diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/icing_fcn.py b/modules/deeplearning/icing_fcn.py
index afce63c2d61468c34ff98eab8cf63a2c752aed99..8cec308008d7d2e57309487243a6266354dc693d 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/icing_fcn.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/icing_fcn.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if NumClasses == 2:
 else:
     NumLogits = NumClasses
 
-BATCH_SIZE = 128
+BATCH_SIZE = 256
 NUM_EPOCHS = 60
 
 TRACK_MOVING_AVERAGE = False