diff --git a/config/multimet_handoff_forecast_lstm.yml b/config/multimet_handoff_forecast_lstm.yml
index 92659bcb..297969a9 100644
--- a/config/multimet_handoff_forecast_lstm.yml
+++ b/config/multimet_handoff_forecast_lstm.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ log_loss_every_nth_update: 8
 weight_init_opts:
 cache:
   enabled: False
-  byte_limit: 2 * 10**9  # in GB
+  byte_limit: 2000000000  # in GB
  
 # --- Dataset Parameters --------------------------------------------------------
 train_basin_file: ~/flood-forecasting/config/basins/caravan_3_basins.txt
diff --git a/config/multimet_mean_embedding_forecast_lstm.yml b/config/multimet_mean_embedding_forecast_lstm.yml
index b4d48866..80d00bf7 100644
--- a/config/multimet_mean_embedding_forecast_lstm.yml
+++ b/config/multimet_mean_embedding_forecast_lstm.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ allzero_samples_are_invalid: False
 weight_init_opts:
 cache:
   enabled: False
-  byte_limit: 2 * 10**9  # in GB
+  byte_limit: 2000000000  # in GB
 
 # --- Dataset Parameters --------------------------------------------------------