diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py b/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
index d158de282b725f03d26afc74570b45033220153a..5d9e7b4dfbc74da48fbc11f7c87a813ba53e8de6 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def run_all(directory, out_directory, day_night='ANY', pattern='clavrx_*.nc', st
             if len(data_train_tiles) == 0 and len(data_valid_tiles) == 0:
                 continue
 
-            if (f_cnt % 10) == 0:
+            if (f_cnt % 5) == 0:
                 num_valid_samples = 0
                 if len(data_valid_tiles) > 0:
                     label_valid = np.stack(label_valid_tiles)