diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aaa41a2..494ed61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 /openwebtext
 /data_extract.py
+/runs/phoebe_training
diff --git a/phoebe/gpt_model.py b/phoebe/gpt_model.py
index 13b22f1..4b3375f 100644
--- a/phoebe/gpt_model.py
+++ b/phoebe/gpt_model.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 
 # Hyperparameters
-batch_size = 64
 block_size = 256
-num_embed = 384  # Ensure consistency in naming
+num_embed = 512  # Increased embedding size
 num_heads = 8
-num_layers = 8
-dropout = 0.2
+num_layers = 12  # Increased number of layers
+dropout = 0.3
 
 
 class Head(nn.Module):
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ class GPT(nn.Module):
 
 
 def encode(s, string_to_int):
-    # Replace unknown characters with a special token (e.g., "<unk>")
     return [string_to_int.get(c, string_to_int["<unk>"]) for c in s]
 
 
diff --git a/phoebe/train_gpt_model.py b/phoebe/train_gpt_model.py
index fc07fd6..95291da 100644
--- a/phoebe/train_gpt_model.py
+++ b/phoebe/train_gpt_model.py
@@ -1,33 +1,37 @@
+# flake8: noqa: E203
+import os
+import random
 import re
+
 import torch
 import torch.optim as optim
-import random
-import os
+from torch.utils.tensorboard import SummaryWriter
+
 from gpt_model import encode, decode, load_model
 
 device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
 
 # Hyperparameters
-batch_size = 64
+batch_size = 32  # Reduced batch size for gradient accumulation
+accumulation_steps = 4  # Gradient accumulation steps
 block_size = 256
-max_iters = 5000
-learning_rate = 1e-5  # Adjusted learning rate
+max_iters = 100000  # Increased iterations
+learning_rate = 3e-5  # Adjust learning rate
 eval_iters = 100
-dropout = 0.2
-patience = 500  # Number of iterations to wait for improvement before stopping
+dropout = 0.4  # Increased dropout to prevent overfitting
+patience = 20000  # Increased patience for early stopping
+weight_decay = 0.01  # Add weight decay for regularization
 
 # Load the vocabulary and encoded data
 with open("vocab.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     text = f.read()
     chars = sorted(list(set(text)))
 
-# Ensure that space and other special characters are included
 required_chars = " \n\r\t"
 for char in required_chars:
     if char not in chars:
         chars.append(char)
 
-# Add a special token for unknown characters
 special_token = "<unk>"
 if special_token not in chars:
     chars.append(special_token)
@@ -38,14 +42,12 @@ int_to_string = {i: ch for i, ch in enumerate(chars)}
 
 
 def clean_text(text):
-    """Remove special characters and unwanted symbols from the text."""
     text = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s.,;!?\'\"]+", "", text)
     text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text)
     text = text.strip()
     return text
 
 
-# Load and preprocess training and validation data from cleaned .txt files
 def load_and_clean_data(file_path):
     with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         text = f.read()
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ def estimate_loss():
         data = train_data if split == "train" else val_data
         losses = torch.zeros(eval_iters)
         for k in range(eval_iters):
-            X, Y = get_batch(data, block_size, batch_size)
-            logits, loss = model(X, Y)
+            x, y = get_batch(data, block_size, batch_size)
+            logits, loss = model(x, y)
             losses[k] = loss.item()
         out[split] = losses.mean().item()
     model.train()
@@ -105,8 +107,23 @@ def estimate_loss():
 
 
 def train_model():
-    optimizer = optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate)
-    scheduler = optim.lr_scheduler.StepLR(optimizer, step_size=1000, gamma=0.1)
+    optimizer = optim.AdamW(
+        model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate, weight_decay=weight_decay
+    )
+    steps_per_epoch = len(train_data) // (batch_size * block_size)
+    epochs = max_iters // steps_per_epoch
+
+    scheduler = optim.lr_scheduler.OneCycleLR(
+        optimizer,
+        max_lr=learning_rate * 10,
+        steps_per_epoch=steps_per_epoch,
+        epochs=epochs,
+    )
+
+    writer = SummaryWriter(
+        log_dir="runs/phoebe_training"
+    )  # TensorBoard writer # noqa: E501
+
     best_val_loss = float("inf")
     patience_counter = 0
 
@@ -118,7 +135,9 @@ def train_model():
                 f"val loss {losses['val']:.3f}"
             )
 
-            # Check for improvement in validation loss
+            writer.add_scalar("Loss/train", losses["train"], iter)
+            writer.add_scalar("Loss/val", losses["val"], iter)
+
             if losses["val"] < best_val_loss:
                 best_val_loss = losses["val"]
                 patience_counter = 0
@@ -127,21 +146,24 @@ def train_model():
             else:
                 patience_counter += eval_iters
 
-            # Early stopping
             if patience_counter >= patience:
                 print("Early stopping triggered.")
                 break
 
         xb, yb = get_batch(train_data, block_size, batch_size)
         logits, loss = model(xb, yb)
-        optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+        loss = loss / accumulation_steps  # Scale loss by accumulation steps
         loss.backward()
-        optimizer.step()
-        scheduler.step()
+
+        if (iter + 1) % accumulation_steps == 0:
+            optimizer.step()
+            optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+            scheduler.step()
 
     if patience_counter < patience:
         print("Training completed without early stopping.")
     print(f"Final loss: {loss.item()}")
+    writer.close()
 
 
 def check_input_chars(s, string_to_int):
@@ -152,12 +174,11 @@ def check_input_chars(s, string_to_int):
 
 
 def process_message(message):
-    print(f"Processing message: '{message}'")  # Debug print
+    print(f"Processing message: '{message}'")
     if not message.strip():
-        print("Message is empty or invalid.")  # Debug print
+        print("Message is empty or invalid.")
         return "Message is empty or invalid."
 
-    # Check for unknown characters
     unknown_chars = check_input_chars(message, string_to_int)
     if unknown_chars:
         print(f"Message contains unknown characters: {unknown_chars}")
@@ -166,14 +187,14 @@ def process_message(message):
     encoded_text = torch.tensor(
         [encode(message, string_to_int)], dtype=torch.long
     ).to(device)
-    print(f"Encoded text shape: {encoded_text.shape}")  # Debug print
+    print(f"Encoded text shape: {encoded_text.shape}")
     if encoded_text.size(1) == 0:
-        print("Message could not be processed.")  # Debug print
+        print("Message could not be processed.")
         return "Message could not be processed."
 
     response = model.generate(encoded_text, max_new_tokens=50, temperature=0.7)
     decoded_response = decode(response[0].tolist(), int_to_string)
-    print(f"Generated response: '{decoded_response}'")  # Debug print
+    print(f"Generated response: '{decoded_response}'")
     return decoded_response
 
 
diff --git a/phoebe_model.pt b/phoebe_model.pt
index e13625b..bdccfde 100644
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