diff --git a/cleanrl/sac_continuous_action.py b/cleanrl/sac_continuous_action.py
index d28cb8e2..b200071a 100644
--- a/cleanrl/sac_continuous_action.py
+++ b/cleanrl/sac_continuous_action.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def get_action(self, x):
                         a_optimizer.zero_grad()
                         alpha_loss.backward()
                         a_optimizer.step()
-                        alpha = log_alpha.exp().item()
+                        self.alpha = log_alpha.exp().item()
 
             # update the target networks
             if global_step % args.target_network_frequency == 0: