diff --git a/train-cifar.lua b/train-cifar.lua
index e114829..d3b026e 100644
--- a/train-cifar.lua
+++ b/train-cifar.lua
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ function forwardBackwardBatch(batch)
     --]]
 
     -- From https://github.com/bgshih/cifar.torch/blob/master/train.lua#L119-L128
-    if sgdState.epochCounter < 80 then
+    if sgdState.nEvalCounter < 400 then
+        sgdState.learningRate = 0.01
+    elseif sgdState.epochCounter < 80 then
         sgdState.learningRate = 0.1
     elseif sgdState.epochCounter < 120 then
         sgdState.learningRate = 0.01