diff --git a/src/aiunn/finetune/trainer.py b/src/aiunn/finetune/trainer.py
index 40d04cd..e4cdab2 100644
--- a/src/aiunn/finetune/trainer.py
+++ b/src/aiunn/finetune/trainer.py
@@ -140,17 +140,18 @@ class aiuNNTrainer:
         val_loss = 0.0
         
         with torch.no_grad():
+            val_loss = 0.0
             for low_res, high_res in tqdm(self.validation_loader, desc="Validating"):
-                low_res = low_res.to(self.device, non_blocking=True).to(memory_format=torch.channels_last)
+                low_res = low_res.to(self.device, non_blocking=True)
                 high_res = high_res.to(self.device, non_blocking=True)
-                
-                with autocast(device_type=self.device.type):
-                    outputs = self.model(low_res)
-                    loss = self.criterion(outputs, high_res)
-                
+                outputs = self.model(low_res)
+                loss = self.criterion(outputs, high_res)
                 val_loss += loss.item()
-                
+                # Explicitly delete tensors
                 del low_res, high_res, outputs, loss
+            gc.collect()
+            torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
         
         self.model.train()
         return val_loss