diff --git a/examples/char-rnn.jl b/examples/char-rnn.jl
index 78c04033..f0536319 100644
--- a/examples/char-rnn.jl
+++ b/examples/char-rnn.jl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ model = Chain(
 
 m = mxnet(unroll(model, nunroll))
 
-@time Flux.train!(m, train, η = 1, epoch = 1)
+@time Flux.train!(m, train, η = 0.1, loss = Flux.logloss)
 
 function sample(model, n, temp = 1)
   s = [rand(alphabet)]