diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 818d24c..edd189c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ RUN chmod +x ./train.py
 ARG epochs=5
 RUN echo $epochs
 
-CMD python3 ./train.py
+CMD python3 ./train.py epochs
 #CMD python3 ./test.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 67343f7..1d6ec60 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import torchvision.transforms as transforms
 import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torch.optim as optim
-
+import sys
 
 class Net(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class Net(nn.Module):
         return x
 
 
-def trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer):
-    for epoch in range(20):
+def trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer, epochs=20):
+    for epoch in range(epochs):
 
         for i, data in enumerate(trainloader, 0):
             inputs, labels = data
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
     optimizer = optim.SGD(net.parameters(), lr=0.001, momentum=0.9)
 
-    trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer)
+    epochs = sys.argv[1]
+
+    trainNet(trainloader, criterion, optimizer, epochs)
 
     PATH = './cifar_net.pth'
     torch.save(net.state_dict(), PATH)