diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
index 490ccebeb5..ca8b54cb28 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class LightningTemplateModel(LightningModule):
         val_acc = torch.sum(y == labels_hat).item() / (len(y) * 1.0)
         val_acc = torch.tensor(val_acc)
 
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
         if self.on_gpu:
             val_acc = val_acc.cuda(loss_val.device.index)
 
diff --git a/tests/debug.py b/tests/debug.py
index b3c30deb4e..c3a356b3d9 100644
--- a/tests/debug.py
+++ b/tests/debug.py
@@ -105,14 +105,10 @@ def main():
     checkpoint = ModelCheckpoint(save_dir)
 
     trainer = Trainer(
-        checkpoint_callback=checkpoint,
-        progress_bar=True,
-        experiment=exp,
+        progress_bar=False,
         max_nb_epochs=1,
-        train_percent_check=0.7,
-        val_percent_check=0.1,
         gpus=[0, 1],
-        distributed_backend='ddp',
+        distributed_backend='dp',
         use_amp=True
     )