diff --git a/map2map/train.py b/map2map/train.py
index ce83a4c..dfcfe88 100644
--- a/map2map/train.py
+++ b/map2map/train.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import shutil
 import socket
 import time
 import sys
@@ -258,11 +257,15 @@ def gpu_worker(local_rank, node, args):
             }
             if args.adv:
                 state['adv_model'] = adv_model.module.state_dict()
-            ckpt_file = 'checkpoint.pth'
-            state_file = 'state_{}.pth'
-            torch.save(state, ckpt_file)
+
+            state_file = 'state_{}.pth'.format(epoch + 1)
+            torch.save(state, state_file)
             del state
-            shutil.copyfile(ckpt_file, state_file.format(epoch + 1))
+
+            ckpt_link = 'checkpoint.pth'
+            tmp_link = '{}.pth'.format(time.time())
+            os.symlink(state_file, tmp_link)  # workaround to overwrite
+            os.rename(tmp_link, ckpt_link)
 
     dist.destroy_process_group()