diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index a4af4af6..493a28fd 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from utils.datasets import *
 from utils.utils import *
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-parser.add_argument('-epochs', type=int, default=999, help='number of epochs')
+parser.add_argument('-epochs', type=int, default=160, help='number of epochs')
 parser.add_argument('-batch_size', type=int, default=12, 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')