diff --git a/ultralytics/cfg/default.yaml b/ultralytics/cfg/default.yaml
index f57cc691..bc64897e 100644
--- a/ultralytics/cfg/default.yaml
+++ b/ultralytics/cfg/default.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ batch: 16 # (int) number of images per batch (-1 for AutoBatch)
 imgsz: 640 # (int | list) input images size as int for train and val modes, or list[w,h] for predict and export modes
 save: True # (bool) save train checkpoints and predict results
 save_period: -1 # (int) Save checkpoint every x epochs (disabled if < 1)
-val_period: 10 # (int) Validation every x epochs
+val_period: 1 # (int) Validation every x epochs
 cache: False # (bool) True/ram, disk or False. Use cache for data loading
 device: # (int | str | list, optional) device to run on, i.e. cuda device=0 or device=0,1,2,3 or device=cpu
 workers: 8 # (int) number of worker threads for data loading (per RANK if DDP)