From 7a4edb1cd8f0c397bd16b19bcb67c4e0b7f40fd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik81 <devnull81@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:41:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: When total epochs is less than cpu cores

---
 freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
index 66ea18bd1..ee3f4d2c4 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ class Hyperopt:
         cpus = cpu_count()
         logger.info(f"Found {cpus} CPU cores. Let's make them scream!")
         config_jobs = self.config.get('hyperopt_jobs', -1)
+        if self.total_epochs < cpus:
+            config_jobs = self.total_epochs
         logger.info(f'Number of parallel jobs set as: {config_jobs}')
 
         self.dimensions: List[Dimension] = self.hyperopt_space()