diff --git a/bytelatent/train.py b/bytelatent/train.py
index ed84233..f8761c7 100644
--- a/bytelatent/train.py
+++ b/bytelatent/train.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def validate_train_args(args: TrainArgs, output_size: int):
     if args.model is not None:
         logger.info(f"Setting model output size to {args.model.vocab_size}")
         args.model.vocab_size = output_size
+        assert(args.model.max_encoder_seq_length == args.data.max_encoder_seq_length)
 
     if args.entropy_model is not None:
         logger.info(f"Setting model output size to {args.entropy_model.vocab_size}")
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ def train(args: TrainArgs):
                 interval_total_tok_loss_across_gpus = dist_sum(
                     interval_total_tok_loss_per_gpu, reduce_dtype=torch.bfloat16
                 ).item()
-                interval_total_n_bytes_per_gpu = n_bytes
+                interval_total_n_bytes_per_gpu = n_bytes.item()
                 interval_total_n_bytes_across_gpus = dist_sum(
                     n_bytes, reduce_dtype=torch.bfloat16
                 ).item()