diff --git a/pokemonred_puffer/cleanrl_puffer.py b/pokemonred_puffer/cleanrl_puffer.py
index 4347e60..f825f56 100644
--- a/pokemonred_puffer/cleanrl_puffer.py
+++ b/pokemonred_puffer/cleanrl_puffer.py
@@ -335,12 +335,12 @@ def evaluate(self):
                             self.early_stop = True
                             break
                     for event in to_delete:
-                        del self.config.early_stop[event]
                         print(
                             f"Satisified early stopping constraint for {event} within "
                             f"{self.config.early_stop[event]} minutes. "
                             f"Event found n {self.profile.uptime // 60} minutes"
                         )
+                        del self.config.early_stop[event]
 
                 # V2 implementation
                 # check if we have a new highest required_count with N save states available