diff --git a/ml4cvd/tensor_generators.py b/ml4cvd/tensor_generators.py
index adaca18f6..01ba66dd1 100755
--- a/ml4cvd/tensor_generators.py
+++ b/ml4cvd/tensor_generators.py
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ def __init__(
         self._started = False
         self.workers = []
         self.worker_instances = []
+        if num_workers == 0:
+            num_workers = 1  # The one worker is the main thread
         self.batch_size, self.input_maps, self.output_maps, self.num_workers, self.cache_size, self.weights, self.name, self.keep_paths = \
             batch_size, input_maps, output_maps, num_workers, cache_size, weights, name, keep_paths
         self.true_epochs = 0
         self.stats_string = ""
-        if num_workers == 0:
-            num_workers = 1  # The one worker is the main thread
         if weights is None:
             worker_paths = np.array_split(paths, num_workers)
             self.true_epoch_lens = list(map(len, worker_paths))
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def _init_workers(self):
                 )
                 process.start()
                 self.workers.append(process)
-        logging.info(f"Started {i} {self.name.replace('_', ' ')}s with cache size {self.cache_size/1e9}GB.")
+        logging.info(f"Started {i + 1} {self.name.replace('_', ' ')}s with cache size {self.cache_size/1e9}GB.")
 
     def set_worker_paths(self, paths: List[Path]):
         """In the single worker case, set the worker's paths."""
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ def set_worker_paths(self, paths: List[Path]):
     def __next__(self) -> Tuple[Dict[str, np.ndarray], Dict[str, np.ndarray], Optional[List[str]]]:
         if not self._started:
             self._init_workers()
+        if self.stats_q.qsize() == self.num_workers:
+            self.aggregate_and_print_stats()
         if self.run_on_main_thread:
             return next(self.worker_instances[0])
         else:
-            if self.stats_q.qsize() == self.num_workers:
-                self.aggregate_and_print_stats()
             return self.q.get(TENSOR_GENERATOR_TIMEOUT)
 
     def aggregate_and_print_stats(self):
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def aggregate_and_print_stats(self):
             f"{stats['Tensors presented']:0.0f} tensors were presented.",
             f"{stats['skipped_paths']} paths were skipped because they previously failed.",
             f"{error_info}",
-            f"{self.stats_string}"
+            f"{self.stats_string}",
         ])
         logging.info(f"\n!!!!>~~~~~~~~~~~~ {self.name} completed true epoch {self.true_epochs} ~~~~~~~~~~~~<!!!!\nAggregated information string:\n\t{info_string}")
 
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ def test_train_valid_tensor_generators(
     tensors: str,
     batch_size: int,
     num_workers: int,
+    training_steps: int,
+    validation_steps: int,
     cache_size: float,
     balance_csvs: List[str],
     keep_paths: bool = False,
@@ -786,8 +788,11 @@ def test_train_valid_tensor_generators(
             test_csv=test_csv,
         )
         weights = None
-    generate_train = TensorGenerator(batch_size, tensor_maps_in, tensor_maps_out, train_paths, num_workers, cache_size, weights, keep_paths, mixup_alpha, name='train_worker', siamese=siamese, augment=True, sample_weight=sample_weight)
-    generate_valid = TensorGenerator(batch_size, tensor_maps_in, tensor_maps_out, valid_paths, num_workers // 2, cache_size, weights, keep_paths, name='validation_worker', siamese=siamese, augment=False)
+
+    num_train_workers = int(training_steps / (training_steps + validation_steps) * num_workers) or (1 if num_workers else 0)
+    num_valid_workers = int(validation_steps / (training_steps + validation_steps) * num_workers) or (1 if num_workers else 0)
+    generate_train = TensorGenerator(batch_size, tensor_maps_in, tensor_maps_out, train_paths, num_train_workers, cache_size, weights, keep_paths, mixup_alpha, name='train_worker', siamese=siamese, augment=True, sample_weight=sample_weight)
+    generate_valid = TensorGenerator(batch_size, tensor_maps_in, tensor_maps_out, valid_paths, num_valid_workers, cache_size, weights, keep_paths, name='validation_worker', siamese=siamese, augment=False)
     generate_test = TensorGenerator(batch_size, tensor_maps_in, tensor_maps_out, test_paths, num_workers, 0, weights, keep_paths or keep_paths_test, name='test_worker', siamese=siamese, augment=False)
     return generate_train, generate_valid, generate_test