diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn_abi.py b/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn_abi.py
index 0cfce99ee31ac8fbe990b6b7760e7a0c40e53071..b25cab836180ca7505061c7a0f740fa0deae3953 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn_abi.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn_abi.py
@@ -486,10 +486,10 @@ class SRCNN:
         # self.loss = tf.keras.losses.MeanAbsoluteError()  # Regression
 
         # decayed_learning_rate = learning_rate * decay_rate ^ (global_step / decay_steps)
-        initial_learning_rate = 0.002
+        initial_learning_rate = 0.001
         decay_rate = 0.95
         steps_per_epoch = int(self.num_data_samples/BATCH_SIZE)  # one epoch
-        decay_steps = int(steps_per_epoch) * 4
+        decay_steps = int(steps_per_epoch) * 1
         print('initial rate, decay rate, steps/epoch, decay steps: ', initial_learning_rate, decay_rate, steps_per_epoch, decay_steps)
 
         self.learningRateSchedule = tf.keras.optimizers.schedules.ExponentialDecay(initial_learning_rate, decay_steps, decay_rate)