diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 5ea4741d..5a746407 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from utils.utils import *
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('-epochs', type=int, default=68, help='number of epochs')
-parser.add_argument('-batch_size', type=int, default=12, help='size of each image batch')
+parser.add_argument('-batch_size', type=int, default=16, help='size of each image batch')
 parser.add_argument('-data_config_path', type=str, default='cfg/coco.data', help='data config file path')
 parser.add_argument('-cfg', type=str, default='cfg/yolov3.cfg', help='cfg file path')
 parser.add_argument('-img_size', type=int, default=32 * 13, help='size of each image dimension')