diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index 587b6465..05c3fc1a 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -244,7 +244,9 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
     # -----------------------------
     def fit(self, model):
 
+        # give model convenience properties
         model.trainer = self
+        model.experiment = self.experiment
 
         # transfer data loaders from model
         self.__get_dataloaders(model)
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/root_module/model_saving.py b/pytorch_lightning/root_module/model_saving.py
index b3b178e0..3d150752 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/root_module/model_saving.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/root_module/model_saving.py
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class TrainerIO(object):
         # save exp to make sure we get all the metrics
         experiment.save()
 
+        # close experiment to avoid issues
+        experiment.close()
+
         ckpt_number = self.max_ckpt_in_folder(folderpath) + 1
 
         if not os.path.exists(folderpath):
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/root_module/root_module.py b/pytorch_lightning/root_module/root_module.py
index 537ec277..2349e7e4 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/root_module/root_module.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/root_module/root_module.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class LightningModule(GradInformation, ModelIO, OptimizerConfig, ModelHooks):
         self.gradient_clip = hparams.gradient_clip
         self.trainer = None
         self.from_lightning = True
+        self.experiment = None
 
         # track if gpu was requested for checkpointing
         self.on_gpu = False