diff --git a/lr_scheduling.py b/lr_scheduling.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6859cb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lr_scheduling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+def poly_lr_scheduler(optimizer, init_lr, iter, lr_decay_iter=1, max_iter=30000, power=0.9,):
+    """Polynomial decay of learning rate
+        :param init_lr is base learning rate
+        :param iter is a current iteration
+        :param lr_decay_iter how frequently decay occurs, default is 1
+        :param max_iter is number of maximum iterations
+        :param power is a polymomial power
+
+    """
+    if iter % lr_decay_iter or iter > max_iter:
+        return optimizer
+
+    for param_group in optimizer.param_groups:
+        param_group['lr'] = init_lr*(1 - iter/max_iter)**power
+
+
+def adjust_learning_rate(optimizer, init_lr, epoch):
+    """Sets the learning rate to the initial LR decayed by 10 every 30 epochs"""
+    lr = init_lr * (0.1 ** (epoch // 30))
+    for param_group in optimizer.param_groups:
+        param_group['lr'] = lr
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diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 03c1b570..29723559 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -14,24 +14,7 @@
 from ptsemseg.loader import get_loader, get_data_path
 from ptsemseg.loss import cross_entropy2d
 from ptsemseg.metrics import scores
-
-
-def poly_lr_scheduler(optimizer, init_lr, iter, lr_decay_iter=1, max_iter=30000, power=0.9,):
-    """Polynomial decay of learning rate
-        :param init_lr is base learning rate
-        :param iter is a current iteration
-        :param lr_decay_iter how frequently decay occurs, default is 1
-        :param max_iter is number of maximum iterations
-        :param power is a polymomial power
-
-    """
-    if iter % lr_decay_iter or iter > max_iter:
-        return optimizer
-
-    for param_group in optimizer.param_groups:
-        param_group['lr'] = init_lr*(1 - iter/max_iter)**power
-    return optimizer
-
+from lr_scheduling import *
 
 def train(args):
 
@@ -74,6 +57,9 @@ def train(args):
                 images = Variable(images)
                 labels = Variable(labels)
 
+            iter = len(trainloader)*epoch + i
+            poly_lr_scheduler(optimizer, args.l_rate, iter)
+            
             optimizer.zero_grad()
             outputs = model(images)