diff --git a/core/trainers/single_infer.py b/core/trainers/single_infer.py
index 9028e6967aad202e512350ff3e8605383ae95fde..d830fcbbc5f33ce2842e1dd46603797ece0fbae3 100755
--- a/core/trainers/single_infer.py
+++ b/core/trainers/single_infer.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class SingleInfer(TranspileTrainer):
     def load(self, is_fleet=False):
         name = "runner." + self._runner_name + "."
         dirname = envs.get_global_env("epoch.init_model_path", None)
-        if dirname is None:
+        if dirname is None or dirname == "":
             return
         print("single_infer going to load ", dirname)
         if is_fleet:
diff --git a/core/trainers/single_trainer.py b/core/trainers/single_trainer.py
index 3bf08196a6401823a8a10f18a43b8973b3d3b896..f7239d397203cedc58e53df768e6c45a458b8853 100755
--- a/core/trainers/single_trainer.py
+++ b/core/trainers/single_trainer.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class SingleTrainer(TranspileTrainer):
     def load(self, is_fleet=False):
         dirname = envs.get_global_env(
             "runner." + self._runner_name + ".init_model_path", None)
-        if dirname is None:
+        if dirname is None or dirname == "":
             return
         print("going to load ", dirname)
         if is_fleet: