)
 
 
-        X = check_array(X, allow_nd=True)
-        cropped_images = []
+        if isinstance(X, SampleBatch):
+
+            if annotations is None:
+                return [_crop(data) for data in X]
+            else:
+                return [_crop(data, annot) for data, annot in zip(X, annotations)]
 
-        if isinstance(annotations, list):
-            cropped_images = []
-            for image, annot in zip(X, annotations):
-                cropped_images.append(_crop(image, annot))
-            return cropped_images
         else:
             return _crop(X, annotations)
 
diff --git a/bob/bio/face/test/test_baselines.py b/bob/bio/face/test/test_baselines.py
index 8a6cea0d0afffc873f5466f2862303eaf072b30b..effdcdfafe43dfc4d3fe6c19ca4ee37e77863a22 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/test/test_baselines.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/test/test_baselines.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def run_baseline(baseline, samples_for_training=[]):
     probes = get_fake_sample_set(purpose="probe")
 
     # Regular pipeline
-    pipeline = load_resource(baseline, "baseline")
+    pipeline = load_resource(baseline, "pipeline")
     scores = pipeline(samples_for_training, biometric_references, probes)
     assert len(scores) == 1
     assert len(scores[0]) == 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c00a75d92403007d05af6a4211e75fbac49031bb..a6b6e056c6c990ab70eefbda8ebae42c75e2a969 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ setup(
 
             'lfw-restricted    = bob.bio.face.config.database.lfw_restricted:database',
             'lfw-unrestricted  = bob.bio.face.config.database.lfw_unrestricted:database',
-            'mobio-image       = bob.bio.face.config.database.mobio:mobio_image',
-            'mobio-male        = bob.bio.face.config.database.mobio:mobio_male',  # MOBIO gender-dependent training
-            'mobio-female      = bob.bio.face.config.database.mobio:mobio_female',  # MOBIO gender-dependent training
+            'mobio-male       = bob.bio.face.config.database.mobio_male:database',
             'msu-mfsd-mod-licit = bob.bio.face.config.database.msu_mfsd_mod:msu_mfsd_mod_licit',
             'msu-mfsd-mod-spoof = bob.bio.face.config.database.msu_mfsd_mod:msu_mfsd_mod_spoof',
             'multipie          = bob.bio.face.config.database.multipie:database',
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ setup(
         ],
 
         #baselines
-        'bob.bio.baseline':[
+        'bob.bio.pipeline':[
           'facenet_sanderberg = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.facenet_sanderberg:pipeline',
           'inception_resnetv1_casiawebface = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.inception_resnetv1_casiawebface:pipeline',
           'inception_resnetv2_casiawebface = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.inception_resnetv2_casiawebface:pipeline',