diff --git a/bin/run-wer-automation.sh b/bin/run-wer-automation.sh
index a8d21c20..3c5426a0 100755
--- a/bin/run-wer-automation.sh
+++ b/bin/run-wer-automation.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export ds_batch_size
 ds_training_iters=100
 export ds_training_iters
 
-ds_validation_step=200
+ds_validation_step=20
 export ds_validation_step
 
 ds_learning_rate=0.001
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export ds_default_stddev
 ds_use_warpctc=1
 export ds_use_warpctc
 
-ds_checkpoint_step=5
+ds_checkpoint_step=1
 export ds_checkpoint_step
 
 ds_export_dir="/data/exports/`git rev-parse --short HEAD`"