diff --git a/litgpt/finetune/full.py b/litgpt/finetune/full.py
index f4e62a99c8..832af00dc3 100644
--- a/litgpt/finetune/full.py
+++ b/litgpt/finetune/full.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def setup(
     out_dir: Path = Path("out/finetune/full"),
     precision: Optional[str] = None,
     devices: Union[int, str] = 1,
+    num_nodes: Union[int, str] = 1,
     resume: Union[bool, Literal["auto"], Path] = False,
     data: Optional[DataModule] = None,
     train: TrainArgs = TrainArgs(
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def setup(
     optimizer: Union[str, Dict] = "AdamW",
     logger_name: Literal["wandb", "tensorboard", "csv"] = "csv",
     seed: int = 1337,
+    strategy: Literal["axonn", "fsdp"] = "fsdp"
 ) -> None:
     """Finetune a model.
 
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ def setup(
         out_dir: Directory in which to save checkpoints and logs. If running in a Lightning Studio Job, look for it in
             /teamspace/jobs/<job-name>/share.
         precision: The precision to use for finetuning. Possible choices: "bf16-true", "bf16-mixed", "32-true".
-        devices: How many devices/GPUs to use
+        devices: How many devices/GPUs per node to use
+        nodes: How many nodes to use
         resume: Path to a checkpoint directory to resume from in case training was interrupted, or ``True`` to resume
             from the latest checkpoint in ``out_dir``. An error will be raised if no checkpoint is found. Passing
             ``'auto'`` will resume from the latest checkpoint but not error if no checkpoint exists.
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ def setup(
         optimizer: An optimizer name (such as "AdamW") or config.
         logger_name: The name of the logger to send metrics to.
         seed: The random seed to use for reproducibility.
+        strategy: Parallel strategy to use. 
     """
     checkpoint_dir = extend_checkpoint_dir(checkpoint_dir)
     pprint(locals())
@@ -87,21 +91,31 @@ def setup(
 
     precision = precision or get_default_supported_precision(training=True)
     logger = choose_logger(
-        logger_name, out_dir, name=f"finetune-{config.name}", resume=bool(resume), log_interval=train.log_interval
+        logger_name, out_dir, name=f"finetune-{config.name}-{strategy}-clip", resume=bool(resume), log_interval=train.log_interval,
+        project="test-litgpt"
     )
 
     if devices > 1:
-        strategy = FSDPStrategy(
-            auto_wrap_policy={Block},
-            activation_checkpointing_policy={Block},
-            state_dict_type="full",
-            limit_all_gathers=True,
-            cpu_offload=False,
-        )
+        if strategy == "fsdp":
+            strategy = FSDPStrategy(
+                auto_wrap_policy={Block},
+                activation_checkpointing_policy={Block},
+                state_dict_type="full",
+                limit_all_gathers=True,
+                cpu_offload=False,
+            )
+        elif strategy == "axonn":
+            try:
+                from mpi4py import MPI
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+            from axonn.lightning import AxonnStrategy
+            strategy = AxonnStrategy(G_intra_d=num_nodes * devices)
     else:
         strategy = "auto"
 
-    fabric = L.Fabric(devices=devices, strategy=strategy, precision=precision, loggers=logger)
+    fabric = L.Fabric(devices=devices, num_nodes=num_nodes, strategy=strategy, precision=precision, loggers=logger)
+    devices = devices * num_nodes
     fabric.launch(main, devices, resume, seed, config, data, checkpoint_dir, out_dir, train, eval, optimizer)
 
 
@@ -138,7 +152,7 @@ def main(
 
     model = fabric.setup(model)
 
-    optimizer = instantiate_torch_optimizer(optimizer, model.parameters())
+    optimizer = instantiate_torch_optimizer(optimizer, model.parameters(), lr=3e-5)
     optimizer = fabric.setup_optimizers(optimizer)
     scheduler = get_lr_scheduler(optimizer, warmup_steps=train.lr_warmup_steps, max_steps=lr_max_steps)
     state = {"model": model, "optimizer": optimizer, "scheduler": scheduler, "iter_num": 0, "step_count": 0}
@@ -239,11 +253,12 @@ def fit(
             logits = model(input_ids)
             # shift the targets such that output n predicts token n+1
             loss = chunked_cross_entropy(logits[..., :-1, :], targets[..., 1:])
-            fabric.backward(loss / train.gradient_accumulation_iters(devices))
+            fabric.backward(loss / train.gradient_accumulation_iters(devices), model=model)
 
         running_loss.update(loss.detach())
 
         if not is_accumulating:
+            fabric.clip_gradients(model, optimizer, 1.0)
             optimizer.step()
             optimizer.zero_grad()
             scheduler.step()
diff --git a/litgpt/utils.py b/litgpt/utils.py
index db4e54d9b2..a3e3adce97 100644
--- a/litgpt/utils.py
+++ b/litgpt/utils.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def parse_devices(devices: Union[str, int]) -> int:
 def choose_logger(
     logger_name: Literal["csv", "tensorboard", "wandb"],
     out_dir: Path,
-    name: str,
+    project: str,
     log_interval: int = 1,
     resume: Optional[bool] = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def choose_logger(
     if logger_name == "tensorboard":
         return TensorBoardLogger(root_dir=(out_dir / "logs"), name="tensorboard", **kwargs)
     if logger_name == "wandb":
-        return WandbLogger(project=name, resume=resume, **kwargs)
+        return WandbLogger(project=project, resume=resume, **kwargs)
     raise ValueError(f"`--logger_name={logger_name}` is not a valid option. Choose from 'csv', 'tensorboard', 'wandb'.")