diff --git a/eval/run_xtimes_cifar.sh b/eval/run_xtimes_cifar.sh
index 1f60b638f280cda9c45f034767124f17842978f1..0ee7962b3511f2fa35eabec700b6275eda2d7fa6 100755
--- a/eval/run_xtimes_cifar.sh
+++ b/eval/run_xtimes_cifar.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ graph=96_regular.edges
 config_file=~/tmp/config.ini
 procs_per_machine=16
 machines=6
-global_epochs=400
+global_epochs=800
 eval_file=testing.py
 log_level=INFO
 
diff --git a/eval/step_configs/config_cifar_sharing.ini b/eval/step_configs/config_cifar_sharing.ini
index 8df88c542e5fc2845a13eede1ce92a315d9e83af..4f3fcca959e6bb362a7e40a0853a72d634d766c0 100644
--- a/eval/step_configs/config_cifar_sharing.ini
+++ b/eval/step_configs/config_cifar_sharing.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_dir = /mnt/nfs/shared/CIFAR
 sizes =
 random_seed = 99
 partition_niid = True
-shards = 4
+shards = 1
 
 [OPTIMIZER_PARAMS]
 optimizer_package = torch.optim