diff --git a/contrib/HumanSeg/train.py b/contrib/HumanSeg/train.py
index 65e66ae1dcd07f65b062744216ed6cbfc85cad40..01e3c7034d1602a434d99f94310e85fb7f902bbf 100644
--- a/contrib/HumanSeg/train.py
+++ b/contrib/HumanSeg/train.py
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ def parse_args():
         '--use_vdl',
         dest='use_vdl',
         help='Whether to use visualdl',
-        type=bool,
-        default=True)
+        action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--save_interval_epochs',
         dest='save_interval_epochs',