diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index 6cf38e49df..bbfa5b7316 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
                  train_percent_check=1.0, val_percent_check=1.0, test_percent_check=1.0, val_check_interval=0.95,
                  log_save_interval=1, add_log_row_interval=1,
                  lr_scheduler_milestones=None,
+                 use_amp=False,
                  nb_sanity_val_steps=5):
 
         # Transfer params
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         print('gpu available: {}, used: {}'.format(torch.cuda.is_available(), self.on_gpu))
 
         # apex test
-        use_amp = True
         self.use_amp = use_amp and APEX_AVAILABLE
         if self.use_amp:
             print('using 16bit precision')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f5370de4fd..74a2e0ae63 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 # http://blog.ionelmc.ro/2014/05/25/python-packaging/
 setup(
     name="pytorch-lightning",
-    version='0.1.dev1724',
+    version='0.1.dev1725',
     description="The Keras for ML researchers using PyTorch",
     author="William Falcon",
     author_email="waf2107@columbia.edu",