diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/cnn_cld_frac_mod_res.py b/modules/deeplearning/cnn_cld_frac_mod_res.py
index ee160defdf0a649d08b3dcdfc06edefc18248b84..24d640f0706d8d5627ef447f5e30fad9188671d2 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/cnn_cld_frac_mod_res.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/cnn_cld_frac_mod_res.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class SRCNN:
         # self.loss = tf.keras.losses.MeanAbsoluteError()  # Regression
 
         # decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decay_rate ^ (global_step / decay_steps)
-        initial_learning_rate = 0.006
+        initial_learning_rate = 0.002
         decay_rate = 0.95
         steps_per_epoch = int(self.num_data_samples/BATCH_SIZE)  # one epoch
         decay_steps = int(steps_per_epoch) * 4