diff --git a/examples/basic_examples/lightning_module_template.py b/examples/basic_examples/lightning_module_template.py
index c977fc14..517bf9a0 100644
--- a/examples/basic_examples/lightning_module_template.py
+++ b/examples/basic_examples/lightning_module_template.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class LightningTemplateModel(LightningModule):
         val_loss_mean /= len(outputs)
         val_acc_mean /= len(outputs)
         tqdm_dict = {'val_loss': val_loss_mean, 'val_acc': val_acc_mean}
-        result = {'progress_bar': tqdm_dict, 'log': tqdm_dict}
+        result = {'progress_bar': tqdm_dict, 'log': tqdm_dict, 'val_loss': val_loss_mean}
         return result
 
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