diff --git a/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py b/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
index 7910c341..5eabb384 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 from instructlab.dolomite.hf_models import GPTDolomiteForCausalLM
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, get_scheduler
 import torch
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ def train(
     lr_scheduler,
     accelerator: Accelerator,
     tokenizer,
-    train_loader,
+    train_loader: DataLoader,
     grad_accum,
     metric_logger,
 ):
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ def train(
                         "total_loss": float(log_loss / num_loss_counted_tokens),
                         "samples_seen": samples_seen,
                         "gradnorm": global_grad_norm,
+                        "total_samples": len(train_loader.dataset),
                         # "weight_norm": weight_norm,
                     }
                 )
@@ -620,6 +622,7 @@ def main(args):
                 "num_batches": len(train_loader),
                 "avg_samples_per_batch": len(dataset) / len(train_loader),
                 "samples_per_gpu": args.samples_per_gpu,
+                "total_samples": len(dataset),  # emit the total number of samples
             }
         )