diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb7cb41..b8a0555 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ seaborn>=0.11.0
 
 # Export --------------------------------------
 # coremltools>=5.2  # CoreML export
-# onnx>=1.9.0  # ONNX export
+# onnx>=1.12.0  # ONNX export
 # onnx-simplifier>=0.4.1  # ONNX simplifier
 # nvidia-pyindex  # TensorRT export
 # nvidia-tensorrt  # TensorRT export
diff --git a/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolodetection.py b/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolodetection.py
index db6da14..515633f 100644
--- a/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolodetection.py
+++ b/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolodetection.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def plot_one_box(x, img, color=None, label=None, line_thickness=None):
         )
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def test(cfg):
     cfg.task = "detect"
     cfg.mode = "train"
diff --git a/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolosegment.py b/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolosegment.py
index cd38ba2..f8cca68 100644
--- a/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolosegment.py
+++ b/ultralytics/tests/data/dataloader/yolosegment.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def plot_one_box(x, img, color=None, label=None, line_thickness=None):
         )
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def test(cfg):
     cfg.task = "segment"
     cfg.mode = "train"
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/augment.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/augment.py
index b1463ce..2ebaa77 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/augment.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/augment.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BaseMixTransform:
             indexes = [indexes]
 
         # get images information will be used for Mosaic or MixUp
-        mix_labels = [deepcopy(dataset.get_label_info(index)) for index in indexes]
+        mix_labels = [dataset.get_label_info(index) for index in indexes]
 
         if self.pre_transform is not None:
             for i, data in enumerate(mix_labels):
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ class Mosaic(BaseMixTransform):
         assert len(labels.get("mix_labels", [])) > 0, "There are no other images for mosaic augment."
         s = self.imgsz
         yc, xc = (int(random.uniform(-x, 2 * s + x)) for x in self.border)  # mosaic center x, y
-        mix_labels = labels["mix_labels"]
         for i in range(4):
-            labels_patch = deepcopy(labels) if i == 0 else deepcopy(mix_labels[i - 1])
+            labels_patch = (labels if i == 0 else labels["mix_labels"][i - 1]).copy()
             # Load image
             img = labels_patch["img"]
             h, w = labels_patch["resized_shape"]
@@ -186,9 +185,8 @@ class Mosaic(BaseMixTransform):
             "ori_shape": mosaic_labels[0]["ori_shape"],
             "resized_shape": (self.imgsz * 2, self.imgsz * 2),
             "im_file": mosaic_labels[0]["im_file"],
-            "cls": np.concatenate(cls, 0)}
-
-        final_labels["instances"] = Instances.concatenate(instances, axis=0)
+            "cls": np.concatenate(cls, 0),
+            "instances": Instances.concatenate(instances, axis=0)}
         final_labels["instances"].clip(self.imgsz * 2, self.imgsz * 2)
         return final_labels
 
@@ -345,7 +343,6 @@ class RandomPerspective:
         Affine images and targets.
 
         Args:
-            img(ndarray): image.
             labels(Dict): a dict of `bboxes`, `segments`, `keypoints`.
         """
         img = labels["img"]
@@ -387,7 +384,7 @@ class RandomPerspective:
         return labels
 
     def box_candidates(self, box1, box2, wh_thr=2, ar_thr=100, area_thr=0.1, eps=1e-16):  # box1(4,n), box2(4,n)
-        # Compute candidate boxes: box1 before augment, box2 after augment, wh_thr (pixels), aspect_ratio_thr, area_ratio
+        # Compute box candidates: box1 before augment, box2 after augment, wh_thr (pixels), aspect_ratio_thr, area_ratio
         w1, h1 = box1[2] - box1[0], box1[3] - box1[1]
         w2, h2 = box2[2] - box2[0], box2[3] - box2[1]
         ar = np.maximum(w2 / (h2 + eps), h2 / (w2 + eps))  # aspect ratio
@@ -609,6 +606,7 @@ class Format:
         self.batch_idx = batch_idx  # keep the batch indexes
 
     def __call__(self, labels):
+        labels.pop("dataset", None)
         img = labels["img"]
         h, w = img.shape[:2]
         cls = labels.pop("cls")
@@ -672,10 +670,7 @@ def mosaic_transforms(imgsz, hyp):
         ),])
     return Compose([
         pre_transform,
-        MixUp(
-            pre_transform=pre_transform,
-            p=hyp.mixup,
-        ),
+        MixUp(pre_transform=pre_transform, p=hyp.mixup),
         Albumentations(p=1.0),
         RandomHSV(hgain=hyp.hsv_h, sgain=hyp.hsv_s, vgain=hyp.hsv_v),
         RandomFlip(direction="vertical", p=hyp.flipud),
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
index 33352e9..e00fac4 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import glob
+import math
 import os
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ class BaseDataset(Dataset):
             r = self.imgsz / max(h0, w0)  # ratio
             if r != 1:  # if sizes are not equal
                 interp = cv2.INTER_LINEAR if (self.augment or r > 1) else cv2.INTER_AREA
-                im = cv2.resize(im, (int(w0 * r), int(h0 * r)), interpolation=interp)
+                im = cv2.resize(im, (math.ceil(w0 * r), math.ceil(h0 * r)), interpolation=interp)
             return im, (h0, w0), im.shape[:2]  # im, hw_original, hw_resized
         return self.ims[i], self.im_hw0[i], self.im_hw[i]  # im, hw_original, hw_resized
 
@@ -179,10 +180,7 @@ class BaseDataset(Dataset):
 
     def get_label_info(self, index):
         label = self.labels[index].copy()
-        img, (h0, w0), (h, w) = self.load_image(index)
-        label["img"] = img
-        label["ori_shape"] = (h0, w0)
-        label["resized_shape"] = (h, w)
+        label["img"], label["ori_shape"], label["resized_shape"] = self.load_image(index)
         if self.rect:
             label["rect_shape"] = self.batch_shapes[self.batch[index]]
         label = self.update_labels_info(label)
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/build.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/build.py
index 669876a..1fa0cb2 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/build.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/build.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def build_dataloader(cfg, batch_size, img_path, stride=32, label_path=None, rank
             label_path=label_path,
             imgsz=cfg.imgsz,
             batch_size=batch_size,
-            augment=True if mode == "train" else False,  # augmentation
+            augment=mode == "train",  # augmentation
             hyp=cfg,  # TODO: probably add a get_hyps_from_cfg function
             rect=cfg.rect if mode == "train" else True,  # rectangular batches
             cache=None if cfg.noval else cfg.get("cache", None),
@@ -73,31 +73,25 @@ def build_dataloader(cfg, batch_size, img_path, stride=32, label_path=None, rank
             pad=0.0 if mode == "train" else 0.5,
             prefix=colorstr(f"{mode}: "),
             use_segments=cfg.task == "segment",
-            use_keypoints=cfg.task == "keypoint",
-        )
+            use_keypoints=cfg.task == "keypoint")
 
     batch_size = min(batch_size, len(dataset))
     nd = torch.cuda.device_count()  # number of CUDA devices
     workers = cfg.workers if mode == "train" else cfg.workers * 2
     nw = min([os.cpu_count() // max(nd, 1), batch_size if batch_size > 1 else 0, workers])  # number of workers
     sampler = None if rank == -1 else distributed.DistributedSampler(dataset, shuffle=shuffle)
-    loader = DataLoader if cfg.image_weights else InfiniteDataLoader  # only DataLoader allows for attribute updates
+    loader = DataLoader if cfg.image_weights or cfg.close_mosaic else InfiniteDataLoader  # allow attribute updates
     generator = torch.Generator()
     generator.manual_seed(6148914691236517205 + RANK)
-    return (
-        loader(
-            dataset=dataset,
-            batch_size=batch_size,
-            shuffle=shuffle and sampler is None,
-            num_workers=nw,
-            sampler=sampler,
-            pin_memory=PIN_MEMORY,
-            collate_fn=getattr(dataset, "collate_fn", None),
-            worker_init_fn=seed_worker,
-            generator=generator,
-        ),
-        dataset,
-    )
+    return loader(dataset=dataset,
+                  batch_size=batch_size,
+                  shuffle=shuffle and sampler is None,
+                  num_workers=nw,
+                  sampler=sampler,
+                  pin_memory=PIN_MEMORY,
+                  collate_fn=getattr(dataset, "collate_fn", None),
+                  worker_init_fn=seed_worker,
+                  generator=generator), dataset
 
 
 # build classification
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/dataset.py b/ultralytics/yolo/data/dataset.py
index 2ad939d..8b47343 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/data/dataset.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/dataset.py
@@ -124,13 +124,9 @@ class YOLODataset(BaseDataset):
 
     # TODO: use hyp config to set all these augmentations
     def build_transforms(self, hyp=None):
-        mosaic = self.augment and not self.rect
-        # mosaic = False
         if self.augment:
-            if mosaic:
-                transforms = mosaic_transforms(self.imgsz, hyp)
-            else:
-                transforms = affine_transforms(self.imgsz, hyp)
+            mosaic = self.augment and not self.rect
+            transforms = mosaic_transforms(self.imgsz, hyp) if mosaic else affine_transforms(self.imgsz, hyp)
         else:
             transforms = Compose([LetterBox(new_shape=(self.imgsz, self.imgsz))])
         transforms.append(
@@ -143,7 +139,7 @@ class YOLODataset(BaseDataset):
 
     def update_labels_info(self, label):
         """custom your label format here"""
-        # NOTE: cls is not with bboxes now, since other tasks like classification and semantic segmentation need a independent cls label
+        # NOTE: cls is not with bboxes now, classification and semantic segmentation need an independent cls label
         # we can make it also support classification and semantic segmentation by add or remove some dict keys there.
         bboxes = label.pop("bboxes")
         segments = label.pop("segments")
@@ -206,7 +202,7 @@ class ClassificationDataset(torchvision.datasets.ImageFolder):
             sample = self.album_transforms(image=cv2.cvtColor(im, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))["image"]
         else:
             sample = self.torch_transforms(im)
-        return OrderedDict(img=sample, cls=j)
+        return {'img': sample, 'cls': j}
 
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         return len(self.samples)
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/data/datasets/coco.yaml b/ultralytics/yolo/data/datasets/coco.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57aa9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/data/datasets/coco.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# YOLOv5 🚀 by Ultralytics, GPL-3.0 license
+# COCO 2017 dataset http://cocodataset.org by Microsoft
+# Example usage: python train.py --data coco.yaml
+# parent
+# ├── yolov5
+# └── datasets
+#     └── coco  ← downloads here (20.1 GB)
+
+
+# Train/val/test sets as 1) dir: path/to/imgs, 2) file: path/to/imgs.txt, or 3) list: [path/to/imgs1, path/to/imgs2, ..]
+path: ../datasets/coco  # dataset root dir
+train: train2017.txt  # train images (relative to 'path') 118287 images
+val: val2017.txt  # val images (relative to 'path') 5000 images
+test: test-dev2017.txt  # 20288 of 40670 images, submit to https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/20794
+
+# Classes
+names:
+  0: person
+  1: bicycle
+  2: car
+  3: motorcycle
+  4: airplane
+  5: bus
+  6: train
+  7: truck
+  8: boat
+  9: traffic light
+  10: fire hydrant
+  11: stop sign
+  12: parking meter
+  13: bench
+  14: bird
+  15: cat
+  16: dog
+  17: horse
+  18: sheep
+  19: cow
+  20: elephant
+  21: bear
+  22: zebra
+  23: giraffe
+  24: backpack
+  25: umbrella
+  26: handbag
+  27: tie
+  28: suitcase
+  29: frisbee
+  30: skis
+  31: snowboard
+  32: sports ball
+  33: kite
+  34: baseball bat
+  35: baseball glove
+  36: skateboard
+  37: surfboard
+  38: tennis racket
+  39: bottle
+  40: wine glass
+  41: cup
+  42: fork
+  43: knife
+  44: spoon
+  45: bowl
+  46: banana
+  47: apple
+  48: sandwich
+  49: orange
+  50: broccoli
+  51: carrot
+  52: hot dog
+  53: pizza
+  54: donut
+  55: cake
+  56: chair
+  57: couch
+  58: potted plant
+  59: bed
+  60: dining table
+  61: toilet
+  62: tv
+  63: laptop
+  64: mouse
+  65: remote
+  66: keyboard
+  67: cell phone
+  68: microwave
+  69: oven
+  70: toaster
+  71: sink
+  72: refrigerator
+  73: book
+  74: clock
+  75: vase
+  76: scissors
+  77: teddy bear
+  78: hair drier
+  79: toothbrush
+
+
+# Download script/URL (optional)
+download: |
+  from utils.general import download, Path
+  # Download labels
+  segments = True  # segment or box labels
+  dir = Path(yaml['path'])  # dataset root dir
+  url = 'https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5/releases/download/v1.0/'
+  urls = [url + ('coco2017labels-segments.zip' if segments else 'coco2017labels.zip')]  # labels
+  download(urls, dir=dir.parent)
+  # Download data
+  urls = ['http://images.cocodataset.org/zips/train2017.zip',  # 19G, 118k images
+          'http://images.cocodataset.org/zips/val2017.zip',  # 1G, 5k images
+          'http://images.cocodataset.org/zips/test2017.zip']  # 7G, 41k images (optional)
+  download(urls, dir=dir / 'images', threads=3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/predictor.py b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/predictor.py
index bfefc59..3e894e6 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/predictor.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/predictor.py
@@ -29,16 +29,14 @@ import platform
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import cv2
-import torch
 
 from ultralytics.yolo.data.dataloaders.stream_loaders import LoadImages, LoadScreenshots, LoadStreams
 from ultralytics.yolo.data.utils import IMG_FORMATS, VID_FORMATS, check_dataset, check_dataset_yaml
-from ultralytics.yolo.utils import LOGGER, ROOT, TQDM_BAR_FORMAT, colorstr, ops
+from ultralytics.yolo.utils import LOGGER, ROOT, colorstr, ops
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.checks import check_file, check_imshow
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.configs import get_config
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.files import increment_path
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.modeling.autobackend import AutoBackend
-from ultralytics.yolo.utils.plotting import Annotator
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.torch_utils import check_imgsz, select_device, smart_inference_mode
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = ROOT / "yolo/utils/configs/default.yaml"
@@ -125,11 +123,7 @@ class BasePredictor:
 
     @smart_inference_mode()
     def __call__(self, source=None, model=None):
-        if not self.done_setup:
-            model = self.setup(source, model)
-        else:
-            model = self.model
-
+        model = self.model if self.done_setup else self.setup(source, model)
         self.seen, self.windows, self.dt = 0, [], (ops.Profile(), ops.Profile(), ops.Profile())
         for batch in self.dataset:
             path, im, im0s, vid_cap, s = batch
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
index ac9770a..c1e5352 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class BaseTrainer:
 
         # device
         self.device = utils.torch_utils.select_device(self.args.device, self.batch_size)
-        self.scaler = amp.GradScaler(enabled=self.device.type != 'cpu')
+        self.amp = self.device.type != 'cpu'
+        self.scaler = amp.GradScaler(enabled=self.amp)
 
         # Model and Dataloaders.
         self.model = self.args.model
@@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ class BaseTrainer:
         nw = max(round(self.args.warmup_epochs * nb), 100)  # number of warmup iterations
         last_opt_step = -1
         self.trigger_callbacks("on_train_start")
+        self.log(f"Image sizes {self.args.imgsz} train, {self.args.imgsz} val\n"
+                 f'Using {self.train_loader.num_workers * (world_size or 1)} dataloader workers\n'
+                 f"Logging results to {colorstr('bold', self.save_dir)}\n"
+                 f"Starting training for {self.epochs} epochs...")
         for epoch in range(self.start_epoch, self.epochs):
             self.epoch = epoch
             self.trigger_callbacks("on_train_epoch_start")
@@ -189,8 +194,6 @@ class BaseTrainer:
             self.optimizer.zero_grad()
             for i, batch in pbar:
                 self.trigger_callbacks("on_train_batch_start")
-                # forward
-                batch = self.preprocess_batch(batch)
 
                 # warmup
                 ni = i + nb * epoch
@@ -204,17 +207,20 @@ class BaseTrainer:
                         if 'momentum' in x:
                             x['momentum'] = np.interp(ni, xi, [self.args.warmup_momentum, self.args.momentum])
 
-                preds = self.model(batch["img"])
-                self.loss, self.loss_items = self.criterion(preds, batch)
-                if rank != -1:
-                    self.loss *= world_size
-                self.tloss = (self.tloss * i + self.loss_items) / (i + 1) if self.tloss is not None \
-                    else self.loss_items
-
-                # backward
+                # Forward
+                with torch.cuda.amp.autocast(self.amp):
+                    batch = self.preprocess_batch(batch)
+                    preds = self.model(batch["img"])
+                    self.loss, self.loss_items = self.criterion(preds, batch)
+                    if rank != -1:
+                        self.loss *= world_size
+                    self.tloss = (self.tloss * i + self.loss_items) / (i + 1) if self.tloss is not None \
+                        else self.loss_items
+
+                # Backward
                 self.scaler.scale(self.loss).backward()
 
-                # optimize
+                # Optimize - https://pytorch.org/docs/master/notes/amp_examples.html
                 if ni - last_opt_step >= self.accumulate:
                     self.optimizer_step()
                     last_opt_step = ni
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ class BaseTrainer:
             self.scheduler.step()
             self.trigger_callbacks("on_train_epoch_end")
 
-            if rank in [-1, 0]:
+            if rank in {-1, 0}:
                 # validation
                 self.trigger_callbacks('on_val_start')
                 self.ema.update_attr(self.model, include=['yaml', 'nc', 'args', 'names', 'stride', 'class_weights'])
@@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ class BaseTrainer:
                 if not self.args.noval or final_epoch:
                     self.metrics, self.fitness = self.validate()
                 self.trigger_callbacks('on_val_end')
-                log_vals = self.label_loss_items(self.tloss) | self.metrics | lr
+                log_vals = {**self.label_loss_items(self.tloss), **self.metrics, **lr}
                 self.save_metrics(metrics=log_vals)
 
                 # save model
@@ -259,12 +265,13 @@ class BaseTrainer:
 
             # TODO: termination condition
 
-        if rank in [-1, 0]:
+        if rank in {-1, 0}:
             # do the last evaluation with best.pt
+            self.log(f'\n{epoch - self.start_epoch + 1} epochs completed in '
+                     f'{(time.time() - self.train_time_start) / 3600:.3f} hours.')
             self.final_eval()
             if self.args.plots:
                 self.plot_metrics()
-            self.log(f"\nTraining complete ({(time.time() - self.train_time_start) / 3600:.3f} hours)")
             self.log(f"Results saved to {colorstr('bold', self.save_dir)}")
             self.trigger_callbacks('on_train_end')
         dist.destroy_process_group() if world_size > 1 else None
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/validator.py b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/validator.py
index 7be8442..b150614 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/validator.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/validator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import torch
@@ -9,10 +8,9 @@ from ultralytics.yolo.data.utils import check_dataset, check_dataset_yaml
 from ultralytics.yolo.engine.trainer import DEFAULT_CONFIG
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils import LOGGER, TQDM_BAR_FORMAT
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.files import increment_path
-from ultralytics.yolo.utils.modeling import get_model
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.modeling.autobackend import AutoBackend
 from ultralytics.yolo.utils.ops import Profile
-from ultralytics.yolo.utils.torch_utils import check_imgsz, de_parallel, select_device
+from ultralytics.yolo.utils.torch_utils import check_imgsz, de_parallel, select_device, smart_inference_mode
 
 
 class BaseValidator:
@@ -32,8 +30,9 @@ class BaseValidator:
         self.training = True
         self.speed = None
         self.save_dir = save_dir if save_dir is not None else \
-                increment_path(Path(self.args.project) / self.args.name, exist_ok=self.args.exist_ok)
+            increment_path(Path(self.args.project) / self.args.name, exist_ok=self.args.exist_ok)
 
+    @smart_inference_mode()
     def __call__(self, trainer=None, model=None):
         """
         Supports validation of a pre-trained model if passed or a model being trained
@@ -76,35 +75,34 @@ class BaseValidator:
         dt = Profile(), Profile(), Profile(), Profile()
         n_batches = len(self.dataloader)
         desc = self.get_desc()
-        # NOTE: keeping this `not self.training` in tqdm will eliminate pbar after finishing segmantation evaluation during training,
-        # so I removed it, not sure if this will affect classification task cause I saw we use this arg in yolov5/classify/val.py.
+        # NOTE: keeping `not self.training` in tqdm will eliminate pbar after segmentation evaluation during training,
+        # which may affect classification task since this arg is in yolov5/classify/val.py.
         # bar = tqdm(self.dataloader, desc, n_batches, not self.training, bar_format=TQDM_BAR_FORMAT)
         bar = tqdm(self.dataloader, desc, n_batches, bar_format=TQDM_BAR_FORMAT)
         self.init_metrics(de_parallel(model))
-        with torch.no_grad():
-            for batch_i, batch in enumerate(bar):
-                self.batch_i = batch_i
-                # pre-process
-                with dt[0]:
-                    batch = self.preprocess(batch)
-
-                # inference
-                with dt[1]:
-                    preds = model(batch["img"])
-
-                # loss
-                with dt[2]:
-                    if self.training:
-                        self.loss += trainer.criterion(preds, batch)[1]
-
-                # pre-process predictions
-                with dt[3]:
-                    preds = self.postprocess(preds)
-
-                self.update_metrics(preds, batch)
-                if self.args.plots and batch_i < 3:
-                    self.plot_val_samples(batch, batch_i)
-                    self.plot_predictions(batch, preds, batch_i)
+        for batch_i, batch in enumerate(bar):
+            self.batch_i = batch_i
+            # pre-process
+            with dt[0]:
+                batch = self.preprocess(batch)
+
+            # inference
+            with dt[1]:
+                preds = model(batch["img"])
+
+            # loss
+            with dt[2]:
+                if self.training:
+                    self.loss += trainer.criterion(preds, batch)[1]
+
+            # pre-process predictions
+            with dt[3]:
+                preds = self.postprocess(preds)
+
+            self.update_metrics(preds, batch)
+            if self.args.plots and batch_i < 3:
+                self.plot_val_samples(batch, batch_i)
+                self.plot_predictions(batch, preds, batch_i)
 
         stats = self.get_stats()
         self.check_stats(stats)
@@ -113,22 +111,21 @@ class BaseValidator:
 
         # calculate speed only once when training
         if not self.training or trainer.epoch == 0:
-            t = tuple(x.t / len(self.dataloader.dataset) * 1E3 for x in dt)  # speeds per image
-            self.speed = t
+            self.speed = tuple(x.t / len(self.dataloader.dataset) * 1E3 for x in dt)  # speeds per image
 
-            if not self.training:  # print only at inference
-                self.logger.info(
-                    'Speed: %.1fms pre-process, %.1fms inference, %.1fms loss, %.1fms post-process per image' % t)
+        if not self.training:  # print only at inference
+            self.logger.info('Speed: %.1fms pre-process, %.1fms inference, %.1fms loss, %.1fms post-process per image' %
+                             self.speed)
 
         if self.training:
             model.float()
         # TODO: implement save json
 
-        return stats | trainer.label_loss_items(self.loss.cpu() / len(self.dataloader), prefix="val") \
-                if self.training else stats
+        return {**stats, **trainer.label_loss_items(self.loss.cpu() / len(self.dataloader), prefix="val")} \
+            if self.training else stats
 
     def get_dataloader(self, dataset_path, batch_size):
-        raise Exception("get_dataloder function not implemented for this validator")
+        raise NotImplementedError("get_dataloader function not implemented for this validator")
 
     def preprocess(self, batch):
         return batch
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/__init__.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/__init__.py
index f8f21f4..7d234b4 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ NUM_THREADS = min(8, max(1, os.cpu_count() - 1))  # number of YOLOv5 multiproces
 AUTOINSTALL = str(os.getenv('YOLOv5_AUTOINSTALL', True)).lower() == 'true'  # global auto-install mode
 FONT = 'Arial.ttf'  # https://ultralytics.com/assets/Arial.ttf
 VERBOSE = str(os.getenv('YOLOv5_VERBOSE', True)).lower() == 'true'  # global verbose mode
-TQDM_BAR_FORMAT = '{l_bar}{bar:10}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt} {elapsed}'  # tqdm bar format
+TQDM_BAR_FORMAT = '{l_bar}{bar:10}{r_bar}'  # tqdm bar format
 LOGGING_NAME = 'yolov5'
 
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/clearml.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/clearml.py
index 8d4bfe8..946ca0b 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/clearml.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/clearml.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ def on_train_start(trainer):
 def on_val_end(trainer):
     if trainer.epoch == 0:
         model_info = {
-            "Inference speed (ms/img)": round(trainer.validator.speed[1], 1),
+            "Parameters": get_num_params(trainer.model),
             "GFLOPs": round(get_flops(trainer.model), 1),
-            "Parameters": get_num_params(trainer.model)}
+            "Inference speed (ms/img)": round(trainer.validator.speed[1], 1)}
         Task.current_task().connect(model_info, name='Model')
 
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/tb.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/tb.py
index 5fe4d28..b442424 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/tb.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/callbacks/tb.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ def _log_scalars(scalars, step=0):
 def on_train_start(trainer):
     global writer
     writer = SummaryWriter(str(trainer.save_dir))
-    trainer.console.info(f"Logging results to {trainer.save_dir}\n"
-                         f"Starting training for {trainer.args.epochs} epochs...")
 
 
 def on_batch_end(trainer):
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/configs/default.yaml b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/configs/default.yaml
index 5ef0de6..e40cb83 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/configs/default.yaml
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/configs/default.yaml
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ local_rank: -1
 single_cls: False  # train multi-class data as single-class
 image_weights: False  # use weighted image selection for training
 rect: False  # support rectangular training
-cos_lr: False # Use cosine LR scheduler
+cos_lr: False  # use cosine LR scheduler
+close_mosaic: 10  # disable mosaic for final 10 epochs
 # Segmentation
 overlap_mask: True  # masks overlap
 mask_ratio: 4  # mask downsample ratio
 # Classification
-dropout: False # use dropout
+dropout: False  # use dropout
 resume: False
 
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/modeling/__init__.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/modeling/__init__.py
index 48a5917..9cedfa2 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/modeling/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/modeling/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def attempt_load_weights(weights, device=None, inplace=True, fuse=True):
 
 def parse_model(d, ch):  # model_dict, input_channels(3)
     # Parse a YOLOv5 model.yaml dictionary
-    LOGGER.info(f"\n{'':>3}{'from':>18}{'n':>3}{'params':>10}  {'module':<40}{'arguments':<30}")
+    LOGGER.info(f"\n{'':>3}{'from':>18}{'n':>3}{'params':>10}  {'module':<50}{'arguments':<30}")
     nc, gd, gw, act = d['nc'], d['depth_multiple'], d['width_multiple'], d.get('activation')
     if act:
         Conv.default_act = eval(act)  # redefine default activation, i.e. Conv.default_act = nn.SiLU()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def parse_model(d, ch):  # model_dict, input_channels(3)
         t = str(m)[8:-2].replace('__main__.', '')  # module type
         m.np = sum(x.numel() for x in m_.parameters())  # number params
         m_.i, m_.f, m_.type = i, f, t  # attach index, 'from' index, type
-        LOGGER.info(f'{i:>3}{str(f):>18}{n_:>3}{m.np:10.0f}  {t:<40}{str(args):<30}')  # print
+        LOGGER.info(f'{i:>3}{str(f):>18}{n_:>3}{m.np:10.0f}  {t:<50}{str(args):<30}')  # print
         save.extend(x % i for x in ([f] if isinstance(f, int) else f) if x != -1)  # append to savelist
         layers.append(m_)
         if i == 0:
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/ops.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/ops.py
index eb289f6..75f2975 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/ops.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/ops.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ def scale_boxes(img1_shape, boxes, img0_shape, ratio_pad=None):
         gain = ratio_pad[0][0]
         pad = ratio_pad[1]
 
-    boxes[:, [0, 2]] -= pad[0]  # x padding
-    boxes[:, [1, 3]] -= pad[1]  # y padding
-    boxes[:, :4] /= gain
+    boxes[..., [0, 2]] -= pad[0]  # x padding
+    boxes[..., [1, 3]] -= pad[1]  # y padding
+    boxes[..., :4] /= gain
     clip_boxes(boxes, img0_shape)
     return boxes
 
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ def scale_boxes(img1_shape, boxes, img0_shape, ratio_pad=None):
 def clip_boxes(boxes, shape):
     # Clip boxes (xyxy) to image shape (height, width)
     if isinstance(boxes, torch.Tensor):  # faster individually
-        boxes[:, 0].clamp_(0, shape[1])  # x1
-        boxes[:, 1].clamp_(0, shape[0])  # y1
-        boxes[:, 2].clamp_(0, shape[1])  # x2
-        boxes[:, 3].clamp_(0, shape[0])  # y2
+        boxes[..., 0].clamp_(0, shape[1])  # x1
+        boxes[..., 1].clamp_(0, shape[0])  # y1
+        boxes[..., 2].clamp_(0, shape[1])  # x2
+        boxes[..., 3].clamp_(0, shape[0])  # y2
     else:  # np.array (faster grouped)
-        boxes[:, [0, 2]] = boxes[:, [0, 2]].clip(0, shape[1])  # x1, x2
-        boxes[:, [1, 3]] = boxes[:, [1, 3]].clip(0, shape[0])  # y1, y2
+        boxes[..., [0, 2]] = boxes[..., [0, 2]].clip(0, shape[1])  # x1, x2
+        boxes[..., [1, 3]] = boxes[..., [1, 3]].clip(0, shape[0])  # y1, y2
 
 
 def make_divisible(x, divisor):
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ def non_max_suppression(
          list of detections, on (n,6) tensor per image [xyxy, conf, cls]
     """
 
+    # Checks
+    assert 0 <= conf_thres <= 1, f'Invalid Confidence threshold {conf_thres}, valid values are between 0.0 and 1.0'
+    assert 0 <= iou_thres <= 1, f'Invalid IoU {iou_thres}, valid values are between 0.0 and 1.0'
     if isinstance(prediction, (list, tuple)):  # YOLOv5 model in validation model, output = (inference_out, loss_out)
         prediction = prediction[0]  # select only inference output
 
@@ -118,10 +121,6 @@ def non_max_suppression(
     mi = 4 + nc  # mask start index
     xc = prediction[:, 4:mi].amax(1) > conf_thres  # candidates
 
-    # Checks
-    assert 0 <= conf_thres <= 1, f'Invalid Confidence threshold {conf_thres}, valid values are between 0.0 and 1.0'
-    assert 0 <= iou_thres <= 1, f'Invalid IoU {iou_thres}, valid values are between 0.0 and 1.0'
-
     # Settings
     # min_wh = 2  # (pixels) minimum box width and height
     max_wh = 7680  # (pixels) maximum box width and height
@@ -172,17 +171,13 @@ def non_max_suppression(
         n = x.shape[0]  # number of boxes
         if not n:  # no boxes
             continue
-        elif n > max_nms:  # excess boxes
-            x = x[x[:, 4].argsort(descending=True)[:max_nms]]  # sort by confidence
-        else:
-            x = x[x[:, 4].argsort(descending=True)]  # sort by confidence
+        x = x[x[:, 4].argsort(descending=True)[:max_nms]]  # sort by confidence and remove excess boxes
 
         # Batched NMS
         c = x[:, 5:6] * (0 if agnostic else max_wh)  # classes
         boxes, scores = x[:, :4] + c, x[:, 4]  # boxes (offset by class), scores
         i = torchvision.ops.nms(boxes, scores, iou_thres)  # NMS
-        if i.shape[0] > max_det:  # limit detections
-            i = i[:max_det]
+        i = i[:max_det]  # limit detections
         if merge and (1 < n < 3E3):  # Merge NMS (boxes merged using weighted mean)
             # update boxes as boxes(i,4) = weights(i,n) * boxes(n,4)
             iou = box_iou(boxes[i], boxes) > iou_thres  # iou matrix
@@ -244,20 +239,50 @@ def scale_image(im1_shape, masks, im0_shape, ratio_pad=None):
 def xyxy2xywh(x):
     # Convert nx4 boxes from [x1, y1, x2, y2] to [x, y, w, h] where xy1=top-left, xy2=bottom-right
     y = x.clone() if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.copy(x)
-    y[:, 0] = (x[:, 0] + x[:, 2]) / 2  # x center
-    y[:, 1] = (x[:, 1] + x[:, 3]) / 2  # y center
-    y[:, 2] = x[:, 2] - x[:, 0]  # width
-    y[:, 3] = x[:, 3] - x[:, 1]  # height
+    y[..., 0] = (x[..., 0] + x[..., 2]) / 2  # x center
+    y[..., 1] = (x[..., 1] + x[..., 3]) / 2  # y center
+    y[..., 2] = x[..., 2] - x[..., 0]  # width
+    y[..., 3] = x[..., 3] - x[..., 1]  # height
     return y
 
 
 def xywh2xyxy(x):
     # Convert nx4 boxes from [x, y, w, h] to [x1, y1, x2, y2] where xy1=top-left, xy2=bottom-right
     y = x.clone() if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.copy(x)
-    y[:, 0] = x[:, 0] - x[:, 2] / 2  # top left x
-    y[:, 1] = x[:, 1] - x[:, 3] / 2  # top left y
-    y[:, 2] = x[:, 0] + x[:, 2] / 2  # bottom right x
-    y[:, 3] = x[:, 1] + x[:, 3] / 2  # bottom right y
+    y[..., 0] = x[..., 0] - x[..., 2] / 2  # top left x
+    y[..., 1] = x[..., 1] - x[..., 3] / 2  # top left y
+    y[..., 2] = x[..., 0] + x[..., 2] / 2  # bottom right x
+    y[..., 3] = x[..., 1] + x[..., 3] / 2  # bottom right y
+    return y
+
+
+def xywhn2xyxy(x, w=640, h=640, padw=0, padh=0):
+    # Convert nx4 boxes from [x, y, w, h] normalized to [x1, y1, x2, y2] where xy1=top-left, xy2=bottom-right
+    y = x.clone() if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.copy(x)
+    y[..., 0] = w * (x[..., 0] - x[..., 2] / 2) + padw  # top left x
+    y[..., 1] = h * (x[..., 1] - x[..., 3] / 2) + padh  # top left y
+    y[..., 2] = w * (x[..., 0] + x[..., 2] / 2) + padw  # bottom right x
+    y[..., 3] = h * (x[..., 1] + x[..., 3] / 2) + padh  # bottom right y
+    return y
+
+
+def xyxy2xywhn(x, w=640, h=640, clip=False, eps=0.0):
+    # Convert nx4 boxes from [x1, y1, x2, y2] to [x, y, w, h] normalized where xy1=top-left, xy2=bottom-right
+    if clip:
+        clip_boxes(x, (h - eps, w - eps))  # warning: inplace clip
+    y = x.clone() if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.copy(x)
+    y[..., 0] = ((x[..., 0] + x[..., 2]) / 2) / w  # x center
+    y[..., 1] = ((x[..., 1] + x[..., 3]) / 2) / h  # y center
+    y[..., 2] = (x[..., 2] - x[..., 0]) / w  # width
+    y[..., 3] = (x[..., 3] - x[..., 1]) / h  # height
+    return y
+
+
+def xyn2xy(x, w=640, h=640, padw=0, padh=0):
+    # Convert normalized segments into pixel segments, shape (n,2)
+    y = x.clone() if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.copy(x)
+    y[..., 0] = w * x[..., 0] + padw  # top left x
+    y[..., 1] = h * x[..., 1] + padh  # top left y
     return y
 
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/torch_utils.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/torch_utils.py
index 08f9031..a61c669 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/torch_utils.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/torch_utils.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ WORLD_SIZE = int(os.getenv('WORLD_SIZE', 1))
 @contextmanager
 def torch_distributed_zero_first(local_rank: int):
     # Decorator to make all processes in distributed training wait for each local_master to do something
-    if local_rank not in [-1, 0]:
+    if local_rank not in {-1, 0}:
         dist.barrier(device_ids=[local_rank])
     yield
     if local_rank == 0:
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/predict.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/predict.py
index a869a7a..9f07b5a 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/predict.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/predict.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ClassificationPredictor(BasePredictor):
         return log_string
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def predict(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "squeezenet1_0"
     sz = cfg.imgsz
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
index 4f436f4..2b98de6 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ClassificationTrainer(BaseTrainer):
         pass
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def train(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "resnet18"
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "imagenette160"  # or yolo.ClassificationDataset("mnist")
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/val.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/val.py
index 006459e..9620e7f 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/val.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/val.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ClassificationValidator(BaseValidator):
         return ["top1", "top5"]
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def val(cfg):
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "imagenette160"
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "resnet18"
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/predict.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/predict.py
index 01c3df3..d537e64 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/predict.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/predict.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class DetectionPredictor(BasePredictor):
         return log_string
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def predict(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "n.pt"
     sz = cfg.imgsz
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/train.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/train.py
index b361eab..dc31332 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/train.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/train.py
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ class DetectionTrainer(BaseTrainer):
                                             args=self.args)
 
     def criterion(self, preds, batch):
-        return Loss(self.model)(preds, batch)
+        if not hasattr(self, 'compute_loss'):
+            self.compute_loss = Loss(de_parallel(self.model))
+        return self.compute_loss(preds, batch)
 
     def label_loss_items(self, loss_items=None, prefix="train"):
         # We should just use named tensors here in future
@@ -61,8 +63,8 @@ class DetectionTrainer(BaseTrainer):
         return dict(zip(keys, loss_items)) if loss_items is not None else keys
 
     def progress_string(self):
-        return ('\n' + '%11s' * 6) % \
-               ('Epoch', 'GPU_mem', *self.loss_names, 'Size')
+        return ('\n' + '%11s' * 7) % \
+               ('Epoch', 'GPU_mem', *self.loss_names, 'Instances', 'Size')
 
     def plot_training_samples(self, batch, ni):
         images = batch["img"]
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class DetectionTrainer(BaseTrainer):
 # Criterion class for computing training losses
 class Loss:
 
-    def __init__(self, model):
+    def __init__(self, model):  # model must be de-paralleled
 
         device = next(model.parameters()).device  # get model device
         h = model.args  # hyperparameters
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ class Loss:
         # Class label smoothing https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.04103.pdf eqn 3
         self.cp, self.cn = smooth_BCE(eps=h.get("label_smoothing", 0.0))  # positive, negative BCE targets
 
-        m = de_parallel(model).model[-1]  # Detect() module
+        m = model.model[-1]  # Detect() module
         self.BCEcls = BCEcls
         self.hyp = h
         self.stride = m.stride  # model strides
@@ -169,12 +171,12 @@ class Loss:
         return loss.sum() * batch_size, loss.detach()  # loss(box, cls, dfl)
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def train(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "models/yolov8n.yaml"
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "coco128.yaml"  # or yolo.ClassificationDataset("mnist")
-    cfg.imgsz = 160
-    cfg.epochs = 5
+    # cfg.imgsz = 160
+    # cfg.epochs = 5
     trainer = DetectionTrainer(cfg)
     trainer.train()
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/val.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/val.py
index 63bfe2f..d2a32b4 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/val.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/detect/val.py
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ class DetectionValidator(BaseValidator):
         if len(stats) and stats[0].any():
             self.metrics.process(*stats)
         self.nt_per_class = np.bincount(stats[-1].astype(int), minlength=self.nc)  # number of targets per class
-        metrics = {"fitness": self.metrics.fitness()}
-        metrics |= zip(self.metric_keys, self.metrics.mean_results())
-        return metrics
+        fitness = {"fitness": self.metrics.fitness()}
+        metrics = dict(zip(self.metric_keys, self.metrics.mean_results()))
+        return {**metrics, **fitness}
 
     def print_results(self):
         pf = '%22s' + '%11i' * 2 + '%11.3g' * len(self.metric_keys)  # print format
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class DetectionValidator(BaseValidator):
                     names=self.names)  # pred
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def val(cfg):
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "coco128.yaml"
     validator = DetectionValidator(args=cfg)
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/predict.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/predict.py
index aaa4437..4403635 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/predict.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/predict.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class SegmentationPredictor(DetectionPredictor):
         return log_string
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def predict(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "n.pt"
     sz = cfg.imgsz
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/train.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/train.py
index 5dd0f59..5e7f00b 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/train.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/train.py
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ class SegmentationTrainer(DetectionTrainer):
         return dict(zip(keys, loss_items)) if loss_items is not None else keys
 
     def progress_string(self):
-        return ('\n' + '%11s' * 7) % \
-               ('Epoch', 'GPU_mem', *self.loss_names, 'Size')
+        return ('\n' + '%11s' * 8) % \
+               ('Epoch', 'GPU_mem', *self.loss_names, 'Instances', 'Size')
 
     def plot_training_samples(self, batch, ni):
         images = batch["img"]
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class SegmentationTrainer(DetectionTrainer):
         plot_results(file=self.csv, segment=True)  # save results.png
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def train(cfg):
     cfg.model = cfg.model or "models/yolov8n-seg.yaml"
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "coco128-seg.yaml"  # or yolo.ClassificationDataset("mnist")
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/val.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/val.py
index a8537f8..df36a34 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/val.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/segment/val.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class SegmentationValidator(DetectionValidator):
         self.plot_masks.clear()
 
 
-@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent, config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
+@hydra.main(version_base=None, config_path=str(DEFAULT_CONFIG.parent), config_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG.name)
 def val(cfg):
     cfg.data = cfg.data or "coco128-seg.yaml"
     validator = SegmentationValidator(args=cfg)