diff --git a/src/careamics/config/configuration_factories.py b/src/careamics/config/configuration_factories.py
index c28761438..c444d14a9 100644
--- a/src/careamics/config/configuration_factories.py
+++ b/src/careamics/config/configuration_factories.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 
-from pydantic import Field, TypeAdapter
+from pydantic import Discriminator, Field, Tag, TypeAdapter
 
 from careamics.config.algorithms import CAREAlgorithm, N2NAlgorithm, N2VAlgorithm
 from careamics.config.architectures import UNetModel
 from careamics.config.care_configuration import CAREConfiguration
+from careamics.config.configuration import Configuration
 from careamics.config.data import DataConfig
 from careamics.config.n2n_configuration import N2NConfiguration
 from careamics.config.n2v_configuration import N2VConfiguration
 from careamics.config.support import (
+    SupportedAlgorithm,
     SupportedArchitecture,
     SupportedPixelManipulation,
     SupportedTransform,
@@ -24,6 +26,24 @@
 )
 
 
+def _algorithm_config_discriminator(value: Union[dict, Configuration]) -> str:
+    """Discriminate algorithm-specific configurations based on the algorithm.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    value : Any
+        Value to discriminate.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        Discriminator value.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return value["algorithm_config"]["algorithm"]
+    return value.algorithm_config.algorithm
+
+
 def configuration_factory(
     configuration: dict[str, Any]
 ) -> Union[N2VConfiguration, N2NConfiguration, CAREConfiguration]:
@@ -41,7 +61,14 @@ def configuration_factory(
         Configuration for training CAREamics.
     """
     adapter: TypeAdapter = TypeAdapter(
-        Union[N2VConfiguration, N2NConfiguration, CAREConfiguration]
+        Annotated[
+            Union[
+                Annotated[N2VConfiguration, Tag(SupportedAlgorithm.N2V.value)],
+                Annotated[N2NConfiguration, Tag(SupportedAlgorithm.N2N.value)],
+                Annotated[CAREConfiguration, Tag(SupportedAlgorithm.CARE.value)],
+            ],
+            Discriminator(_algorithm_config_discriminator),
+        ]
     )
     return adapter.validate_python(configuration)
 
diff --git a/src/careamics/config/support/supported_algorithms.py b/src/careamics/config/support/supported_algorithms.py
index dc5752bd5..15b30274b 100644
--- a/src/careamics/config/support/supported_algorithms.py
+++ b/src/careamics/config/support/supported_algorithms.py
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 
 class SupportedAlgorithm(str, BaseEnum):
-    """Algorithms available in CAREamics."""
+    """Algorithms available in CAREamics.
+
+    These definitions are the same as the keyword `name` of the algorithm
+    configurations.
+    """
 
     N2V = "n2v"
     """Noise2Void algorithm, a self-supervised approach based on blind denoising."""
diff --git a/tests/config/test_configuration_factories.py b/tests/config/test_configuration_factories.py
index 5ec36bb10..87ed40e19 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_configuration_factories.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_configuration_factories.py
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
     create_n2v_configuration,
 )
 from careamics.config.configuration_factories import (
+    _algorithm_config_discriminator,
     _create_supervised_config_dict,
     _create_unet_configuration,
     _list_spatial_augmentations,
     configuration_factory,
 )
 from careamics.config.support import (
+    SupportedAlgorithm,
     SupportedPixelManipulation,
     SupportedStructAxis,
     SupportedTransform,
@@ -30,13 +32,33 @@
 )
 
 
+def test_algorithm_discriminator_n2v(minimum_n2v_configuration):
+    """Test that the N2V configuration is discriminated correctly."""
+    tag = _algorithm_config_discriminator(minimum_n2v_configuration)
+    assert tag == SupportedAlgorithm.N2V.value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "algorithm", [SupportedAlgorithm.N2N.value, SupportedAlgorithm.CARE.value]
+)
+def test_algorithm_discriminator_supervised(
+    minimum_supervised_configuration, algorithm
+):
+    """Test that the supervised configuration is discriminated correctly."""
+    minimum_supervised_configuration["algorithm_config"]["algorithm"] = algorithm
+    tag = _algorithm_config_discriminator(minimum_supervised_configuration)
+    assert tag == algorithm
+
+
 def test_careamics_config_n2v(minimum_n2v_configuration):
     """Test that the N2V configuration is created correctly."""
     configuration = configuration_factory(minimum_n2v_configuration)
     assert isinstance(configuration, N2VConfiguration)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("algorithm", ["n2n", "care"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "algorithm", [SupportedAlgorithm.N2N.value, SupportedAlgorithm.CARE.value]
+)
 def test_careamics_config_supervised(minimum_supervised_configuration, algorithm):
     """Test that the supervised configuration is created correctly."""
     min_config = minimum_supervised_configuration