diff --git a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless2/model.py b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless2/model.py
index 9fef48fcc..83405be36 100644
--- a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless2/model.py
+++ b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless2/model.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Transducer(nn.Module):
         # could perhaps separate this into 2 linear projections, one
         # for lm and one for am.
         self.simple_joiner = ScaledLinear(embedding_dim, vocab_size,
-                                          initial_speed=0.5)
+                                          initial_speed=0.25)
 
     def forward(
         self,