diff --git a/timm/utils/checkpoint_saver.py b/timm/utils/checkpoint_saver.py
index 51896e78..6aad74ee 100644
--- a/timm/utils/checkpoint_saver.py
+++ b/timm/utils/checkpoint_saver.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CheckpointSaver:
         last_save_path = os.path.join(self.checkpoint_dir, 'last' + self.extension)
         self._save(tmp_save_path, epoch, metric)
         if os.path.exists(last_save_path):
-            os.unlink(last_save_path) # required for Windows support.
+            os.unlink(last_save_path)  # required for Windows support.
         os.rename(tmp_save_path, last_save_path)
         worst_file = self.checkpoint_files[-1] if self.checkpoint_files else None
         if (len(self.checkpoint_files) < self.max_history
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class CheckpointSaver:
     def _cleanup_checkpoints(self, trim=0):
         trim = min(len(self.checkpoint_files), trim)
         delete_index = self.max_history - trim
-        if delete_index <= 0 or len(self.checkpoint_files) <= delete_index:
+        if delete_index < 0 or len(self.checkpoint_files) <= delete_index:
             return
         to_delete = self.checkpoint_files[delete_index:]
         for d in to_delete:
@@ -147,7 +147,4 @@ class CheckpointSaver:
         recovery_path = os.path.join(self.recovery_dir, self.recovery_prefix)
         files = glob.glob(recovery_path + '*' + self.extension)
         files = sorted(files)
-        if len(files):
-            return files[0]
-        else:
-            return ''
+        return files[0] if len(files) else ''
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index aa8e6553..f0fcd2af 100755
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--log-interval', type=int, default=50, metavar='N',
                     help='how many batches to wait before logging training status')
 parser.add_argument('--recovery-interval', type=int, default=0, metavar='N',
                     help='how many batches to wait before writing recovery checkpoint')
+parser.add_argument('--checkpoint-hist', type=int, default=10, metavar='N',
+                    help='number of checkpoints to keep (default: 10)')
 parser.add_argument('-j', '--workers', type=int, default=4, metavar='N',
                     help='how many training processes to use (default: 1)')
 parser.add_argument('--save-images', action='store_true', default=False,
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ def main():
         decreasing = True if eval_metric == 'loss' else False
         saver = CheckpointSaver(
             model=model, optimizer=optimizer, args=args, model_ema=model_ema, amp_scaler=loss_scaler,
-            checkpoint_dir=output_dir, recovery_dir=output_dir, decreasing=decreasing)
+            checkpoint_dir=output_dir, recovery_dir=output_dir, decreasing=decreasing, max_history=args.checkpoint_hist)
         with open(os.path.join(output_dir, 'args.yaml'), 'w') as f:
             f.write(args_text)