diff --git a/examples/pybullet/gym/envs/bullet/cartpole_bullet.py b/examples/pybullet/gym/envs/bullet/cartpole_bullet.py
index f117e8f71..3e7f29daf 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/gym/envs/bullet/cartpole_bullet.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/gym/envs/bullet/cartpole_bullet.py
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ class CartPoleBulletEnv(gym.Env):
     'video.frames_per_second' : 50
   }
 
-  def __init__(self):
+  def __init__(self, renders=True):
     # start the bullet physics server
-    p.connect(p.GUI)
-    #p.connect(p.DIRECT)
+    self._renders = renders
+    if (renders):
+	    p.connect(p.GUI)
+    else:
+    	p.connect(p.DIRECT)
+
     observation_high = np.array([
           np.finfo(np.float32).max,
           np.finfo(np.float32).max,
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ class CartPoleBulletEnv(gym.Env):
           np.finfo(np.float32).max])
     action_high = np.array([0.1])
 
-    self.action_space = spaces.Discrete(5)
+    self.action_space = spaces.Discrete(9)
     self.observation_space = spaces.Box(-observation_high, observation_high)
 
     self.theta_threshold_radians = 1
@@ -56,8 +60,8 @@ class CartPoleBulletEnv(gym.Env):
     self.state = p.getJointState(self.cartpole, 1)[0:2] + p.getJointState(self.cartpole, 0)[0:2]
     theta, theta_dot, x, x_dot = self.state
     
-    dv = 0.4
-    deltav = [-2.*dv, -dv, 0, dv, 2.*dv][action]
+    dv = 0.1
+    deltav = [-10.*dv,-5.*dv, -2.*dv, -0.1*dv, 0, 0.1*dv, 2.*dv,5.*dv, 10.*dv][action]
     
     p.setJointMotorControl2(self.cartpole, 0, p.VELOCITY_CONTROL, targetVelocity=(deltav + self.state[3]))
 
diff --git a/examples/pybullet/gym/train_pybullet_cartpole.py b/examples/pybullet/gym/train_pybullet_cartpole.py
index 353fa4a86..4b7f4839e 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/gym/train_pybullet_cartpole.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/gym/train_pybullet_cartpole.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def callback(lcl, glb):
 
 def main():
 	
-    env = gym.make('CartPoleBulletEnv-v0')
+    env = CartPoleBulletEnv(renders=False)
     model = deepq.models.mlp([64])
     act = deepq.learn(
         env,