diff --git a/modelforge/train/training.py b/modelforge/train/training.py
index b10ba83f..c96dd28a 100644
--- a/modelforge/train/training.py
+++ b/modelforge/train/training.py
@@ -664,9 +664,8 @@ def training_step(
             if self.training_parameter.log_norm:
                 if key == "total_loss":
                     continue  # Skip total loss for gradient norm logging
-
                 grad_norm = compute_grad_norm(metric.mean(), self)
-                self.log(f"grad_norm/{key}", grad_norm)
+                self.log(f"grad_norm/{key}", grad_norm, sync_dist=True)
 
         # Save energy predictions and targets
         self._update_predictions(
@@ -1158,7 +1157,9 @@ def _log_figures_for_each_phase(
             # Log outlier error counts for non-training phases
             if phase != "train":
                 self._identify__and_log_top_k_errors(errors, gathered_indices, phase)
-                self.log_dict(self.outlier_errors_over_epochs, on_epoch=True)
+                self.log_dict(
+                    self.outlier_errors_over_epochs, on_epoch=True, rank_zero_only=True
+                )
 
     def _identify__and_log_top_k_errors(
         self,
@@ -1198,7 +1199,9 @@ def _identify__and_log_top_k_errors(
             if key not in self.outlier_errors_over_epochs:
                 self.outlier_errors_over_epochs[key] = 0
             self.outlier_errors_over_epochs[key] += 1
-            log.info(f"{phase} : Outlier error {error} at index {idx}.")
+            log.info(
+                f"{self.current_epoch}: {phase} : Outlier error {error} at index {idx}."
+            )
 
     def _clear_error_tracking(self, preds, targets, incides):
         """
@@ -1251,19 +1254,6 @@ def on_validation_epoch_end(self):
             self.val_indices,
         )
 
-    def on_train_start(self):
-        """Log the GPU name to Weights & Biases at the start of training."""
-        if isinstance(self.logger, pL.loggers.WandbLogger) and self.global_rank == 0:
-            if torch.cuda.is_available():
-                gpu_name = torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)
-            else:
-                gpu_name = "CPU"
-            # Log GPU name to W&B
-            self.logger.experiment.config.update({"GPU": gpu_name})
-            self.logger.experiment.log({"GPU Name": gpu_name})
-        else:
-            log.warning("Weights & Biases logger not found; GPU name not logged.")
-
     def on_train_epoch_start(self):
         """Start the epoch timer."""
         self.epoch_start_time = time.time()
@@ -1281,15 +1271,7 @@ def _log_time(self):
 
     def on_train_epoch_end(self):
         """Logs metrics, learning rate, histograms, and figures at the end of the training epoch."""
-        if self.global_rank == 0:
-            self._log_metrics(self.loss_metrics, "loss")
-            self._log_learning_rate()
-            self._log_time()
-            self._log_histograms()
-            # log the weights of the different loss components
-            for key, weight in self.loss.weights_scheduling.items():
-                self.log(f"loss/{key}/weight", weight[self.current_epoch])
-
+        self._log_metrics(self.loss_metrics, "loss")
         # this performs gather operations and logs only at rank == 0
         self._log_figures_for_each_phase(
             self.train_preds,
@@ -1311,15 +1293,32 @@ def on_train_epoch_end(self):
             self.train_indices,
         )
 
+        self._log_learning_rate()
+        self._log_time()
+        self._log_histograms()
+        # log the weights of the different loss components
+        if self.trainer.is_global_zero:
+            for key, weight in self.loss.weights_scheduling.items():
+                self.log(
+                    f"loss/{key}/weight",
+                    weight[self.current_epoch],
+                    rank_zero_only=True,
+                )
+
     def _log_learning_rate(self):
         """Logs the current learning rate."""
         sch = self.lr_schedulers()
-        try:
-            self.log(
-                "lr", sch.get_last_lr()[0], on_epoch=True, prog_bar=True, sync_dist=True
-            )
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
+        if self.trainer.is_global_zero:
+            try:
+                self.log(
+                    "lr",
+                    sch.get_last_lr()[0],
+                    on_epoch=True,
+                    prog_bar=True,
+                    rank_zero_only=True,
+                )
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
     def _log_metrics(self, metrics: ModuleDict, phase: str):
         """