diff --git a/dmlcloud/pipeline.py b/dmlcloud/pipeline.py
index eae3ec3..73c3dc0 100644
--- a/dmlcloud/pipeline.py
+++ b/dmlcloud/pipeline.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def register_model(
         name: str,
         model: torch.nn.Module,
         use_ddp: bool = True,
+        sync_bn: bool = False,
         save_latest: bool = True,
         save_interval: Optional[int] = None,
         save_best: bool = False,
@@ -63,9 +64,11 @@ def register_model(
     ):
         if name in self.models:
             raise ValueError(f'Model with name {name} already exists')
+        model = model.to(self.device)  # Doing it in this order is important for SyncBN
+        if sync_bn:   
+            model = torch.nn.SyncBatchNorm.convert_sync_batchnorm(model)
         if use_ddp:
-            model = DistributedDataParallel(model, broadcast_buffers=False)
-        model = model.to(self.device)
+            model = DistributedDataParallel(model, broadcast_buffers=False, device_ids=[self.device], output_device=self.device)
         self.models[name] = model
 
         if verbose: