diff --git a/pypots/clustering/crli/model.py b/pypots/clustering/crli/model.py
index a5248838..a6133dae 100644
--- a/pypots/clustering/crli/model.py
+++ b/pypots/clustering/crli/model.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def _train_model(
                         results["discrimination_loss"].backward(retain_graph=True)
                         self.D_optimizer.step()
                         step_train_loss_D_collector.append(
-                            results["discrimination_loss"].item()
+                            results["discrimination_loss"].sum().item()
                         )
 
                     for _ in range(self.G_steps):
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def _train_model(
                         results["generation_loss"].backward()
                         self.G_optimizer.step()
                         step_train_loss_G_collector.append(
-                            results["generation_loss"].item()
+                            results["generation_loss"].sum().item()
                         )
 
                     mean_step_train_D_loss = np.mean(step_train_loss_D_collector)
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ def _train_model(
                     )
                     mean_loss = mean_val_G_loss
                 else:
-
                     logger.info(
                         f"epoch {epoch}: "
                         f"training loss_generator {mean_epoch_train_G_loss:.4f}, "
@@ -354,8 +353,8 @@ def fit(
             shuffle=True,
             num_workers=self.num_workers,
         )
-
         val_loader = None
+
         if val_set is not None:
             val_set = DatasetForCRLI(val_set, return_labels=False, file_type=file_type)
             val_loader = DataLoader(
diff --git a/pypots/clustering/crli/modules/core.py b/pypots/clustering/crli/modules/core.py
index cbca6356..e985d15f 100644
--- a/pypots/clustering/crli/modules/core.py
+++ b/pypots/clustering/crli/modules/core.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def __init__(
             n_init=10,  # FutureWarning: The default value of `n_init` will change from 10 to 'auto' in 1.4. Set the
             # value of `n_init` explicitly to suppress the warning.
         )
+        self.term_F = None
+        self.counter_for_updating_F = 0
 
         self.n_clusters = n_clusters
         self.lambda_kmeans = lambda_kmeans
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ def forward(
     ) -> dict:
         X = inputs["X"]
         missing_mask = inputs["missing_mask"]
-        batch_size, n_steps, n_features = X.shape
         losses = {}
 
         # concat final states from generator and input it as the initial state of decoder
@@ -91,10 +92,17 @@ def forward(
             l_pre = cal_mse(inputs["imputation_latent"], X, missing_mask)
             l_rec = cal_mse(inputs["reconstruction"], X, missing_mask)
             HTH = torch.matmul(inputs["fcn_latent"], inputs["fcn_latent"].permute(1, 0))
-            term_F = torch.nn.init.orthogonal_(
-                torch.randn(batch_size, self.n_clusters, device=self.device), gain=1
+
+            if (
+                self.counter_for_updating_F == 0
+                or self.counter_for_updating_F % 10 == 0
+            ):
+                U, s, V = torch.linalg.svd(fcn_latent)
+                self.term_F = U[:, : self.n_clusters]
+
+            FTHTHF = torch.matmul(
+                torch.matmul(self.term_F.permute(1, 0), HTH), self.term_F
             )
-            FTHTHF = torch.matmul(torch.matmul(term_F.permute(1, 0), HTH), term_F)
             l_kmeans = torch.trace(HTH) - torch.trace(FTHTHF)  # k-means loss
             loss_gene = l_G + l_pre + l_rec + l_kmeans * self.lambda_kmeans
             losses["generation_loss"] = loss_gene