diff --git a/inferno/trainers/callbacks/tqdm.py b/inferno/trainers/callbacks/tqdm.py
index 4d5d2cb5..4ee68609 100644
--- a/inferno/trainers/callbacks/tqdm.py
+++ b/inferno/trainers/callbacks/tqdm.py
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.is_training = False
         self.is_validation = False
 
+    def get_config(self):
+        config_dict = super(TQDMProgressBar, self).get_config()
+        config_dict.update({'epoch_bar': None})
+        config_dict.update({'outer_bar': None})
+        return config_dict
+
     def bind_trainer(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(TQDMProgressBar, self).bind_trainer(*args, **kwargs)
         self.trainer.console.toggle_progress(False)
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ def begin_of_fit(self, max_num_epochs, **_):
             self.outer_bar = tqdm(total=max_num_epochs, position=0, dynamic_ncols=True)
         else:
             self.outer_bar = tqdm(total=1000, position=0, dynamic_ncols=True)
+
+        self.outer_bar.update(self.trainer._epoch_count)
         self.outer_bar.set_description("Epochs")
 
     def end_of_fit(self, **_):