diff --git a/freqtrade/freqai/RL/BaseEnvironment.py b/freqtrade/freqai/RL/BaseEnvironment.py
index 5a90d381e..5a5a950e7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqai/RL/BaseEnvironment.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqai/RL/BaseEnvironment.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class BaseEnvironment(gym.Env):
         self.np_random, seed = seeding.np_random(seed)
         return [seed]
 
-    def tensorboard_log(self, metric: str, inc: Union[int, float] = 1):
+    def tensorboard_log(self, metric: str, value: Union[int, float] = 1, inc: bool = True):
         """
         Function builds the tensorboard_metrics dictionary
         to be parsed by the TensorboardCallback. This
@@ -155,12 +155,13 @@ class BaseEnvironment(gym.Env):
                 return -2
 
         :param metric: metric to be tracked and incremented
-        :param inc: value to increment `metric` by
+        :param value: value to increment `metric` by
+        :param inc: sets whether the `value` is incremented or not
         """
-        if metric not in self.tensorboard_metrics:
-            self.tensorboard_metrics[metric] = inc
+        if not inc or metric not in self.tensorboard_metrics:
+            self.tensorboard_metrics[metric] = value
         else:
-            self.tensorboard_metrics[metric] += inc
+            self.tensorboard_metrics[metric] += value
 
     def reset_tensorboard_log(self):
         self.tensorboard_metrics = {}