diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index f7bb46c9fc..c4a6ad8d9e 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         self.print_nan_grads = print_nan_grads
         self.data_parallel_device_ids = None
         self.world_size = 1
+        self.node_rank = 0
         self.use_ddp = False
         self.use_dp = False
 
@@ -449,9 +450,9 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         # node rank using relative slurm id
         # otherwise default to node rank 0
         try:
-            node_rank = int(os.environ['SLURM_NODEID'])
-        except KeyError as e:
-            node_rank = 0
+            self.node_rank = int(os.environ['SLURM_NODEID'])
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.node_rank = 0
 
         # recover original exp before went into process
         # init in write mode only on proc 0
@@ -459,10 +460,10 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         self.experiment = self.experiment.get_non_ddp_exp()
 
         # show progbar only on prog_rank 0
-        self.prog_bar = self.prog_bar and node_rank == 0 and gpu_nb == 0
+        self.prog_bar = self.prog_bar and self.node_rank == 0 and gpu_nb == 0
 
         # determine which process we are and world size
-        self.proc_rank = node_rank * len(self.data_parallel_device_ids) + gpu_nb
+        self.proc_rank = self.node_rank * len(self.data_parallel_device_ids) + gpu_nb
         self.world_size = self.nb_gpu_nodes * len(self.data_parallel_device_ids)
 
         # set up server using proc 0's ip address
@@ -470,6 +471,10 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         # where to store ip_table
         self.__init_tcp_connection()
 
+        print('-'*100)
+        print(f'INIT COMPLETE')
+        print('-'*100)
+
         # CHOOSE OPTIMIZER
         # filter out the weights that were done on gpu so we can load on good old cpus
         self.optimizers = model.configure_optimizers()
@@ -513,8 +518,9 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
             root_node = '127.0.0.2'
 
         os.environ['MASTER_ADDR'] = root_node
-
-        sleep(self.proc_rank*0.5)
+        print('-'*100)
+        print(f'INIT RANK: {self.proc_rank}, NODE:{self.node_rank}, WORLD_SIZE:{self.world_size}, ADDR: {root_node}, PORT: {port}')
+        print('-'*100)
         dist.init_process_group("nccl", rank=self.proc_rank, world_size=self.world_size)
 
     def __run_pretrain_routine(self, model):