diff --git a/model/pytorch/dcrnn_supervisor.py b/model/pytorch/dcrnn_supervisor.py
index c2a34d4..53f6a33 100644
--- a/model/pytorch/dcrnn_supervisor.py
+++ b/model/pytorch/dcrnn_supervisor.py
@@ -174,12 +174,23 @@ class DCRNNSupervisor:
 
             self.dcrnn_model = self.dcrnn_model.train()
 
+            
+            # shuffle the batches
             train_iterator = self._data['train_loader'].get_iterator()
+            all_train = np.array([(x,y) for _, (x, y) in enumerate(train_iterator)])
+            permutation = np.random.permutation(all_train.shape[0])
+            all_train = all_train[permutation]
+            
+            
             losses = []
-
             start_time = time.time()
 
-            for _, (x, y) in enumerate(train_iterator):
+            for batch in all_train:
+                x = batch[0]
+                y = batch[1]
+                
+
+                
                 optimizer.zero_grad()
 
                 x, y = self._prepare_data(x, y)