diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 2b4c1441..148ab3db 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "text_cleaner": "english_cleaners",
 
     "epochs": 1000,
-    "lr": 0.002,
+    "lr": 0.001,
     "lr_decay": 0.5,
     "decay_step": 100000,
     "warmup_steps": 4000,
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index bfe00aee..b9d1616e 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ def evaluate(model, criterion, criterion_st, data_loader, ap, current_step):
     # test sentences
     ap.griffin_lim_iters = 60
     for idx, test_sentence in enumerate(test_sentences):
-        try:
-            wav, linear_spec, alignments = synthesis(model, ap, test_sentence,
+        wav, linear_spec, alignments = synthesis(model, ap, test_sentence,
                                                      use_cuda, c.text_cleaner)
+        try:
             wav_name = 'TestSentences/{}'.format(idx)
             tb.add_audio(
                 wav_name, wav, current_step, sample_rate=c.sample_rate)