diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e70b41..51f3735 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = '0.7.3'
+version = '0.7.4'
 
 setup(
     name='test_tube',
diff --git a/test_tube/log.py b/test_tube/log.py
index c01015a..80589b9 100644
--- a/test_tube/log.py
+++ b/test_tube/log.py
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ def __init__(
 
         # set the tensorboardx log path to the /tf folder in the exp folder
         log_dir = self.get_tensorboardx_path(self.name, self.version)
+        # this is a fix for pytorch 1.1 since it does not have this attribute
+        for attr, val in [('purge_step', None),
+                          ('max_queue', 10),
+                          ('flush_secs', 120),
+                          ('filename_suffix', '')]:
+            if not hasattr(self, attr):
+                setattr(self, attr, val)
         super().__init__(log_dir=log_dir, *args, **kwargs)
 
         # register on exit fx so we always close the writer