diff --git a/GANDLF/optimizers/thirdparty/adopt.py b/GANDLF/optimizers/thirdparty/adopt.py
index e7f32117d..115c61c00 100644
--- a/GANDLF/optimizers/thirdparty/adopt.py
+++ b/GANDLF/optimizers/thirdparty/adopt.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(
         if isinstance(lr, Tensor):
             if foreach and not capturable:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "lr as a Tensor is not supported for capturable=False and foreach=True"
+                    "lr as a Tensor is not supported for `capturable=False` and `foreach=True`"
                 )
             if lr.numel() != 1:
                 raise ValueError("Tensor lr must be 1-element")
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ def adopt_wrapper(parameters: dict) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
     return ADOPT(
         params=parameters["model_parameters"],
         lr=parameters.get("learning_rate", 1e-3),
-        betas=parameters.get("betas", (0.9, 0.999, 0.9999)),
-        eps=parameters.get("eps", 1e-8),
+        betas=parameters.get("betas", (0.9, 0.9999)),
+        eps=parameters.get("eps", 1e-6),
         weight_decay=parameters.get("weight_decay", 0.0),
         decoupled=parameters["optimizer"].get("decoupled", False),
         foreach=parameters.get("foreach", None),