diff --git a/src/learn/autograd.h b/src/learn/autograd.h
index 2b0eee3a..afbcc41b 100644
--- a/src/learn/autograd.h
+++ b/src/learn/autograd.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <optional>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace Learner
 {
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ namespace Learner
         {
             return { std::abs(value), std::abs(grad) };
         }
+
+        ValueWithGrad clamp_grad(T max) const
+        {
+            return { value, std::clamp(grad, -max, max) };
+        }
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/learn/learn.cpp b/src/learn/learn.cpp
index 83229c61..0b04d034 100644
--- a/src/learn/learn.cpp
+++ b/src/learn/learn.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ namespace Learner
         auto loss_ = result_ - entropy_;
 
         auto args = std::tuple((double)shallow, (double)teacher_signal, (double)result, calculate_lambda(teacher_signal));
-        return loss_.eval(args);
+        return loss_.eval(args).clamp_grad(max_grad);
     }
 
     static auto get_loss(