diff --git a/src/python/run_train_ner.py b/src/python/run_train_ner.py
index 2ebd5fe7af5895a147006ba2034bd1da431d338a..2acdac77922e65dbc59b8f7ea2ba76173bfa1350 100644
--- a/src/python/run_train_ner.py
+++ b/src/python/run_train_ner.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def main(model=None, output_dir=None, n_iter=100, training_data=None, trained_da
                     drop=0.5,  # dropout - make it harder to memorise data
                     losses=losses,
                 )
-            print("Losses", losses)
+            print("Losses", losses, "iteration", itn)
 
     # test the trained model
     TRAIN_DATA_tested = []
diff --git a/src/sh/train_ner.sh b/src/sh/train_ner.sh
index ec5e1539423eabbcfd17dac76fef4ab8dac1dd1e..98134702bd126b5b119f966d5685c3970409b1f9 100755
--- a/src/sh/train_ner.sh
+++ b/src/sh/train_ner.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 model=de_core_news_sm
-n_iter=100
+n_iter=1000
 path_data=data/train_NER/
 training_data=${path_data}1891_20026449_corrected_german.txt
-trained_data=${path_data}1891_20026449_corrected_german_trained.txt
-new_model=${path_data}models/de_1891_20026449
+trained_data=${path_data}1891_20026449_corrected_trained_${n_iter}_german.txt
+new_model=${path_data}models/de_1891_20026449_${n_iter}
 
 renku run --isolation --output $trained_data --output $new_model python src/python/run_train_ner.py -m $model -n $n_iter -t $training_data -o $new_model -u $trained_data