diff --git a/paddleocr.py b/paddleocr.py
index 99cb369fd9d7015f3d43b4407dee7b78b36442f9..c3741b264503534ef3e64531c2576273d8ccfd11 100644
--- a/paddleocr.py
+++ b/paddleocr.py
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ class PaddleOCR(predict_system.TextSystem):
         assert lang in model_urls[
             'rec'], 'param lang must in {}, but got {}'.format(
                 model_urls['rec'].keys(), lang)
+        use_inner_dict = False
         if postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path is None:
+            use_inner_dict = True
             postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path = model_urls['rec'][lang][
                 'dict_path']
 
@@ -263,9 +265,9 @@ class PaddleOCR(predict_system.TextSystem):
         if postprocess_params.rec_algorithm not in SUPPORT_REC_MODEL:
             logger.error('rec_algorithm must in {}'.format(SUPPORT_REC_MODEL))
             sys.exit(0)
-
-        postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path = str(
-            Path(__file__).parent / postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path)
+        if use_inner_dict:
+            postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path = str(
+                Path(__file__).parent / postprocess_params.rec_char_dict_path)
 
         # init det_model and rec_model
         super().__init__(postprocess_params)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58f6de48548d494a7fde8528130b8e881bc7620d..70400df484128ba751da5f97503cc7f84e260d86 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setup(
     package_dir={'paddleocr': ''},
     include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["paddleocr= paddleocr.paddleocr:main"]},
-    version='2.0.2',
+    version='2.0.3',
     install_requires=requirements,
     license='Apache License 2.0',
     description='Awesome OCR toolkits based on PaddlePaddle （8.6M ultra-lightweight pre-trained model, support training and deployment among server, mobile, embeded and IoT devices',