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