diff --git a/src/rbm/entity.py b/src/rbm/entity.py
index d48f8e1..78bef9c 100644
--- a/src/rbm/entity.py
+++ b/src/rbm/entity.py
@@ -97,19 +97,22 @@ class Entity:
 		self.grad.b_v = params.momentum * self.grad.b_v + lr * d_bv
 		self.grad.b_h = params.momentum * self.grad.b_h + lr * d_bh
 
-		self.grad.w_hv = (params.momentum * self.grad.w_hv
-		                  + lr * d_whv
-		                  - lr * params.l1_lambda    * np.sign(self.state.w_hv)
-		                  - lr * 2 * params.l2_lambda * self.state.w_hv
-		                  - lr * params.weight_decay  * self.state.w_hv)
+		# CD gradient — scaled by 1/mini_batch_size in state_adjust
+		self.grad.w_hv = params.momentum * self.grad.w_hv + lr * d_whv
 
 		return self.grad
 
 	def state_adjust(self, grad: RbmState, k: float = 1.0):
-		# Adjust state
-		self.state.b_v += k*grad.b_v
-		self.state.b_h += k*grad.b_h
-		self.state.w_hv += k*grad.w_hv
+		params = self.training_params
+		lr = params.learning_rate
+
+		self.state.b_v  += k * grad.b_v
+		self.state.b_h  += k * grad.b_h
+		# CD update scaled by 1/N; regularisation applied at full strength (batch-size independent)
+		self.state.w_hv += (k * grad.w_hv
+		                    - lr * params.l1_lambda     * np.sign(self.state.w_hv)
+		                    - lr * 2 * params.l2_lambda  * self.state.w_hv
+		                    - lr * params.weight_decay   * self.state.w_hv)
 
 	def forward(self, v: Mat, num_gibbs: int = 0) -> Mat:
 		num_gibbs = self.params.num_gibbs_samples if num_gibbs == 0 else num_gibbs
diff --git a/src/tests/test_faces_sub_image.py b/src/tests/test_faces_sub_image.py
index 07d2e1a..e578559 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_faces_sub_image.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_faces_sub_image.py
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ STRIDE    = 16    # 50% overlap; set equal to PATCH for non-overlapping
 GRAYSCALE = False  # reassigned in __main__ when --grayscale is set
 N_CH      = 1 if GRAYSCALE else 3
 N_VIS     = N_CH * PATCH * PATCH   # 1024 grayscale / 3072 colour
-N_HID     = 64
+N_HID     = 128
 N_IMAGES  = 50
 
 
 class TestModel(Model):
-	def __init__(self, name: str, work_dir: str = '.'):
+	def __init__(self, name: str, work_dir: str = '.', l1_lambda: float = 0.0):
 		super().__init__(name, work_dir)
 		self.unit1 = Entity(
 			(N_VIS, N_HID),
 			EntityParams(do_gaussian_visible=True, do_gaussian_hidden=False),
-			TrainingParams(learning_rate=0.001, momentum=0.9, num_epochs=3000, mini_batch_size=1000)
+			TrainingParams(learning_rate=0.001, momentum=0.9, num_epochs=1000, mini_batch_size=1000,
+			               l1_lambda=l1_lambda)
 		)
 
 	def forward(self, x: Mat) -> Mat:
@@ -175,6 +176,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	                help='Train the model (default: false)')
 	ap.add_argument('--grayscale',  action='store_true', default=False,
 	                help='Use single-channel grayscale patches (default: false)')
+	ap.add_argument('--l1_lambda',  type=float, default=0.0,
+	                help='L1 regularisation strength (default: 0.0)')
 	args = ap.parse_args()
 
 	if args.grayscale:
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	prj_name = 'faces_sub_image_gray' if args.grayscale else 'faces_sub_image'
 	work_dir = 'results'
 
-	model = TestModel(prj_name, work_dir)
+	model = TestModel(prj_name, work_dir, l1_lambda=args.l1_lambda)
 	model.init(0.001)
 
 	if args.load_model: