diff --git a/src/lmcontrol/nn/clf.py b/src/lmcontrol/nn/clf.py
index 7810bd7..99e36dd 100644
--- a/src/lmcontrol/nn/clf.py
+++ b/src/lmcontrol/nn/clf.py
@@ -163,24 +163,20 @@ def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
         images, labels = batch
         outputs = self.forward(images)
         loss_components = self.criterion(outputs, labels)
-
         self._score("train", outputs, loss_components, labels)
         total_loss = sum(loss_components)
         self.log('total_train_loss', total_loss, on_step=False, on_epoch=True)
-
-        return total_loss
-
-
+        
+        
     def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
         images, labels = batch
         outputs = self.forward(images)
         loss_components = self.criterion(outputs, labels)
-
         self._score("val", outputs, loss_components, labels)
-
         total_loss = sum(loss_components)
         self.log('total_val_loss', total_loss, on_step=False, on_epoch=True)
-
+        return total_loss
+    
     def configure_optimizers(self):
         optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(self.parameters(), lr=self.lr)
         scheduler = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.MultiStepLR(optimizer, milestones=[10, 20, 30], gamma=self.gamma)
@@ -258,7 +254,7 @@ def _get_loaders_and_model(args,  logger=None):
         logger.info(f"Loading validation data from: {len(split_files)} files")
         val_dataset = LMDataset(split_files, label_classes=train_dataset.label_classes, transform=transform_val, logger=logger, return_labels=True, label_type=args.labels, n_samples=n, return_embeddings=args.return_embeddings, split='validate', val_size=args.val_frac, seed=args.seed)
         for i in range(len(val_dataset.labels)):
-            current_labels = train_dataset.labels[i]
+            current_labels = val_dataset.labels[i]
             logger.info(val_dataset.label_type[i] + " - " + str(torch.unique(current_labels)))
 
     elif args.validation:
@@ -280,7 +276,7 @@ def _get_loaders_and_model(args,  logger=None):
         logger.info(f"Loading validation data: {len(val_files)} files")
         val_dataset = LMDataset(val_files, label_classes=train_dataset.label_classes, transform=transform_val, logger=logger, return_labels=True, label_type=args.labels, n_samples=n, return_embeddings=args.return_embeddings)
         for i in range(len(val_dataset.labels)):
-            current_labels = train_dataset.labels[i]
+            current_labels = val_dataset.labels[i]
             logger.info(val_dataset.label_type[i] + " - " + str(torch.unique(current_labels)))
 
     else:
@@ -305,7 +301,7 @@ def _get_trainer(args, trial=None):
     callbacks = []
 
     targs = dict(max_epochs=args.epochs, devices=1, accelerator=accelerator, check_val_every_n_epoch=4, callbacks=callbacks)
-
+    
     if args.checkpoint:
         checkpoint_callback = ModelCheckpoint(
             dirpath=args.checkpoint,