diff --git a/configs/peteish1-weka.yaml b/configs/peteish1-weka.yaml
index 48452318d..071c5399b 100644
--- a/configs/peteish1-weka.yaml
+++ b/configs/peteish1-weka.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ save_num_unsharded_checkpoints_to_keep: -1
 
 load_path: null
 
-max_duration: 2ep
+max_duration: 1ep
 global_train_batch_size: 1024
 device_train_microbatch_size: 4
 
diff --git a/configs/peteish7-weka.yaml b/configs/peteish7-weka.yaml
index 5137fb439..a7dc9d66c 100644
--- a/configs/peteish7-weka.yaml
+++ b/configs/peteish7-weka.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ save_num_unsharded_checkpoints_to_keep: -1
 
 load_path: null
 
-max_duration: 2ep
+max_duration: 1ep
 global_train_batch_size: 1024
 device_train_microbatch_size: 2