diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 6b35dd120ab5ea85a8a371be6d1b2bf8af19984e..a25f44cd95a97ce2bcb8c42ce077131aca047f4f 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def run_all(directory, out_directory, day_night='ANY', start=10):
             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:
                     data_valid = np.stack(data_valid_tiles)