diff --git a/configs/train/finetune_gptj.yaml b/configs/train/finetune_gptj.yaml
index aa6bf4a8..ce6feef7 100644
--- a/configs/train/finetune_gptj.yaml
+++ b/configs/train/finetune_gptj.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ streaming: false
 num_proc: 64
 dataset_path: "nomic-ai/turbo-500k-multi"
 max_length: 1024
-batch_size: 16
+batch_size: 8
 
 # train dynamics
 lr: 2.0e-5