diff --git a/notebooks/02_quick_debugs.ipynb b/notebooks/02_quick_debugs.ipynb
index f2bd812..0a5366f 100644
--- a/notebooks/02_quick_debugs.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/02_quick_debugs.ipynb
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "100.11712"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "import torch\n",
     "\n",
@@ -17,6 +28,13 @@
     "# n params\n",
     "sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters() if p.requires_grad) / 1e6"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
@@ -35,7 +53,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.9"
+   "version": "3.10.12"
   },
   "orig_nbformat": 4
  },
diff --git a/torchrun_main.py b/torchrun_main.py
index 0ccbf2b..cc70c17 100644
--- a/torchrun_main.py
+++ b/torchrun_main.py
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ def main(args):
         train_dataset = datasets.distributed.split_dataset_by_node(train_dataset, rank=global_rank, world_size=world_size)
         eval_dataset = datasets.distributed.split_dataset_by_node(eval_dataset, rank=global_rank, world_size=world_size)
 
+        logger.info(f"Skipping the first {global_step} batches")
         train_loader = SkipDataLoader(
             train_dataset,
             batch_size=args.batch_size,
@@ -868,12 +869,12 @@ def main(args):
         # MERGE AND REINIT
 
         # restart model after we modify the learning rate, so on the next step after the relora frequency
-        can_reset = args.relora is not None and (
+        can_reset_relora = args.relora is not None and (
             args.resume_from is not None
             or local_step * args.gradient_accumulation > args.relora
         )
 
-        if can_reset and update_step % args.relora == 1:
+        if can_reset_relora and update_step % args.relora == 1:
             logger.info(f"{args.resume_from=}, {local_step=}, {args.relora=}, prod: {local_step * args.gradient_accumulation}")
             logger.info(f"Performing lora reset at update step {update_step}. Current lr is {optimizer.param_groups[0]['lr']}")
             n_lora_restarts += 1
@@ -885,7 +886,12 @@ def main(args):
             else:
                 raise ValueError(f"Unknown distributed type {args.distributed_type}")
 
-        if can_reset and update_step % args.cycle_length == 1:
+        can_reset_optimizer = args.relora is not None and (
+            args.resume_from is not None
+            or local_step * args.gradient_accumulation > args.cycle_length
+        )
+
+        if can_reset_optimizer and update_step % args.cycle_length == 1:
             # scheduler should provide a new warmup after the reset
             training_utils.check_lr_and_alert(optimizer, max_lr=1e-4)
 
@@ -900,8 +906,8 @@ def main(args):
             )
         # ##############################
 
-        if can_reset and update_step % args.relora == 2:
-            logger.info(f"First step after lora reset lr is {optimizer.param_groups[0]['lr']}")
+        if can_reset_optimizer and update_step % args.cycle_length == 2:
+            logger.info(f"First step after optimizer reset lr is {optimizer.param_groups[0]['lr']}")
 
         lr = optimizer.param_groups[0]["lr"]
         tokens_in_update = tokens_seen - tokens_seen_before
diff --git a/training_configs/1B_v1.0.yaml b/training_configs/1B_v1.0.yaml
index 4e2696f..7dab0fe 100644
--- a/training_configs/1B_v1.0.yaml
+++ b/training_configs/1B_v1.0.yaml
@@ -5,36 +5,37 @@ workers: 8
 
 # model
 model_name_or_path: EleutherAI/pythia-1b
-model_revision: step10000
+model_revision: step1000
 
 # saving
-save_dir: checkpoints/relora_1b_Aug4_2023_run
+save_dir: checkpoints/relora_1b_Aug5_2023_run2
 autoresume: true
 
 # ReLoRA
 use_peft: true
 force_keep_original: true
 lora_r: 128
-relora: 5320
+relora: 1000
 restart_warmup_steps: 100
 reset_optimizer_on_relora: false
-optimizer_magnitude_pruning: 0.9
+optimizer_magnitude_pruning: 0.8
 
 # Optimization
-optimizer: adam_zero
-batch_size: 64
+optimizer: adam
+batch_size: 8
 total_batch_size: 1024
 lr: 4e-4
 adam_beta1: 0.9
 adam_beta2: 0.95
 weight_decay: 0.01
 scheduler: cosine_restarts
-warmup_steps: 13_000
-num_training_steps: 133_000
-eval_every: 1000
-save_every: 1000
+warmup_steps: 500  # used to be 13_000, but reduced it to comply with the scheduler
+num_training_steps: 130_000  # used to be 133_000, but it's an ugly number
+eval_every: 500
+save_every: 500
 
 # Misc
 dtype: bfloat16
 distributed_type: ddp
-tags: relora1b
+tags: relora1b_debug
+comment: "Checking if ReLoRA 1B loss is similar to regular training loss overnight"