diff --git a/configs/rec/rec_r31_sar.yml b/configs/rec/rec_r31_sar.yml
index 73d56f375e81e70166fcf499f372afb2dd2fb5c2..7adb7136c50bbdfa764e33126bfc15f52510a9f1 100644
--- a/configs/rec/rec_r31_sar.yml
+++ b/configs/rec/rec_r31_sar.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Global:
   max_text_length: 30
   infer_mode: False
   use_space_char: False
+  rm_symbol: True
   save_res_path: ./output/rec/predicts_sar.txt
 
 Optimizer:
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ Loss:
 
 PostProcess:
   name: SARLabelDecode
-  rm_symbol: True
 
 Metric:
   name: RecMetric
diff --git a/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py b/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
index 2043928142b6f59d60d5256bb890a88e062f8fd6..f2c3f289b87a883f94314e2baf30fddc3d9544a1 100644
--- a/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
+++ b/ppocr/postprocess/rec_postprocess.py
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@ class SARLabelDecode(BaseRecLabelDecode):
                  character_dict_path=None,
                  character_type='ch',
                  use_space_char=False,
-                 rm_symbol=True,
                  **kwargs):
         super(SARLabelDecode, self).__init__(character_dict_path,
                                               character_type, use_space_char)
+	self.rm_symbol = kwargs.get('rm_symbol', True)
 
     def add_special_char(self, dict_character):
         beg_end_str = "<BOS/EOS>"