diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSystem.c b/src/client/src/tscSystem.c
index 132f8158fc91265f3e1181519aa2122250c664ca..1eddeacc6514356d7a45874c33e9132443a83eca 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSystem.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSystem.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "taosmsg.h"
 #include "tref.h"
 #include "trpc.h"
+#include "tnote.h"
 #include "tsystem.h"
 #include "ttimer.h"
 #include "tutil.h"
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ void taos_init_imp(void) {
 
     taosReadGlobalCfg();
     taosCheckGlobalCfg();
+    taosInitNotes();
 
     rpcInit();
     tscDebug("starting to initialize TAOS client ...");
diff --git a/src/util/inc/tnote.h b/src/util/inc/tnote.h
index b4c0c7501b71b844439acb24cfa875efcc104b75..7511b61f417c76b312faeb3da0855119658bdd68 100644
--- a/src/util/inc/tnote.h
+++ b/src/util/inc/tnote.h
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ void taosNotePrintBuffer(SNoteObj *pNote, char *buffer, int32_t len);
     taosNotePrint(&tsTscNote, __VA_ARGS__); \
   }
 
-#define nInfo(buffer, len) taosNotePrintBuffer(&tsInfoNote, buffer, len);
+#define nInfo(buffer, len)                         \
+  if (tscEmbedded == 1) {                          \
+    taosNotePrintBuffer(&tsInfoNote, buffer, len); \
+  }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }