diff --git a/pes_to_spec/bnn.py b/pes_to_spec/bnn.py
index aaf850988631569f696274aea52fd1fca3625f28..cf057e6dae9e6d618edd5ed909732c25cdb42957 100644
--- a/pes_to_spec/bnn.py
+++ b/pes_to_spec/bnn.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class BNN(nn.Module):
     """
     def __init__(self, input_dimension: int=1, output_dimension: int=1):
         super(BNN, self).__init__()
-        hidden_dimension = 100
+        hidden_dimension = 30
         # controls the aleatoric uncertainty
         self.log_isigma2 = nn.Parameter(-torch.ones(1)*np.log(0.1**2), requires_grad=True)
         # controls the weight hyperprior
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ class BNN(nn.Module):
         # and the only regularization is to prevent the weights from becoming > 18 + 3 sqrt(var) ~= 50, making this a very loose regularization.
         # An alternative would be to set the (alpha, beta) both to very low values, whichmakes the hyper prior become closer to the non-informative Jeffrey's prior.
         # Using this alternative (ie: (0.1, 0.1) for the weights' hyper prior) leads to very large lambda and numerical issues with the fit.
-        self.alpha_lambda = 0.1
-        self.beta_lambda = 0.1
+        self.alpha_lambda = 0.001
+        self.beta_lambda = 0.001
 
         # Hyperprior choice on the likelihood noise level:
         # The likelihood noise level is controlled by sigma in the likelihood and it should be allowed to be very broad, but different
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ class BNN(nn.Module):
         # Making both alpha and beta small makes the gamma distribution closer to the Jeffey's prior, which makes it non-informative
         # This seems to lead to a larger training time, though.
         # Since, after standardization, we know to expect the variance to be of order (1), we can select also alpha and beta leading to high variance in this range
-        self.alpha_sigma = 0.1
-        self.beta_sigma = 0.1
+        self.alpha_sigma = 0.001
+        self.beta_sigma = 0.001
 
         self.model = nn.Sequential(
                                    bnn.BayesLinear(prior_mu=0.0,
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ class BNNModel(RegressorMixin, BaseEstimator):
         self.model = BNN(X.shape[1], y.shape[1])
 
         # prepare data loader
-        B = 100
+        B = 200
         loader = DataLoader(ds,
                             batch_size=B,
-                            num_workers=5,
+                            num_workers=32,
                             shuffle=True,
                             #pin_memory=True,
                             drop_last=True,